THE  LIBRARY 

OF 
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OF  CALIFORNIA 


BEQUEST 

OF 
ANITA  D.  S.  BLAKE 


/ 


OF    THE 


TOWN   OF   HANOVER,   MASS., 


WITH 


FAMILY  GENEALOGIES. 


BY  JOHN  S.  BARRY, 

AUTHOR  OF   "  RECORDS   OP   THE   STETSON   FAMILY.' 


BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED  FOR  THE  AUTHOR  BY  SAMUEL   G.  DRAKE,     15  BRATTLE  ST. 

BAZIN   &   CHANDLER,   PRINTERS,   37   CORNHILL. 
ENGRAVINGS   BY    BAKER,    SMITH    AND   ANDREW,   46    COURT    ST. 

1853. 


GIFT 


TABLE  OF    CONTEXTS. 


CHAPTER    I. 

Early  settlement  of  the  territory,  in  connection  with  that  of  Scituate  —  In 
corporation  of  the  Town,  and  present  boundaries — Remonstrance  of 
Abington  —  Acquiescence  of  Scituate  —  Ancient  boundaries  —  Family 
locations  previous  to  the  Revolution.  9-27 

CHAPTER    II. 

NATURAL     HISTORY. 

Geology  of  the  Town  —  Forests,  ancient  and  modern,  with  their  products, 
ralue  and  uses  —  Herbaceous  Plants  — Birds,  &c.  —  Laws  for  their  des 
truction,  and  argument  for  their  preservation  —  Wild  and  Domestic 
Fruits  —  Ancient  Sheep  Husbandry,  and  the  Culture  of  Flax,  Wheat,  &c. 
Materials  for  improving  the  soil  —  Indications  of  progress.  28-41 

CHAPTER    III. 

INDIANS. 

Names  of  the  seven  principal  tribes  —  Chikatabut's  possessions  —  Indian 
Deed  of  Scituate  —  Manners  and  customs  ot  the  natives  —  Stature, 
clothing,  money,  weapons,  dwellings,  food,  &c.  —  Dishes  at  the  first  meet 
ing  of  the  Old  Colony  Club  —  Philip's  War  —  Reminiscenses  of  the  In 
diars  of  Hanover—  Changes  which  have  taken  place  since  those  day«.  42-53 

CHAPTER    IV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL      HISTORY. 

Provisions  for  the  support  of  Public  worship  — Erection  of  thejlrst  meeting 
house  in  Hanover  —  Its  appearance  —  Gathering  of  the  worshippers  — 
Settlement  of  Mr.  Bass  —  Seating  the  house  —  Communion  service  — 
Insubordination  of  the  youth — Sternhold  and  Hopkins'  Hymns — De 
cease  of  Mr.  Bass  —  His  character  —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Baldwin  —  Gift 
of  a  parsonage  —  Erection  of  the  second  meetinghouse — Its  appearance 
—  Decease  of  Mr.  Baldwin  —  Sketch  of  his  life  —  Attempt  to  settle  Mr. 
Litchfield  —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Mellen  —  First  Bell  —  Painting  the  house, 
and  other  repairs  —  Withdrawal  of  Mr.  Mellen  —  His  decease —  Sketch 
of  his  life,  and  list  of  his  publications —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Chaddock  — 
Withdrawal  —  Sketch  of  his  life— Settlement  of  Mr.  Chapin  —  Sketch 
of  his  life —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Smith —  His  life  and  writings  —  Erection 
of  the  third  meeting  house —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Duncan.  54-74 


138 


IV  CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER    V. 

ECCLESIASTICAL     HISTORY      CONTINUED. 

Establishment  of  St.  Andrew's  Church  in  Scituate —  First  meetinghouse 

—  Mr.  Davenport's   ministry  —  Mr.   Brockwell's —  Mr.   Thompson's  — 
Sketch  of  hia  descendants  —  Mr.  Wheeler's  ministry  —  Removal  of  the 
Church  to  Hanover  —  Erection  of  a  New  Meeting  House  — Rectorship  of 
Messrs.  Cooper,  Wolcott,  Appleton,  Greenleaf,  and  Cutler  —  Establish 
ment  of  a  Society  in  the  Northerly  part  of  Hanover,  and  Westerly  part  of 
Scituate  —  Incorporation  as  a  Universalist  Society  —  Sketch  of  its  history 

—  History  of  the  Baptist  Society.  75-84 

CHAPTER    VI. 

EDUCATION. 

Early  laws  for  the  support  of  education  —  Our  Common  School  System  — 
Schoolmasters —  Schools  established  in  Hanover  —  Mr.  Fitzgerald  —  Jo 
seph  Cushing  —  Luke  Stetson —  Sketch  from  1750  to  1840  —  Table  of 
appropriations  —  Academy.  Mr.  Chaddock's  —  Removal  to  the  Four 
Corners — Second  building  —  New  Edifice,  built  in  1852  —  Proprietors 

—  Lawyers  —  Physicians  —  Graduates.  85-101 

CHAPTER    VII. 

MILITARY      HISTORY. 

Military  training  of  our  ancestors  —  Town's  stock  of  powder,  &c.  —  Expe 
dition  to  the  Spanish  West  Indies  —  Expedition  to  Cape  Breton —  French 
Neutrals  —  French  War,  with  extracts  from  the  Muster  Rolls.  102-107 

CHAPTER    VIII. 

INCIDENTS  OF  THE   REVOLUTION. 

Causes  of  the  Revolution — Stamp  Act  —  Convention  in  Boston  —  Ply 
mouth  County  Convention  —  Provincial  Congresses  —  Preparations  for 
defence —  Minute  men  —  Provincial  Treasurer  chosen —  Committees  of 
Safety  —  Boston  Port  Bill  —  Tories,  and  the  Ruggles  Covenant  —  Bal- 
four's  troops  —  Commencement  of  hostilities  —  Sea  coast  guards  —  Gen 
eral  Washington  assumes  the  command  of  the  Army — Station  of  the 
army — Operations  for  1776  —  Entrenchment  on  Dorchester  heights  — 
Evacuation  of  Boston  —  Alarm  at  Cohasset  —  Declaration  of  Independ 
ence  —  Operations  around  Boston  —  Men  for  Triconderoga  and  for 
Rhode  Island  —  Operations  for  1777 — Committee  of  Safety — Prices 
for  labor —  Town's  quota  —  Expedition  to  Rhode  Island  —  Other  mili 
tary  movements  —  Operations  for  1778  —  Quota  of  Shirts.  &c.  —  State 
Constitution  rejected  —  Enlistments  for  this  year  —  Extracts  from  the  Pay 
Rolls — Operations  for  1779 — Committee  of  Safety.  &c. — Enlistments 
—  Committee  of  Safety  for  1780 — Military  movements  for  the  year  — 
Depreciation  of  Currency —  The  dark  hour  —  Movements  for  1781  — In 
cidents  subsequent  to  the  War.  108-130 

CHAPTER    IX. 

MILITARY     HISTORY      C  O  N  T  I  X  U  E  D. 

Military  Companies  subsequent  to  the  Revolution — Hanover  Artillery 
Company —  Hanover  Light  Infantry  —  Hanover  Rifle  Company —  War 
of  1812  —  List  of  Soldiers.  131-136 


CONTENTS.  V 

CHAPTER    X. 

MANUFACTURES      AND      TRADE. 

History  of  Manufactures  in  the  town  —  Forges  and  Furnaces  —  Bardin's, 
now  the  Curtis  Forge  —  Barstow's,  now  Sylvester's  Forge  —  Dyer's,  now 
Perry's  Tack  Factory —  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Col.  Jesse  Reed —  The 
Drinkwater  Works,  now  Bates  and  Holmes  —  Barker's  Foundry  —  Sal- 
mond's  Tack  Works  —  Tolman's  Mills  —  Saw  and  Grist  Mills  —  Plough 
Manufacture,  and  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  David  Prouty  —  Other  branches 
of  Industry.  137-155 

CHAPTER    XI. 

SHIP      BUILDING. 

Former  and  present  state  of  the  art  of  Ship-building  in  America  —  Materi 
als  for  the  construction  of  vessels  —  Massachusetts  Enterprise — Ship 
building  on  the  North  River  —  Yards  in  Pembroke  —  Yards  in  Hanover 

—  The  Barstows.   Sylvesters,   Sampsons,  Clarks.  Perrys,  Eells,  Paiges, 
Baileys,  Smiths,  Kingmans,  Wings,  Stockbridges,  &c.  —  Obstructions  in 
the  River  —  Petitions  to  Congress  for  their  removal  —  Decline  of  the 
business  —  Present  condition  of  the  village.  156-165 

CHAPTER    XII. 

PROVISIONS  FOB  THE  POOR TEMPERANCE  CAUSE  SLAVERY  RESTING 

PLACES  FOR  THE  DEAD LONGEVITY. 

Provisions  for  the  Poor  —  Poor  kept  by  Friends  —  Selectmen  to  provide 
for  them  —  Put  out  at  Auction — Establishment  of  an  Aims-House  — 
Temperance  Cause  —  Excise  Bill  of  1751  — Rum  Trade  at  that  date  — 
Extracts  from  the  Church  Records  Relative  to  the  Excise  Bill  —  Tem 
perance  Society  formed  in  1816  —  Later  History  of  the  Cause  —  Slavery 
in  New  England  —  Owners  of  Slaves,  from  the  Church  and  Town  Rec 
ords —  Touching  Incident  —  Burial  Ground  near  the  Centre  of  the  Town 

—  Gifts  of  Land  by  David  Stockbridge,  Esq.,  and  by  John  Barstow,  Esq., 

—  Burial  Ground  at  Snappet  —  Table  of  Longevity.  166-180 

CHAPTER    XIII. 

Highways —  Streets  —  Bridges  —  Ponds  —  Streams  —  and  Landmarks.   181-192 

PART    II. 
FAMILY  GENEALOGIES.  .....  193 


LIST  OF  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


1.  Residence  of  the  late  Capt.  Joseph  J.  Whiting,      (Frontispiece) 

2.  First  Central  Meeting   House  57 

3.  Second,  and  Present  Central  Meeting  Houses  65 

4.  Old,  and  Present  Episcopal  Churches       -       -  77 

5.  Old,  and  Present  Universalist  Meeting  Houses         -         -  81 

6.  Baptist  Meeting  House  83 

7.  Academy,  at  the  Four  Corners 93 

8.  The  Curtis  Forge  139 
y  and  10.  Ancient  and  Modern  Ploughs       ...         -     148  and  149 

11.  Ancient  Ship,  of  the  days  of  the  Pilgrims         -  156 

12.  Plan  of  the  Ship  yards  158 

13.  Bailey  Coat  of  Arms,  and  Autographs     -         -         -         -         -  199 

14.  The  Baldwin  House        -         -  206 

15.  Residence  of  Capt.  Seth  Barker 207 

16.  Barstow  Coat  of  Arms 208 

1 7.  Residence  of  Col.  John  B.  Barstow 227 

18.  Residence  of  Mr.  Elisha  Bass  244 

19.  Bates  Coat  of  Arms 245 

20.  Curtis  Coat  of  Arms 272 

21.  Residence  of  Mr.  George  Curtis      ------  286 

22.  The  Judge  Cushing  House 290 

23.  Residence  ot  Rev.  Samuel  Cutler  291 

24.  Residence  of  Capt.  Nathan  Dvvelley       -  299 

25.  Residence  of  Mr.  Charles  Dyer     -         -  300 

26.  Residence  of   J.  T.   Gardner,  Esq.        -         -         -  312 

27.  Residence  of  Dr.  A.  C.  Garratt 313 

28.  Jacobs  Coat  of  Arms       ' .       ~        ~       ~  "^ 

29.  Josselyn  Coat  of  Arms  335 

30.  Residence  of  Rev.  R.  L.  Killam 348 

31.  Likeness  of  Col.  Jesse  Reed 363 

32.  Stetson  Coat  of  Arms               ,_..---  378 

33.  Residence  of  Martin  \V.  Stetson 380 

34.  Stock  bridge  Coat  of  Arms 

35.  Studley  Coat  of  Arms  

3G.  Sylvester  Coat  of  Arms  400 

37.  Residence  of  Mr.  John   Sylvester  - 

38.  .   •'         "     "    Michael  Sylvester       -  406 

39.  "         "     "    Robert  Sylvester        -         -         -  407 

40.  Whiton  Coat  of  Arms  419 


INTRODUCTION. 


In  sending  forth  the  following  work,  to  be  subjected  to  the  inspection  and 
criticism  of  the  public,  the  author  is  aware,  that  he  assumes  a  great  respon 
sibility,  inasmuch  as  every  historical  work,  is  to  effect,  for  good  or  ill,  the 
reputation  of  those  who  are  named  in  its  pages.  For  the  manner  in  which 
this  difficult  task  has  been  executed  in  the  present  instance,  it  is  hoped  that 
but  little  cause  of  complaint  will  be  found.  Many  thanks  are  due  to  those 
who  have  kindly  aided  my  labors,  and  strenghtened  my  purposes. 

Valuable  assistance  has  been  derived  from  the  Library  of  the  Mass.,  and 
New  England  Historical  Societies,  and  that  of  the  State,  the  Records  of 
Plymouth  and  Suffolk  Counties,  and  from  many  published  histories,  and 
private  manuscripts.  If  the  work  meets  the  approbation  of  the  public,  and 
if  it  is  found  to  contain  a  faithful  and  impartial  record  of  facts,  the  author 
will  feel  that  his  labor  has  not  been  in  vain.  Every  attempt,  however  hum 
ble,  to  rescue  from  oblivion  the  fast  fading  mementos  of  the  past,  is  laud 
able,  and  valuable ;  and  local  histories,  furnish  the  materials  from  which, 
hereafter,  works  of  a  more  general  character,  will  be  written.  That  this 
work,  imperfect  as  it  is,  may  fill  some  niche  in  the  "  gallery  of  history,"  is 
all  that  the  author  can  ask. 


ERRATA. 


A  few  errors  have  been  discovered,  in  carrying  the  work  through  the  press, 
the  most  important  of  which  are  here  noted,  for  correction. 

Page  10.  The  date  of  the  incorporation  of  Scit,  should  be  1636,  not  1642, 
and  it  was  strictly  the  2nd  town  incorporated,  as  well  as  the  2nd  settled,  in 
Plymouth  Colony. 

P.  14,  line  7,  read  42«  7',  instead  of  40°  7', 

P.  18,  line  3,  read  son  of  William,  instead  of  grandson. 

P.  19.  line  16,  read  1660,  instead  of  1690. 

P.  27,  last  line,  read  gleanings  instead  of  gleamings. 

P.  33,  note,  read  20  ft.,  instead  of  thirty. 

P.  50,  line   21,  read  Winslow,  instead  of  Winston. 

P.  56,  line  35,  read  Isaac  Buck,  instead  of  Bush. 

P.  73,  last  line  of  the  quotation,  read  fron des  instead  offondes. 

P.  264,  last  line,  read  records  ,  instead  of  readers. 

P.  271,  last  line  but  one,  note,  read  1648  instead  of  1748. 

P.  328,  line  27,  read  p.  32,  instead  of  34. 

P.  311.  The  dates  of  birth,  &c.,  in  the  family  of  Mr.  Hiram  Gardner, 
should  be  as  follows:  (by  2nd,)  Charlotte  S.,  May  17,  1842  ;  Anne  R.,  Feb. 
8,  1844  ;  George,  May  12,  1845  ;  Curtis,  Nov.  2,  1846,  d.  Sept.  24,  1848  ; 
and  Sarah  C.,  Mar.  29,  1852.  So  says  the  wife  of  Mr.  G. 

P.  374  The  w.  of  Mr.  Eben'r.  Simmons,  was  of  Little  Compton,  R.  I.,  in 
stead  of  Prov. ;  and  Mr.  S.  was  a  Lt,  in  the  war  of  1812,  under  the  U.  S. 
Gov't.  His  son  Perez,  was  a  member  of  the  "  Suffrage  Convention,'  as  it 
is  called,  whilst  in  R.  I.,  and  in  consequence  of  difficulties  growing  out  of 
his  sympathy  with  Mr.  Dorr,  he  left  the  State,  and  settled  in  his  native 
town. 


HISTORY  OF  HANOVER,  MASS. 


CHAPTER    I. 

"  O  dark  the  scene  and  dreary, 

When  here  they  set  them  down, 
Of  storms  and  billows  weary, 

And  chilled  with  winter's  frown. 
Deep  moaned  the  forests  to  the  wind, 

Loud  howled  the  savage  foe, 
While  here  their  evening  prayer  arose, 

Two  hundred  years  ago"  FLINT. 

Early  settlement  of  the  territory,  in  connexion  with  that  of  Scituate  —  Incorpora 
tion  of  the  Town,  and  present  boundaries — Remonstrance  of  Abington  —  Ac 
quiescence  of  Scituate  —  Ancient  boundaries  —  Family  locations  previous  to  the 
Revolution. 

THE  TOWN  OF  HANOVER,  whose  history  we  propose  to  sketch  in 
the  following  pages,  was  incorporated  as  late  as  1727,  or  more 
than  one  hundred  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims ;  but  its 
territory  was  actually  settled  as  early  as  1649,  or  less  than  thirty 
years  after  the  landing.  Although  its  municipal  age,  therefore, 
may  not  be  so  great  as  that  of  many  other  towns  in  the  county, 
yet  its  history  may  properly  date  back  a  century  at  least  previous 
to  its  incorporation. 

The  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  took  place  on  Monday,  December 
llth,  1620,  Old  Style,  or  December  21st,  New  Style,  on  the 
ever  memorable  Rock  at  Plymouth  :  and  this  was  the  first'  suc 
cessful  settlement  made  in  Massachusetts.1  It  was  not  till  twelve 

i  Thacher's  History  of  Plymouth,  p.  24. 


10  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

years  after,  or  in  1632,  that  the  first  settlements  were  made 
in  Duxbury,1  and  this  town,  which  was  incorporated  in  1637,  then 
embraced  within  its  limits  the  present  towns  of  Marshfield,  incor 
porated  in  1640  ;  Bridgewater,  incorporated  in  1656,  and  cover 
ing  the  territory  included  in  North,  East,  West,  and  South 
Bridgewater,  or  Bridgewater  proper  ; 2  Abington,  incorporated  in 
1712  ; 3  and  Pembroke,  also  incorporated  in  1712,  from  which,  in 
1820,  the  present  town  of  Hanson  was  set  off. 

Less  than  eight  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  how 
ever,  or  in  1628,  settlements  were  made  in  Scituate  ;  and  although 
this  town  was  not  incorporated  until  16-12,  or  five  years  after 
Duxbury,  and  two  after  Marshfield,  yet  it  properly  ranks  next  to 
Plymouth  in  age,  it  having  been  the  second  town  settled  in  the 
Plymouth  Colony. 

The  greater  part  of  the  present  territory  of  Hanover  originally 
belonged  to  Scituate,  and  so  remained,  until  its  erection  into  a 
township  by  itself.  The  early  history  of  the  town,  therefore,  is 
identified  with,  and  strictly  belongs  to,  that  of  Scituate.  But  it 
will  not  be  necessary  to  enter  into  many  details  relating  to  the 
latter  town.  The  history  of  Scituate  has  been  published  to  the 
world ;  and  had  we  the  disposition,  it  is  doubtful  if  we  could  add 
much  to  Deane's  excellent  narrative. 

We  shall  content  ourselves  with  a  few  brief  notes  ;  and  present 
these,  more  for  the  purpose  of  showing  how,  when,  and  by  whom 
the  territory  and  town  of  Hanover  were  first  settled,  than  to  re 
write  what  has  been  once  so  ably  written. 

As  we  just  remarked,  the  first  settlements  were  made  in  Scitu 
ate  eight  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  or  in  1628  ;  and 
the  names  of  these  early  settlers  were  William  Gilson,  Anthony 
Annable,  Thomas  Bird,  Nathaniel  Tilden,  Edward  Foster,  Henry 
Rowley,  and  others,  called  "  Men  of  Kent,"  probably  from  their 
having  come  from  the  County  of  Kent  in  England.4 

The  first  lots  on  record,  granted  in  Scituate  in  1633,  were  in 

1  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  9, 

2  Mitchell's  Bridgewater,  p.  10. 

3  Hobart's  Abington,  p.  35. 

-iThe  name  of  this  ancient  town  is  found  on  the  map  in  "  Wood's  Xew 
England's  Prospect,"  published  in  1633,  a  copy  of  which  is  annexed  to 
"  Fowle's  Outline  Map  of  Massachusetts,"  hanging  upon  the  walls  of  most 
of  our  school-rooms.  Also  in  Young's  Chronicles  of  Massachusetts,  p.  389. 


EARLY   SETTLEMENT.  11 

that  part  of  the  town  called  The  Harbor,  and  on  the  second  cliff. 
The  third  cliff  had  been  previously  appropriated  and  occupied. 
In  August,  1G33,  the  inhabitants  proceeded  to  lay  out  a  regular 
village,  allowing  to  no  man  more  than  four  acres  for  a  house  lot, 
the  proposition  being  "  to  build  a  compact  street  for  purpose 
of  mutual  defence."  This  was  called  Kent  Street,  and  led  from 
the  bridge  at  the  harbor,  easterly  to  the  third  cliff.  Here  houses 
were  built ;  and  when,  in  1634,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lothrop,  with  thirty 
of  his  church,  arrived  from  London,  who  were  joined  the  same 
winter  by  others,  some  of  whom  were  "  Men  of  Kent,"  additional 
house  lots  were  granted,  and  additional  tenements  reared.  Deane 
suggests  that  these  primitive  houses  were  built  of  logs,  and  cover 
ed  with  thatch  cut  from  the  sedges  which  grew  profusely  upon  the 
neighboring  marshes.  But  as  it  was  "  agreed  upon  by  the  whole 
Court,  held  the  sixth  of  January,  1627*,  that  from  henceforward  no 
dwelling-house  was  to  be  covered  with  any  kind  of  thache,  as  straw, 
reed,  &c.,  but  with  either  board  or  pale,  and  the  like  to  wit  of  all  that 
were  to  be  new  built  in  the  towne,"  we  think  it  probable  that  most 
of  the  houses  were  covered  with  "  board  or  pale."2  True,  the  law 
applied  to  Plymouth  only,  when  passed,  but  would  be  likely  to  be 
observed  throughout  the  colony.  And  as  the  settlers  of  Scituate 
were  many  of  them  men  of  substance,  they  were  not  compelled 
by  poverty  to  build  their  dwellings  in  the  rudest  form,  though 
those  of  the  poorer  class  may  have  been  covered  with  thatch. 
Houses  were  built,  however ;  and  here,  for  a  series  of  years, 
dwelt  hi  comparative  seclusion,  in  their  wilderness  home,  a  race  of 
men,  many  of  whom  had  lived  in  far  costlier  habitations  in  the  land 
of  their  nativity,  and  enjoyed  advantages,  for  literary  culture  and 
social  intercourse,  far  superior  to  what  could  be  immediately  ex 
pected  in  their  new  abode. 

But  though  the  act  of  their  coming  here  was  to  some  ex 
tent  voluntary,  yet  it  must  have  been  with  feelings  of  lone 
liness  and  depression,  in  their  thoughtful  moods,  that  they 
looked  out  upon  that  broad  ocean,  stretching  before  them,  not 
whitened  as  now  with  the  sails  of  every  clime,  but  expand 
ing,  a  gulf  of  three  thousand  miles  between  them  and  their 

1  Deane's  Scituate,  p.  8.  2  Plymouth  Colony  Laws,  p.  29. 


12  HISTOKY   OF   HANOVER. 

former  home  ;  its  waves,  in  the  storm,  lashing  with  fury  the  rock- 
bound  coast,  and  striking  terror  to  the  mother's  heart ;  or  in  its 
milder  moods,  laving  the  shore  with  quiet  murmurings,  the  more 
calculated  to  awaken  in  the  saddened  spirit  emotions  which  find 
vent  chiefly  in  sighs.  Or  as  they  looked  behind,  upon  that  broad 
forest,  clothing  plain  and  hill,  where  wild  beasts  prowled,  and  the 
Indian  roamed,  and  not  a  sign  or  a  token  of  civilized  life  appeared, 
and  as  they  felt  their  exposure  to  the  deadly  incursions  of  these 
hostile  foes,  iron  wills  must  have  been  possessed  by  the  men,  and 
iron  nerves  have  braced  the  gentler  sex,  else  could  they  never 
have  passed  through  the  perils  which  surrounded  them,  and  the 
dangers  of  their  earlier  days,  with  that  calm  composure  and  un 
wavering  trust  which  they  ever  displayed. 

But  a  life  of  privation,  and  hardship  and  toil,  was  encountered 
with  cheerfulness,  and  endured  without  murmuring,  for  the  praise 
worthy  object  of  permanently  securing  for  themselves  and  their 
posterity,  what  they  had  never  fully  enjoyed  on  English  soil, — a 
diffusive  civil,  and  an  enlightened  religious  liberty.  Animated  by 
this  purpose,  they  moved  steadily  on,  "  fainting  not  for  weakness, 
faltering  not  for  pain,"  their  tears  and  their  blood  watering  the 
soil,  and  their  lives  yielded  a  willing  sacrifice  to  the  cause  of  free 
dom ! 

The  boundaries  of  Scituate  remained  unsettled  for  some  years. 
It  was  the  practice  of  the  Colony  Court  to  make  grants,  from  time 
to  time,  to  new  planters,  as  they  requested  it ;  waiting  until  each 
settlement  should  become  of  sufficient  magnitude  to  require  cor 
porate  powers,  before  conferring  the  same.  The  "  Conihasset 
Grant "  was  made  in  1633,  to  four  gentlemen,  usually  called 
"  Merchant  Adventurers  of  London  ;  "  !  and  in  1637,  the  tract 
called  "  The  Two  Miles,"  now  a  part  of  Marshfield,  was  granted 
on  the  application  of  Mr.  Timothy  Ilatherly,  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Lothrop,  accompanied  by  a  Committee  of  fifteen  of  the  principal 
planters.  a 

Finally,  in  1642,  by  order  of  the  Court,  the  general  bounds  of 
the  town  were  fixed  "  on  the  westerly  side  up  the  Indian  Head 
River,  to  the  Pond,  which  is  the  head  of  said  River ;  and  from 

i  Deane's  Scituate,  p.  4.  2  Ibid,  p.  7. 


EARLY    SETTLEMENT.  13 

thence  to  Accord  Pond ;  and  from  thence  to  the   sea,  by  the  line 
that  is  the  bound  between  Massachusetts  and  Plymouth."  ' 

Upon  this  territory,  -which  included  the  most  of  Hanover,  the 
first  settlers,  with  their  descendants,  and  those  who  subsequently 
joined  them,  took  up  their  abode,  and  spent  their  days,  in  the 
peaceful  pursuit  of  agriculture,  manufactures,  and  commerce,  in 
terrupted  only  by  occasional  periods  of  Indian  warfare,  during 
which,  and  especially  in  that  bloody  and  protracted  campaign 
which  signalized  Philip's  war  in  1676,  much  suffering  was  en 
dured,  many  of  their  houses  were  destroyed,  and  many  precious 
and  valuable  lives  were  lost.  But  of  these  matters  we  shall  have 
occasion  to  speak  more  at  large  hereafter. 

As  we  have  already  observed,  the  first  settlements  in  Scituate 
proper,  were  at  the  harbor.  But  as  years  rolled  on,  and  the 
country  around  was  explored,  and  the  population  continued  to  in 
crease,  by  internal  growth  and  external  additions,  lands  farther 
back  from  the  shore  began  to  be  improved,  and  settlers  pushed 
their  way  along  up  the  windings  of  the  North  River,  dotting  its 
banks  here  and  there  with  their  simple  dwellings,  and  spacious 
farms  ;  —  occasionally  varying  the  scene  by  the  establishment  of 
a  ship-yard  ;  —  and  thence  up  the  Indian  Head,  where  forges  and 
furnaces  were  erected  from  1704  to  1710  ;  and  so  back  towards 
the  colony  line,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  the  third  Herring  Brook, 
where  were  saw  and  grist-mills,  and  farms  of  considerable  extent ; 
until  eventually,  towards  the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century,  a 
respectable  number  of  busy  and  enterprising  men  were  resident 
upon  the  territory  now  included  in  Hanover  ;  and  during  the  first 
quarter  of  the  eighteenth  century,  that  number  was  so  much  en 
larged,  (the  population  amounting  to  nearly  three  hundred  souls,) 
that  the  inhabitants  began  to  think  of  petitioning  to  be  incorpora 
ted  into  a  town  by  themselves  ;  and  in  1727,  their  petition  having 
been  presented  and  carefully  considered,  their  wishes  were  grati 
fied,  the  new  town  took  its  place  among  the  municipalities  of  the 
county,  and  received  its  name  of  HANOVER,  probably  in  compli 
ment  to  the  DUKE  OF  HANOVER,  who  had  lately  been  called  to 
the  English  throne  under  the  title  of  GEORGE  THE  FIRST. 

At  present,  the  town  is  bounded  on  the  North  by  Abington  and 

i  Deane's  Scituate,  p.  1. 


14  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

South  Scituate  ;  on  the  East  by  South  Scituate  ;  on  the  South  by 
Pembroke  and  Hanson  ;  and  on  the  West  by  Abington.  Its  area 
is  fifteen  and  one  half  square  miles,  or  nearly  ten  thousand  acres. 
The  latitude  of  the  centre-meeting  house,  from  the  State  Trigono 
metrical  Survey,  is  42°  06'  49",  and  Ion.  70°  49'  13",  and  of  the 
Town  Hall,  as  laid  down  on  the  map  published  by  Mr.  Whiting, 
the  lat.  is  40°  7',  and  the  Ion.  70°  50'  58".  Distance  from  Bos 
ton  to  the  Four  Corners,  twenty-two  miles  ;  from  thence  to  Ply 
mouth,  fourteen  miles.  This  was  the  thirteenth  town  established 
within  the  limits  of  the  county  ;  and  according  to  the  census  of 
1850,  is  the  fourteenth  in  point  of  population,  and  the  fifteenth  on 
the  valuation  list.  Being  principally  a  farming  town,  and  possess 
ing  but  few  external  advantages,  its  growth  has  not  been  so  rapid 
as  that  of  some  other  towns,  perhaps  more  recently  incorporated. 
Still,  industry  and  frugality  have  ever  characterized  the  people  ; 
and  steadiness  in  business,  and  general  intelligence,  have  proved 
the  sure  elements  of  rational  prosperity. 

As  might  well  be  supposed,  the  new  town  was  not  incorporated 
•without  some  opposition  on  the  part  of  its  neighbors.  Scituate, 
which  was  to  be  most  seriously  affected,  sent  no  remonstrance 
to  the  General  Court  which  remains  on  file,  and  voted  at  a  meet 
ing  held  in  1726  not  to  oppose  its  incorporation ;  but  Abington, 
•which  was  then  less  thickly  settled  than  Scituate,  though  now  hav 
ing  nearly  double  the  population,  and  which  was  struggling  to 
maintain  its  own  existence,  complained  that  the  change  contem 
plated  would  not  only  considerably  diminish  its  territory,  but  se 
riously  weaken  and  cripple  its  resources. 

In  the  latter  town,  in  September,  1726,  Lieutenant  William 
Reed,  Matthew  Pratt,  Edward  Bates,  and  Samuel  Noyes,  were 
chosen  a  committee  "  to  draw  up  objections  in  answer  to  the 
Drinkwater  people's  petition  to  draw  off  from  them,"  and  it  was 
voted,  "  that  Matthew  Pratt  and  Samuel  Noyes  should  carry  the 
answer  to  the  Court."  l  This  remonstrance  was  presented  April 
19,  1727,  and  the  reasons  assigned  in  it  why  the  inhabitants  of 
Abington  opposed  the  petitioners  prayer  are, — "1.  Because  of 
the  fewness  of  our  families  in  number,  which  is  but  about  fifty- 

iHobart's  History  of  Abington,  p.  131. 


REMONSTRANCE   OF   ABINGTON.  15 

three,  including  the  eight  desiring  to  be  set  off;  and  of  these 
five  are  newly  married,  and  have  neither  house  nor  home,  but  as 
they  sojourn  under  the  roofs  of  others  ;  and  of  the  rest,  six  are 
•widows,  whose  husbands  have  of  late  deceased,  leaving  their  fam 
ilies  much  broken,  and  under  low  circumstances  ;  which  nineteen, 
taken  from  fifty-three,  leaves  but  thirty-four  ;  —  and  even  of  these 
some  are  so  poor  that  they  are  left  out  of  the  rates,  and  have 
need  of  support  from  the  town  ;  —  so  that  there  will  be  but 
thirty  families  left  to  bear  the  public  charges.  2.  The  part  of  the 
town  petitioning  to  be  set  off,  contains  eleven  polls,  and  above  one- 
fifth  of  the  rateable  estate ;  and  although  there  will  still  be  left 
to  Abington  a  considerable  tract  of  land,  yet  but  little  part  of  it 
is  capable  of  settlement,  except  the  easterly  part,  which  is  chiefly 
in  gentlemen  proprietors  hands,  who  do  neither  sell  nor  settle  their 
lands,  they  living  in  other  towns,  and  improving  the  same  only  as 
timber  lots  ;  and  the  inhabitants  petitioning  to  be  set  off  dwell  on 
the  easterly  part  of  these  great  lots,  which  run  westerly  nearly 
to  the  centre  of  Abington,  which  will  hence  be  exempt  from  taxa 
tion  here  for  the  support  of  the  ministry.  And,  3.  That  the  eight 
petitioners  for  the  separation,  viz. :  Elijah  Gushing,  Jeremiah 
Hatch,  Nathaniel  Davis,  Joseph  Bryant,  Nehemiah  Gushing, 
Benjamin  Loring,  and  Isaac  Hatch,  though  they  urged  their  dis 
tance  from  public  worship,  were  but  four  miles  from  the  meeting 
house,  and  that  if  it  was  objected  that  the  way  was  difficult  and 
impassable,  yet  several  responsible  men  had  offered  to  make  it 
good  and  passable,  for  man  and  horse,  for  .£5  charge." 

The  Court,  on  the  reception  of  this  remonstrance,  appointed  a 
Committee,  consisting  of  Lieut.-Governor  Tailor,  and  Elisha  Cook, 
Esq.,  of  the  Council,  and  Ezra  Bourne,  Esq.,  Major  Tileston,  and 
Edward  Arnold,  Esq.,  of  the  House,  to  view  the  territory,  and 
they  reported  in  favor  of  its  incorporation,  although  they  allowed 
that  it  would  "  put  the  inhabitants  of  Abington  under  some  diffi 
culties,  respecting  the  supporting  the  public  worship  of  God,  for 
that  several  large  tracts  of  land  within  the  town  did  not  pay  to 
wards  the  maintenance  of  the  ministry." 

To  remedy  this  evil,  however,  at  a  subsequent  date,  by  petition 

i  State  files,  "  Towns,"  113,  pp.  684,  694. 


16  HISTOKY   OF  HANOVER. 

presented  June  20,  172T,  the  Court  authorized  Abington  to  levy  a 
tax  of  one  half-penny  per  acre,  for  three  years,  on  all  dormant  or 
non-resident  lands  within  their  limits,  for  the  support  of  the  min 
istry,  and  also  granted  them  as  a  compensation  for  what  they  had 
lost,  a  tract  of  land  lying  to  the  North-east  of  that  commonly 
called  Waldo's  farm.1  , 

Scituate,  the  town  most  deeply  interested  in  this  decision,  seems 
to  have  acquiesced  in  it,  without  any  serious  complaints,  and  so  far 
as  we  can  learn  from  an  examination  of  the  records  of  that  town, 
cheerfully  extended  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  newly  incorporated 
district  the  hand  of  fellowship,  and  continued  to  live  with  them  on 
terms  of  friendship,  and  reciprocal  good  will. 

And  now  that  the  new  town  is  fairly  started  upon  a  career  of  its 
own,  it  may  be  well  to  pause  for  a  moment,  and'  glance  at  the  ter 
ritory  it  embraced,  and  at  the  men  who  settled  that  territory  ;  pic 
turing  to  ourselves,  as  well  as  we  can,  the  appearance  which  it 
would  have  presented,  had  we  been  permitted,  from  some  appro 
priate  eminence,  to  survey  the  scene,  and  note  its  features. 

First  and  foremost  stands  the  Town  itself.  Its  ancient  "boun 
daries  are  described  in  the  Act  of  Incorporation,  as  "beginning 
at  the  Third  Herring  Brook,  at  David  Jacobs'  Saw  Mill  Dam,  and 
from  thence  running  near  West  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  six 
rods,  to  the  Northeast  corner  of  Isaac  Turner's  Great  Lot, 
then  near  west  with  the  north  side  line  of  said  Great  Lot,  one 
mile  to  the  share  line, 2  and  then  continuing  the  same  course  three 
quarters  of  a  mile  ;  then  turning  and  running  near  South,  two  miles 
to  the  South  west  corner  of  Nehemiah  Cushing's  lot,  then  South 
five  degrees  and  forty  minutes  West  to  the  Southerly  bounds  of 
Abington  and  Pembrook,  and  on  Indian  Head  River,  and  South 
easterly  by  the  North  Eiver,  and  easterly  by  the  aforesaid  Third 
Herring  Brook,  from  the  said  North  River,  to  the  Dam  before 
mentioned."  3 

The  territory  here  described,  is  substantially  that  now  con 
stituting  the  town, —  only  a  small  gore  having  been  annexed  to 
Pembroke  ;  —  and  valuable  as  it  is  to  the  present  proprietors, 

i  State  Files,  "  Towns,"  113,  p.  708. 

2.  This  share  line  was  the  original  easterly  boundary  of  Abington. 

3.  State  Files,  "  Towns,  "113,  pp.  704  and  707. 


LOCATION   OP  EARLY  RESIDENTS.  17 

and  pleasant  as  is  the  home  it  affords  to  nearly  sixteen  hun 
dred  free  and  industrious  people,  it  was  still  more  highly  prized, 
because  obtained  at  gi'eater  sacrifices,  by  the  original  settlers;  and 
the  location  of  these  early  residents  we  propose  briefly  to  notice, 
according  to  the  best  information  we  have  been  able  to  obtain,  de 
rived  from  the  Records  of  the  Town  and  Church,  from  wills  and 
deeds,  and  from  family  tradition  ;  and  should  any  mistakes  occur 
in  this,  which  has  proved  a  difficult  part  of  our  task,  we  can  confi 
dently  affirm  that  our  list  of  names  is  correct,  so  far  as  it  extends, 
and  errors  of  location  it  is  impossible  always  to  avoid,  inasmuch 
as  the  ways  travelled  then  were  not,  in  every  case,  precisely  the 
same  as  the  highways  of  our  own  days,  and  many  families  have 
removed  from  the  town,  leaving  few  traces  of  their  existence  be 
hind  them. 

At  the  Four  Corners,  and  along  the  North,  and  Indian  Head 
Rivers,  the  earliest  settlements  were  made.  Near  the  North  Riv 
er,  and  N.  18°  W.  125  rods  from  the  Four  Corners,  the  respect 
able  and  enterprising  family  of  Bar  stows  settled,  as  early  as  1649. 
The  house  of  William,  the  ancestor,  who  was  a  carpenter  or  ship 
wright  by  trade,  stood  in  the  pasture  a  few  rods  North  of  Back, 
and  East  of  Washington  Street.  How  it  was  constructed,  or  when 
it  was  torn  down,  we  have  no  means  of  determining  with  certainty. 
It  had  a  cellar,  the  outlines  of  which  are  still  visible,  partially  fill 
ed  with  stones  and  rubbish ;  and  a  few  scattering  trees,  the  rem 
nants  of  an  old  orchard,  known  as  the  Benjamin  Barstow  orchard, 
are  standing  near  the  spot.  Whether  these  trees  constituted  a 
part  of  the  original  orchard  of  Mr.  Barstow,  we  cannot  say,  but  it 
is  certain  that  he  had  an  orchard,  as  in  the  volume  of  "Actions," 
in  the  Records  of  the  Old  Colony,  p.  G9,  William  Barstow  com 
plains  of  John  Palmer,  Sen.  and  John  Palmer,  jr.  in  an  action  of 
X10  damage,  "for  setting  of  trapps  and  caching  of  swine,  where 
by  the  said  Barstow  is  damnified  ;  "  and  on  the  same  page,  is  the 
entry  of  another  action  instituted  against  John  Palmer,  damage 
<£10,  "for  pulling-  down  fence,  and  damnifying  his  apple  trees, 
and  for  stroying  his  corn,  English  and  Indian,  with  his  hoggs." 
In  the  old  family  mansion,  William,  the  youngest  son  of  William, 
Senr.  resided,  and  after  him,  his  son  Benjamin,  with  his  numerous 
family  of  twenty-one  children. 


18  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

Farther  cast,  or  41  rods  N.  E.  of  the  Corners,  and  opposite  the 
residence  of  Joseph  S.  Bates,  on  Broadway,  stood  the  house 
of  Joseph  Barstow,  gttotison  of  "William,  which  was  used  as 
a  block-house  or  garrison  house  in  the  Indian  \Yar  of  1676.  This 
structure  was  removed  many  years  ago,  but  its  foundation  is 
still  visible,  and  the  outlines  of  the  same  may  be  traced  even  from 
the  road. 

In  March  1672,  liberty  was  "  graunted  and  allowed  to  Joseph 
Barstow  to  keep  an  ordinary  at  the  place  where  he  now  lives,  and 
that  he  be  provided  always  with  necessaries  for  the  entertainment 
of  travellers,  and  keep  good  order  in  his  house,  that  there  be  no 
just  cause  of  complaint  against  him  in  that  behalfe."1 

Across  the  North  River,  in  Oct.  1658,  William,  Senr.  was  au 
thorised  to  build  a  bridge,  "above  the  third  herring  brook,  at  stoney 
reache,  being  the  place  where  now  passengers  goe  frequently  over ; 
the  said  bridge  to  bee  made  sufficient  for  horse  and  foot ;  and  to 
cleare  and  marke  a  way  to  Hughes  cross,  and  to  open  and  clear 
and  make  a  way  along  beyand  Hughes  Crosse  toward  the  bay,  soe 
as  to  avoid  a  certain  Rocky  hill  and  swamp  ;  —  he  to  have  <£12 
current  countrey  pay  for  so  doing."2 

July  27.  1662,  Mr.  Barstow  agreed  with  Mr.  Constant  South- 
worth,  and  Major  Josias  Winslow,  in  behalf  of  the  Colony  of  New 
Plymouth,  to  keep  in  repair  and  maintain  the  bridge  called  Bars- 
tow's  bridge,  upon  the  North  River,  in  consideration  of  £  20  in  hand 
paid,  for  20  years,  to  serve  for  transportation  of  passengers,  hors 
es,  chattle,  and  all  such  use  as  they  shall  ordinarily  put  it  to,"  and 
pledged  for  the  fulfilment  of  this  contract,  the  house  and  land  in  and 
on  which  he  dwelt,  a  small  tract  already  disposed  of  to  his  son  (in 
law)  Moses  Simmons,  only  excepted. 3 

This  bridge,  the  first  built  on  the  stream,  stood  above  the  pres 
ent  bridge,  and  the  old  piers,  which  are  still  visible,  and  which  be 
longed  to  the  second  bridge,  are  probably  near,  if  not  on  the  spot 
where  Mr.  Barstow  built. 

In  1657,  Mr.  Barstow  was  "allowed  by  the  Court  to  draw  and 
sell  wine,  beer,  and  strong  waters  for  passengers  that  come  and  goe 

1  Col.  Rec.  3.  78.  3  Col.  Rec.  4.  76. 

2  Ibid.  3.  107. 


LOCATION  OF  EARLY  SETTLERS.  19 

over  the  bridge  he  hath  lately  made,  or  others  that  shall  have  oc- 
cation,  unless  any  just  exception  shall  come  in  against  him."  He 
had  been  previously  licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary  ; 2  so  that  we  think 
it  probable  that  near  his  bridge  he  had  a  small  building  as  a  kind 
of  toll-house,  and  here  his  refreshments  were  kept. 

About  16G2,  a  grant  of  land  was  made  to  William  Barstow,  "ly 
ing  westward  of  Cornett  Studsons  graunt,  in  reference  to  satisfac 
tion  for  his  paines  &c.  in  the  countreys  business  ;  "  3  and  the  com 
missioners  were  instructed  to  lay  out  for  him  not  less  than  40,  nor 
more  than  50  acres  of  arable  land. 

Benjamin,  Capt.  Joseph,  and  Samuel  Barstow.  were  the  repre 
sentatives  of  the  family  in  Hanover,  at  the  date  of  the  incorpora 
tion  of  the  town. 

Benjamin,  who  occupied  his  grandfather's  house,  was  engaged 
principally  in  ship-building,  at  the  yard  established  by  the  family 
on  the  North  River,  as  early  as  1690,  and  this  business  is  still 
followed  by  his  descendants.  Some  of  his  sons  moved  to  Roches 
ter,  and  established  ship-yards,  yet  improved  by  their  descendants, 
who  are  among  the  most  active  and  enterprising  men  in  Matta- 
poisett. 

Capt.  Joseph,  in  connexion  with  Benjamin  Stetson,  received  in 
1720,  a  grant  of  two  acres  of  land  on  the  Indian  Head  River,  be 
tween  Pine  Hill  and  Rocky  Run,  for  the  accommodation  of  a 
forge  and  finery,  and  erected  the  forge  subsequently  known  as 
Barstow's  forge,  but  now  as  Sylvester's,  and  which  was  improved 
by  his  descendants  for  nearly  a  century,  or  until  about  the  year 
1800. 

Samuel  Barstow  resided  in  the  Drinkwater  district,  and  owned 
land  in  the  Central  and  Westerly  parts  of  the  town.  He  was  en 
gaged  principally  in  farming,  having  an  estate  of  nearly  one  thou 
sand  acres,  and  was  somewhat  interested  in  commercial  pursuits  as 
a  ship  owner,  and  in  manufactures  as  proprietor  of  a  mill. 

The  descendants  of  these  families,  and  of  the  common  ancestor, 
are  widely  scattered  over  the  Northern  and  Western  States,  and 
wherever  known  are  men  of  respectable  standing,  and  several  have 
risen  to  eminence  and  honor,  in  the  councils  of  States,  and  the 
Congress  of  the  nation. 

i  Col.  Rec.  3.  115.  2  Ibid.  4.  126.  3  Ibid.  4.  160  and  186. 


20  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

Of  the  Eells  family,  which  has  also  furnished  to  the  town  useful 
and  enterprising  men,  who  served  it  faithfully  in  the  French  War, 
and  were  commanders  of  Companies  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution, 
Samuel,  a  descendant  of  Revd.  Nathaniel,  fourth  pastor  of  the 
Second  Church  in  Scituate,  dwelt  at  the  Four  Corners,  on  the 
spot  where  the  house  of  Joseph  C.  Stockb ridge  stands,  and  in  the 
building  erected  and  occupied  by  his  father-in-law,  Mr.  Witherell. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  his  shop  is  spoken  of  in  the 
laying  out  of  a  highway  in  1730.  His  career  was  short,  but  dis 
tinguished.  In  1740,  a  company  was  enlisted  in  the  county  of 
Plymouth,  by  Capt.  Winslow,  to  serve  in  the  expedition  against  the 
Spanish  West  Indies,  under  Admiral  Vernon,  whose  original  mus 
ter-roll,  on  parchment,  is  still  in  existence,  and  in  the  possession 
of  Revd.  Benjamin  Kent,  of  Roxbury.  Of  the  500  men  sent  in 
the  expedition  by  Massachusetts,  not  more  than  50  returned,  many 
having  fallen  victims  to  the  prevailing  tropical  fevers. 1  Samuel 
Eells  enlisted  in  this  company  as  an  Ensign,  and  died,  either  on 
the  passage  from  Carthagcna  to  Jamaica,  or  at  Jamaica,  May  9, 
1741,  in  the  35th  year  of  his  age.  His  widow,  Hannah,  who  sur 
vived  him  for  many  years,  and  occupied  his  homestead,  obtained  a 
pension  from  the  British  Government,  through  the  friendly  aid  of 
the  Revd.  Ebenezer  Thompson,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church, 
which,  we  understand,  was  punctually  remitted  to  her  to  the  close 
of  her  life.  2 

Abncr  Dwelley,  a  descendant  of  Richard,  of  Scituate,  was  in 
Hanover  in  1727,  but  died  soon  after,  and  his  descendants  left  the 
town.  He  lived  on  Elm  St.  not  far  from  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow's,  and 
an  old  orchard,  known  as  the  "  Abner  Orchard,  "  marks  the  spot. 
The  cellar  and  well  are  yet  visible.  His  brothers  settled  in  Pem 
broke,  and  some  of  their  descendants  are  now. in  Hanover.  Dr. 
Melzar,  Dwelley,  also  a  descendant  of  Richard,  of  Scituate,  came  to 
Hanover  in  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century,  and  remained  until 
his  death  in  1828.  His  descendants  are  in  Ashburnham,  and 
South  Boston.  One  of  his  sons  yet  resides  in  Hanover. 

Melatiah  and  John  Dillingham  seem  to  have  lived  near  the  Cor 
ners,  and  tradition  says  that  the  former  was  a  blacksmith,  and 

l  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  116.  2  Letter  of  J.  Barstow,  Esq. 


LOCATION   OF   EARLY   RESIDENTS.  21 

built  the  house  at  present  occupied  by  the  widow  Eclls.  Joshua, 
the  Quaker,  a  descendant  of  Melatiah,  was  also  a  blacksmith,  and 
his  shop  stood  at  the  corner,  near  Wood  &  Torre y's  store.  He 
moved  to  New  York.  A  few  descendants  of  these  brothers,  in  the 
male  line,  lived  in  Hanover  until  the  close  of  the  last  century,  but 
the  name  is  now  extinct.  There  were  several  intermarriages  in 
this  family  with  the  Este's,  of  Hanover. 

Below  the  Corners,  and  on  the  old  Scituate  road,  near  the  third 
Herring  brook,  called  by  some  the  smelt  brook,  lived  the  Palmer's. 
John,  supposed  to  be  the  same  who  came  with  the  first  settlers  of 
Hingham,  in  1635,  and  who  was  a  freeman  in  Massachusetts  in 
1638,  was  freeman  in  Plymouth  in  1657,  with  his  sons  John  and 
Elnathan.  His  house  lot  was  near  the  junction  of  the  road  S.  E. 
of  Church  Hill. l  He  is  the  one  referred  to  in  our  account  of  the 
Barstows.  In  1660,  he  built  a  log-bridge  over  the  third  Herring 
brook,  "from  firm  upland  to  firm  upland,"  which  is  still  known  as 
Palmer's  bridge.  Ezekiel  and  Josiah,  his  descendants,  were  citi 
zens  of  Hanover  for  a  time,  and  others  of  his  descendants  have  re 
sided  in  the  town,  though  there  is  but  one  of  the  name  now  living 
here. 

Not  far  from  the  residence  of  the  Palmers,  lived  the  Stock- 
bridges,  descendants  of  Charles,  of  Scituate,  who  was  son  of  John, 
the  wheelwright.  To  Charles  was  granted,  in  1673,  "  30  acres  of 
land  on  the  third  Herring  brook,  on  condition  that  he  erect  a  corn 
mill  on  that  brook,  and  keep  and  tend  the  mill  fourteen  years."  ' 
This  mill,  subsequently  known  as  Jonah's  mill,  and  the  Tiffany 
mill,  stood  near  the  tack  factory  of  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond,  and  was 
built  in  1677.  In  the  division  of  the  estate  of  the  father,  in  1684, 
there  was  given  "  to  Charles,  the  oldest  son,  land  at  third  Herring 
brook,  and  half  the  corn-mill  and  three  fourths  of  the  saw-mill 
there  ;  To  Thomas,  land  on  third  Herring  brook,  half  the  corn-mill, 
and  one  fourth  of  the  saw-mill ;  To  Joseph  50  acres  of  land  in 
Duxbury,  near  Indian-head  river." 

The  first  of  these,  .Charles,  lived  near  the  Herring  brook,  and 
also  Thomas.3  Joseph,  the  third  son,  became  a  citizen  of  Pembroke 

i  Deane's  Scitnate,  p.  319.  2  Deane,  p.  343. 

3  In  the  house  occupied  by  Ephraim  Stetson. 


22  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

in  1735,  but  continued  to  be  a  member  of  the  Church  in  Hanover 
until  his  death,  in  1773,  at  the  advanced  age  of  100  years.  His 
farm,  which  was  his  father's  grant,  was  in  what  is  now  Pembroke, 
and  Avhere  Haviland,  son  of  the  late  Capt.  William  Torrey  resides, 
—  the  first  house  in  Pembroke,  after  crossing  the  bridge  at  the 
Curtis  Forge.  His  son  David,  who  married  Deborah,  daughter  of 
Judge  John  Gushing,  built  the  house  near  North  River  bridge, 
where  the  new  house  of  Edmund  Q.  Sylvester  stands,  and  was 
Town  Clerk  for  many  years,  Representative,  &c.  and  his  son  David 
was  Senator,.  &c. 

Within  a  half-mile  of  the  Corners,  Northward,  dwelt  the  Sylves 
ters,  descendants  of  Richard,  who  was  of  Weymouth  in  1633,  and 
of  Scituate  in  1642.  Capt.  Joseph,  the  father  of  Amos  and  Ben 
jamin,  of  Hanover,  had,  according  to  Deane,1  a  farm  north  of  the 
Church  Hill,  which  in  part  he  purchased  of  John  Whiston  in  1664, 
and  his  house  stood  where  that  of  Samuel  Waterman  stands,  not 
far  from  the  third  Herring  brook.  He  was  Capt.  under  Col.  Ben 
jamin  Church,  the  famous  Indian  warrior,  in  the  Eastern  expedi 
tion  in  1689,  and  in  1690,  was  Captain  with  16  men  from  Scitu 
ate,  many  of  whom  never  returned,  in  Phips'  expedition  to  Cana 
da,  and  died  in  the  service.  His  will,  which  was  verbal,  was 
proved  in  the  Court  by  three  of  his  soldiers,  Benjamin  Stetson, 
and  John  and  William  Perry,  and  gives  "  all  my  land  at  Hugh's 
cross  to  son  Joseph ;  the  three  younger  sons  (Amos,  Benjamin, 
and  David,)  to  be  provided  for  by  their  mother  (  Mary,  )  out  of 
the  remainder  of  my  estate." 

On  Broadway,  and  on  Elm  and  Spring  Streets,  dwelt  the  Jos- 
selynns,  descendants  of  Thomas,  who  came  from  London  in  1635, 
through  Abraham,  his  oldest  son,  and  Henry,  his  grandson,  who 
settled  in  Scituate  in  1669.  Nathaniel,  Jabez,  Joseph,  and  Dea. 
Thomas,  were  living  in  Hanover  at  the  date  of  the  incorporation 
of  the  town.  The  descendants  of  this  family  are  very  numerous, 
and  widely  scattered. 

The  Burdens  or  Bardins,  Isaac  and  Thomas,  probably  descend 
ants  of  Abraham  of  Scotland, 8  also  resided  on  Broadway,  and  tra 
dition  says  the  latter  built  the  house  now  occupied  by  David  Her- 

i  Deane,  p.  349.  a  Deane,  p.  215. 


LOCATION   OF  EARLY   RESIDENTS.  23 

sey.  He  was  likewise  proprietor  of  the  First  Forge,  erected  on 
the  Indian  Head  river,  about  1704,  where  the  Curtis  Forge  now 
stands,  whose  dam  stretched  across  the  stream  from  shore  to  shore, 
and  near  which  the  then  highly  important  alewife  fishery,  subse 
quently  a  matter  of  controversy,  and  now  of  no  consequence  to  the 
town,  was  carried  on  in  its  season. 

Farther  up  the  stream,  and  on  the  gore  which  was  annexed  to 
Pembroke,  dwelt  the  Cushings,  Lt.  Elijah  and  Lt.  Nehemiah,  de 
scendants  of  John  of  Scituate,  who  came  from  Hingham  in  1662 
and  who  was  son  of  Matthew,  born  in  England  in  1588. l  Both 
these  men  were  useful  in  the  town,  the  former  serving  as  Modera 
tor,  Representative,  &c.  The  latter,  Nehemiah,  became  a  citizen 
of  Pembroke  before  1750,  and  also  Elijah ;  and  their  descendants 
are  principally  in  Hanson. 

Few  families  in  the  country  have  been  more  celebrated  than  the 
Cushings,  and  probably  no  other  one  has  furnished  more  Judges 
for  our  Probate,  Municipal  and  Supreme  Courts.  In  all  its 
branches,  it  has  been  highly  respectable,  and  it  still  maintains  its 
ancient  standing. 

In  the  vicinity  of  the  Cushings,  and  on  the  gore  annexed  to  Pem 
broke,  so  far  as  I  can  learn,  dwelt  a  few  other  families,  whose  de-  " 
scendants  are  now  in  Hanson  ;  as  Richard  Bowker,  Richard  Hill, 
and  perhaps  Edmund  Bowker,  William  Cocks  (  Cook,  now  Coze,  ) 
and  Israel  Smith. 

In  the  Westerly  part  of  the  town,  on  Torrey's  lane,  now  Winter 
Street,  the  Tilden  house,  a  portion  of  which  is  still  standing,  was 
erected  over  130  years  ago,  and  was  occupied  by  a  brother  of  Lt. 
Job,  when  the  town  was  incorporated.  On  the  same  lane  dwelt 
the  Torreys,  David  and  Stephen,  —  and  James  and  Nathaniel  liv 
ed  more  towards  the  centre  of  the  town.  Farther  on,  and  on  the 
same  street,  the  Wings, — Bachelor,  Sylvanus,  and  Ebenezer, — 
were  settled.  In  the  male  line,  all  these  names  are  extinct  here. 
A  few  of  the  female  descendants  still  survive,  among  whom  ~w^ 
may  name  the  wife  of  Thomas  M.  Bates,  who  was  a  Wing. 

Around  Circuit  Street,  and  in  other  parts  of  the  Drinkwater; 
district,  were  settled  Robert  Young,  Thomas  Jones,  and  John' 

i  Deane,  p.  254. 


24  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

Cobb,  who  left  no  descendants  in  Hanover  ;  Joseph  and  Samuel 
Ramsdell,  whose  descendants  are  in  the  western  part  of  the  State  ; 
Job  Otis,  who  returned  to  Scituate  ;  and  near  Abington  line, 
Samuel  Staples,  who  occupied  the  old  Wanton  House,  and  John 
Bray  and  Thomas  Wilkes,  the  latter  of  whom  has  descendants  in 
Abington.  William  Ford  may  have  lived  in  the  same  neighbor 
hood,  though  of  this  we  cannot  speak  with  confidence. 

On  and  near  what  is  now  Plain  Street,  lived  Caleb  Barker,  the 
Quaker,  whose  descendants  are  in  Pembroke  and  New  .York  ;  and 
Matthew,  William,  and  Edward  Estes,  a  few  of  whose  descend 
ants  are  in  Hanover,  but  who  mostly  removed  to  the  Western 
States. 

On  Center  Street,  and  near  the  present  residence  of  Albert 
White,  Esq.,  the  Hatch  family  settled,  on  land  bought  before  1680, 
by  Jeremiah  and  Walter.  Hatch,  of  John  Hanmer,  being  a  portion  of 
Hanmer's  Hook.  Jeremiah,  Isaac,  and  Dea.  James,  were  in  Han 
over  in  1727,  and  all  lived  in  the  Westerly  part  of  the  town,  James 
owning  the  saw-mill  near  league's  bridge,  then  Hatch's  bridge, 
and  which  stood  where  stood  the  mill  of  Cobb  &  Gushing,  burnt  in 
1852.  The  Hatch  estate,  improved  as  a  farm,  and  on  which  was 
a  family  burial  ground,  is  said  to  have  been  sold  in  1743,  to  Cor 
nelius  White,  then  of  Marshfield,  and  a  descendant  of  Peregrine 
White,  the  first  male  child  born  in  Plymouth  Colony  —  and  it  has 
since  been  in  the  possession  of,  and  is  yet  improved  by  his  de 
scendants. 

Benjamin  Hanmer,  a  descendant  of  John,  who  was  of  Scituate 
in  1639,  seems  to  have  lived  on  some  part  of  the  hook,  and  I  in 
fer,  from  scattered  notes,  that  he  was  settled  not  far  from  the  old 
Meeting  House. 

In  the  vicinity  of  this  Meeting  House,  lived  the  Stetsons,  de 
scendants  of  Cornet  Robert,  of  Scituate,  a  noted  and  valuable  man 
in  the  Colony.  Matthew,  Benjamin,  Seth,  Robert,  and  Samuel, 
were  heads  of  families  when  the  town  was  incorporated.  Tradition 
says  that  Isaac  Buck  lived  in  the  same  neighborhood ;  but  none  of 
his  descendants  remain  in  the  town.  Probably  the  venerable 
schoolmaster,  Richard  Fitzgerald,  lived  in  the  same  section  of  the 


LOCATION  OF  EARLY   RESIDENTS.  25 

town  ;  and  Thomas  and  John  Rogers,  a  few  of  whose  descendants 
yet  remain. 

The  Bates  family  settled  in  the  Westerly  and  Southerly  parts 
of  the  town,  and  descended  from  Clement,  who  was  of  Hingham  in 
1636.  Joseph,  Solomon,  Amos,  and  Clement  were  in  Hanover  in 
1727,  and  a  large  number  of  their  descendants  still  reside  in  the 
town. 

The  Baileys,  descendants  of  John,  of  Scituate,  1670,  settled 
first  on  Curtis  Street,  and  afterwards  principally  on  King  Street. 
Col.  John  and  Major  Luther,  of  Revolutionary  memory,  belonged 
to  this  family,  —  also  Dr.  David,  of  Scituate,  and  others. 

The  Curtis  family  lived  on  Washington  Street,  where  many  of 
the  descendants  still  reside,  and  on  Curtis,  now  Main  Street. 
Benjamin,  Benjamin,  jr.,  William,  John,  Elisha,  Richard,  Jesse, 
David,  Ebenezer,  Samuel,  Thomas,  and  Bezaleel,  were  in  Hano 
ver  before  1727. 

The  Turners,  descendants  of  Humphrey,  of  Scituate,  and 
Thomas,  of  Hingham,  settled  on  Curtis  Street,  and  in  the  North 
part  of  the  town,  in  the  "  Snappet "  neighborhood. 

Joseph  House  lived  on  Curtis  Street,  and  David,  the  hatter, 
near  T.  J.  Gardner's  mill,  on  the  third  Herring  brook. 

John,  Uriah,  and  Isaac  Lambert,  lived  in  the  Northerly  part  of 
the  town.  This  name  is  extinct  in  Hanover. 

Of  the  Manns,  descendants  of  Richard  the  planter,  who  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower  in  1620,  Benjamin  was  in  Hanover  in 
1723,  and  owned  part  of  a  mill  on  Curtis  Street,  where  he  re 
sided. 

Eliab  Studley,  a  descendant  of  Benjamin,  of  Hingham,  settled 
on  Pleasant  Street ;  and  Benoni,  who  was  of  another  family,  from 
Sandwich,  lived  on  Hanover  Street,  and  his  house,  one  of  the  old 
est  in  the  town,  is  still  standing,  not  far  from  the  residence  of  the 
late  Dr.  Joshua  Studley. 

Benjamin  Bass,  the  first  minister  of  the  town,  also  lived  on 
Hanover  Street,  and  his  house  stood  near  the  house  of  William 
Church. 

Joseph  Cornish  resided  near  him,  but  no  descendants  are  left  in 
the  town. 

3 


26  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

Jonathan  and  Othniel  Pratt  resided  on  Washington  Street,  near 
where  Martin  and  Samuel  S.  Church  now  reside.  A  few  of  their 
'descendants  yet  live  in  the  town. 

Thomas  Rose,  a  descendant  of  Thomas,  who  was  in  the  "  Two 
mile"  in  1660,  seems  to  have  lived  near  where  Edwin  Rose  now 
resides,  on  Hanover  Street ;  and  Edward  Brisco  lived  in  the  same 
neighborhood,  the  plain  on  which  his  house  stood  being  known 
on  old  records  as  Brisco's  Plain.  If  I  am  not  mistaken,  he  moved 
to  North  Carolina  over  a  hundred  years  ago. 

Of  the  Perry s, — Samuel  and  Joseph  were  early  in  Hanover,  and 
have  descendants  here,  and  in  Pembroke,  and  other  towns  in  the 
vicinity. 

William  Witherell,  the  First  Town  Clerk,  lived  at  the  Four  Cor 
ners,  and  perhaps  Samuel  and  Daniel  also.  John  Woodwarth,  or 
Woodward,  lived  beyond  William  Church's,  on  Hanover  Street, 
near  Woodward  hill,  so  called.  Both  these  names  are  now  extinct 
in  the  town. 

Capt.  Joseph  Soper,  lived  on  what  is  now  Union  Street,  back 
of  the  house  occupied  by  Josiah  Bonney,  on  the  hill.  His  de 
scendants  are  in  Hanson. 

A  few  other  names  occur  on  the  early  records,  but  most  of 
them  are  extinct.  Of  these  are  Henry  Merritt,  Ezekiel  Vi- 
nal,  John  Warren,  Benjamin  and  John  Taylor,  Nathan  Bourne, 
Samuel  Harlow,  Hugh  Vickery,  Daniel  Foster,  John  Stoddard, 
and  Recompense  Tiifany ;  the  last  of  whom  lived  near  Palmer's 
Bridge. 

The  families  of  Briggs,  Brooks,  Barrell,  Clark,  Church,  Cham- 
berlin,  Gardner,  Ellis,  Jacobs,  Munroe,  Bobbins,  Simmons,  and 
Whiting,  appear  on  the  records  from  1740  to  1775.  The  other 
names  in  the  town  are  of  a  more  recent  date.  Sketches  of  all 
these  families  will  be  found  in  our  Second  Part. 

In  the  foregoing  pages,  our  aim  has  been  to  give  a  picture  of 
the  town  before  the  Revolution,  and  especially  in  the  earlier  days 
of  its  settlement.  We  do  not  claim  that  our  sketch  is  perfect ;  on 
the  contrary,  we  think  it  highly  probable  that  some  errors  will  be 
detected  in  it ;  but  we  have  sought  to  make  it  correct  and  reliable. 
Should  errors  be  discovered,  however,  we  hope  they  will  be  noted, 


LOCATION   OP   EARLY   RESIDENTS.  27 

and  that   tlioso   who  have  it  in  thoir  power  to  correct  them,  will 
take  the  liberty  so  to  do. 

The  records  on  which  we  have  been  obliged  to  rely,  are  scatter 
ed  and  fragmsntary.  The  elders  of  the  town  are  fast  disappear 
ing  ;  and  many  from  whom  much  that  is  valuable  might  have  been 
learned,  have  departed  to  the  spirit-land.  Those  that  remain 
have  been  diligently  consulted,  and  the  gloamings  of  their  memo 
ries  faithfully  recorded. 


CHAPTER  II. 

• 

NATURAL      HISTORY. 

"  To  me  be  Nature's  volume  broad  displayed, 
And  to  peruse  its  all-instructing  page, 
Or,  haply  catching  inspiration  thence, 
Some  easy  passage,  raptured  to  translate ; 
My  sole  delight,  as  through  the  falling  glooms 
Pensive  I  stray,  or  with  the  rising  dawn, 
On  fancy's  eagle-wing  excursive  soar." 

THOMSON. 

Geology  of  the  Town — Forests,  ancient  and  modern,  with  their  products,  value  and 
uses  —  Herbaceous  Plants  —  Birds,  &c.  —  Laws  for  their  destruction,  and  argu 
ment  for  their  preservation  —  Wild  and  Domestic  Fruits  —  Ancient  Sheep  Hus 
bandry,  and  the  Culture  of  Flax,  Wheat,  &c.  —  Materials  for  improving  the  soil 
— Indications  of  progress. 

IT  is  an  interesting  fact,  and  one,  calculated  to  impress  us  with 
an  exalted  sense  of  the  Infinite  Wisdom  of  our  Heavenly  Father, 
that  every  square  mile  of  the  earth's  surface  has  an  aspect  of  its 
own,  and  presents  to  us  features  which,  though  resembling  in  some 
respects  what  may  be  elsewhere  seen,  are  so  different  in  others  as 
to  give  to  it  a  distinctive  character,  sufficient  to  render  it  worthy 
of  a  separate  notice.  Hence  every  town  has  its  own  natural  his 
tory.  The  contour  of  its  surface,  with  its  hills  and  plains ;  the 
quantity  of  its  arable  land,  with  the  proportion  unfit  for  cultivation, 
and  covered  with  rocks  or  water ;  the  extent  of  its  forests,  with  the 
comparative  abundance,  age,  and  size  of  the  trees  of  which  they 
are  composed  ;  —  these,  and  other  minuter  details,  which  we  need 
not  specify,  give  to  every  spot  on  our  globe  a  peculiar  interest  in 
the  eyes  of  those  most  familiar  with  its  scenery,  and  encircle  it 
with  that  mysterious  charm  which  hovers  around  the  place  of  our 
nativity,  or  the  home  of  our  adoption. 

Of  the  town  of  Hanover,  we  may  briefly  say  that  its  surface  is 
comparatively  level,  —  undulating  in  some  parts,  —  and  with  a 


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few  scattered  hills,  but  none  of  any  great  elevation.  There  are 
spots  of  highland,  here  and  there,  from  which  beautiful  views  may 
be  obtained  of  the  country  around,  stretching  away  to  the  distance 
of  from  twelve  to  twenty  miles,  with  the  Blue  Hills  to  the  North, 
and  Manomet  to  the  South.  On  Walnut  Hill  is  one  of  these 
"look  outs,"  and  on  a  beautiful  summer's  day,  or  even  in  Oc 
tober,  when  the  leaves  are  changing,  and  the  forests  are  clothed  in 
their  rich  autumnal  drapery,  it  is  worth  one's  while  to  take  a  seat 
in  the  top  of  a  majestic  pine,  very  easy  of  ascent,  which  stands 
near  the  summit,  and  from  thence  to  survey  the  attractive  pic 
ture,  of  God's  own  painting,  spread  out  before  the  eye  ;  attractive, 
not  only  for  its  own  diversity  and  beauty,  but  for  the  associations 
connected  with  it,  as  compassing  the  home  of  the  Pilgrims,  —  the 
ground  pressed  by  their  feet,  and  watered  by  their  blood,  and  hal 
lowed  by  their  spirits  which  seem  as  if  gazing,  with  a  rapture  full 
equal  to  our  own,  on  what  was  to  them  a  consecrated  soil ! 

Of  the  geology  of  the  town,  traces  of  diluvial  action  are  every 
where  visible,  not  only  in  the  range  and  shape  of  our  hills,  but  in 
the  numerous  boulders  of  granite  and  greenstone,  with  which  its 
surface  is  covered  ;  some  of  which  were  evidently  transported 
from  Ilingham,  and  correspond  with  the  ledges  of  that  town,  es 
pecially  with  the  granite  ledge,  intersected  by  veins  of  trap, 
through  which  the  South  Shore  Rail  Road  is  cut  in  West  Hin^ 

O  O 

ham  ;  —  others  from  Cohasset,  corresponding  with  the  rocks  in 
situ  there  ;  —  and  others  from  Weymouth,  from  the  vicinity  of  the 
Old  Spain  Meeting  House,  and  the  Depot  at  Back  River. 

The  largest,  however,  are  from  the  extensive  granite  beds 
which  underlie  all  but  that  part  of  the  town  bordering  on  the 
North  River,  and  which  outcrop  on  Walnut  Street,  and  along  the 
third  Herring  brook,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Brooks's  upper  mill, 
and  on  Centre  Street,  as  may  be  seen  by  the  references  on  the 
map  of  the  town,  placed  there  by  Mr.  Whiting  at  the  author's 
suggestion.  Of  these  boulders,  some,  of  great  size,  are  still  nicely 
poised  upon  the  parent  rock,  and  have  been  moved  but  a  few  feet 
at  the  most.  An  example  may  be  seen  in  the  pasture  land  of 
Rev.  Robert  L.  Killam,  on  Walnut  Street. 

Along  the  North  River,  a  grauwacke  formation  occurs,  which 
extends  North-westerly  through  Hanson  and  Abington ;  and  in 


80  .  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

the  latter  town,  near  the  residence  of  Benjamin  Hobart,  Esq.,  ex 
plorations  have  been  made  for  coal,  but  not  with  sufficient  success, 
in  the  estimation  of  Mr.  Hobart,  to  warrant  a  continuance  of  the 
enterprise.  Undoubtedly  coal  exists  in  the  whole  of  this  forma 
tion,  but  at  such  a  depth,  and  mixed,  especially  in  its  upper  beds, 
with  so  large  a  per  centage  of  the  carburet  of  iron,  that  it  will  not 
for  a  long  time,  if  ever,  be  wrought  with  profit.  Even  in  the 
grauwacke  of  Rhode  Island,  where  explorations  for  coal  are  now 
in  progress,  near  the  Blackstone  river,  and  about  three  miles  from 
Pawtucket,  and  where  an  article  of  much  better  quality  than  for 
merly,  is  being  raised,  the  depth  of  the  shafts  is  over  300  feet,  and 
the  expense  of  conducting  the  work  is  so  great,  that  it  absorbs 
nearly  if  not  quite  all  the  materiel  which  is  sold. 

Specimens  of  crystallised  quartz,  though  not  of  great  beauty, 
are  frequently  found  in  the  Westerly  and  Southerly  parts  of  the 
town,  where  quartz  boulders  occur.  The  author  has  one  lump  of 
considerable  size,  in  which  the  crystals  radiate  from  a  central  nu 
cleus,  apparently  of  grey  quartz,  in  a  stellar  form,  —  the  crystals 
themselves  being  white  or  cream  colored,  and  slightly  tinged  with 
the  oxide  of  iron.  Specimens  of  earthy  chlorite,  the  granules  of 
which  are  green,  and  often  of  a  triangular  form  when  seen  through 
a  magnifier,  occur  in  the  same  localities.  A  peculiar  kind  of  fer 
ruginous  asbestiform  quartz,  called  by  the  people  "petrified 
chips,"  also  occurs  somewhat  abundantly  near  the  .North  River, 
with  bituminous  shale  ;  and  in  the  rock  near  Perry's  Tack  Fac 
tory,  is  a  vein  of  ochrey  brown  oxide  of  iron,  nearly  a  foot  wide  ; 
and  there  are  traces  of  the  earthy  oxide  of  manganese,  on  the  bank 
of  the  river. 

Micaceous  oxide  of  iron,  in  Small  quantity,  is  found  in  the 
granite  region,  and  sometimes  handsome  specimens  of  porphyry 
may  be  obtained,  in  which  the  crystals  of  feldspar  are  white,  large, 
and  quite  numerous.  The  hydrate  or  log  iron,  of  fair  quality, 
and  yielding  a  considerable  per  centage  when  smelted,  may  be 
found  in  most  of  our  low  grounds,  especially  near  the  water  cour 
ses,  as  at  Iron  Mine  Brook,  and  in  alluvial  tracts.2  Hydrate  of 
Silica  is  also  common  in  the  low  grounds,  with  peat. 

i  Bog  iron  was  formerly  carted  from  near  the  "  Cricket  Hole,"  to  the 
Drinkwater  works. 


FORESTS.  31 

Clay  occurs  on  Walnut  Hill,  and  bricks  were  made  there  sixty 
years  ago,  by  Dea.  Benjamin  Mann.  In  this  clay  are  rarely  dis 
seminated  crystals  of  selenite,  and  specimens  of  nodular  argillace 
ous  iron  ore.  Some  years  since,  and  in  the  days  when  less  was 
known  of  geology  than  now,' a  search  for  the  precious  metals  was 
made  in  one  part  of  the  town,  and  quite  a  California  fever  raged 
for  a  season.  A  few  crystals  of  quartz  were  obtained  ;  and  when 
the  little  cubical  blocks  ofsulphuret  of  iron,  which  have  deceived 
so  many,  made  their  appearance,  glittering  in  the  sun,  and  of  a 
golden  yellow,  they  were  seized  with  avidity,  and  the  miners 
thought  their  fortune  was  made. 

At  a  still  earlier  period,  when  physical  science  was  rarely  stud 
ied  even  by  the  learned,  divining  by  the  hazel  rod,  and  by  the 
stone  in  the  hat,  which  made  the  universe  transparent,  taught 
sapient  divines,  as  well  as  astute  laymen,  that  beneath  the  surface 
treasures  vast  were  within  their  grasp,  and  could  be  easily  obtain 
ed  !  But  the  only  treasure  that  has  thus  far  been  dug  from  our 
soil,  is  the  plentiful  crop  which  the  plough  and  the  hoe  have 
brought  forth. 

The  forests  of  Hanover,  which  cover  a  large  part  of  its  territo 
ry,  are  extensive  and  valuable  ;  and  here  are  found  trees  of  the 
kinds  most  common  in  our  State,  as  the  white,  swamp  white,  grey, 
red,  scarlet,  yellow  bark,  and  bear  or  "  ragged  plain  "  Oak  ;  the 
upland  and  swamp  Elm ;  the  crabbed  Hornbeam  ;  the  pignut  and 
shellbark  Hickory  ;  the  white,  the  black,  and  the  yellow  Birch  ;  the 
fragrant  Sassafras,  an  article  of  commerce  two  centuries  ago  ;  the 
common  white  maple  ;  the  tremulous  Poplar ;  the  majestic  Beech  ; 
the  white  and  the  black  Ash  ;  the  spine-leaved  Holly  ;  the  Wych- 
Elm,  or  Iron  Wood,  as  some  term  it ;  the  verdant  Hemlock  ;  the 
tall  Spruce  ;  the  white  and  the  red  Cedar ;  and  the  white,  yellow, 
and  pitch  Pine. 

White  Birch  is  a  wood  of  rapid  growth,  and  is  fit  to  cut  once  in 
twelve  or  fifteen  years.  Oak,  Maple,  Birch,  and  Walnut,  may  be 
cut  once  in  from  twenty-five  to  thirty-five  years.  Pines  attain  to 
a  considerable  size  in  thirty  years,  and  some  trees,  with  that 
growth  upon  them,  are  large  enough  for  board  logs.  The  Cedar, 
the  Hemlock,  and  the  Spruce,  are  of  a  slower  growth  and  cannot 
usually  be  cut  oftener  than  once  in  about  sixty  years. 


32  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

There  are  large  tracts  of  Cedar  Swamp  in  the  "Westerly  part  of 
the  town,  the  wood  from  which  is  valuable  for  posts  and  rails,  and 
if  of  good  quality,  for  the  manufacture  of  tubs,  piggins,  pails  and 
churns. 

Several  hundred  cords  of  pine,  called  rare-ripes,  are  annually 
carted  to  Hingham,  for  the  use  of  the  coopers,  to  be  made  into  the 
pails,  firkins,  dumbetty  tubs,  and  other  articles  of  wooden  ware  for 
which  that  place  is  so  famous.  Crocker  Wilder  '&  Co.,  are  the 
most  extensive  purchasers,  and  the  largest  manufacturers,  though 
the  business  is  -carried  on,  more  or  less,  all  over  that  town. 

Nearly  a  half  million  feet  of  boards  are  also  sawed  annually,  — 
mostly  pine, — the  half -inch  stuff  being  used  chiefly  for  the  manu 
facture  of  shoe-boxes,  and  trunks  ;  — a  business  extensively  car 
ried  on  at  Shepherd's  Factory,  in  Pembroke,  at  the  steam  mill  of 
Mr.  John  Jones,  in  South  Scituate,  at  the  workshop  of  Mr.  John 
Gross,  in  the  same  town,  and  at  several  establishments  in  Hanover, 
especially  on  Whiting  Street. 

Cedar  and  pine  shingles  are  sawed  at  Brooks's  upper  mill,  and 
at  the  mill  owned  by  Mr.  Nahum  Stetson,  on  Pleasant  Street. 

There  is  a  ready  market  for  from  two  to  three  hundred  cords 
of  pine  wood,  annually,  at  the  brick-yard  of  Mr.  Edward  Jacobs, 
in  South  Scituate.  Oak,  maple,  and  other  kinds  of  hard  wood, 
find  a  market  principally  in  Hingham,  Abington,  and  Weymouth. 
Charcoal  is  manufactured  to  a  considerable  extent  every  year  by 
Mr.  Ethan  Perry,  on  Main  Street.  Ship-timber  is  saleable  at 
Scituate  harbor,  and  at  the  yards  on  the  North  River,  though  the 
quantity  cut  is  not  very  large.  Oak  and  maple  butts  are  sold  to 
the  coopers,  at  Hingham,  and  plank  to  the  wheelwrights  of  Hano 
ver  and  Scituate.  Our  farmers  engage  in  the  lumbering  business 
more  or  less  every  winter ;  and  it  not  only  furnishes  steady  em 
ployment  for  their  teams,  but  a  fertile  field  for  the  exercise  of 
their  own  industry,  and  a  by  no  means  unfruitful  source  of  ad 
dition  to  their  income. 

It  is  sometimes  asserted  that  the  quantity  of  wood  in  the  town 
is  not  so  great  as  it  was  fifty  or  seventy  five  years  ago ;  and  it  may 
be,  and  doubtless  is  true,  that  trees  of  great  size,  and  of  an  old 
growth  are  diminishing,  though  there  are  still  "  not  a  few  "  left. 
But  as  much,  if  not  more  territory  is  now  covered  with  forests,  — 


FORESTS.  33 

many  fields  and  pastures  having  been  left  to  grow  to  wood,  and 
pieces  which  were  planted  within  the  memory  of  the  living,  and  on 
which  the  Indian  hills  are  yet  visible,  are  covered  with  trees  from 
fifteen  to  eighteen  inches  in  diameter.  Indeed,  we  think  we  may 
safely  say,  that  there  is  a  supply  left  sufficient  for  home  consump 
tion  for  several  generations  ;  and  at  least  for  one  century,  even  if 
the  demand  is  as  brisk  as  now,  no  apprehensions  of  an  entire  failure 
in  this  supply  need  be  entertained. 

It  was  probably  the  custom  of  the  early  settlers  of  New  Eng 
land,  as  it  is  of  the  emigrants  of  different  nations  who  are  peopling 
the  Western  States,  to  make  clearings  by  cutting  the  trees  upon 
those  tracts  designed  for  cultivation,  and  heaping  the  trunks  and 
limbs  into  one  vast  pile,  which  was  set  on  fire,  and  burned  to  ash 
es  ;  and  this  process  as  at  present  conducted,  is  termed  "  burning 
the  fallow" 

It  is  quite  certain  that  the  forest  trees  which  stood  on  our  soil 
two  hundred  years  ago,  were  much  larger  than  any  that  are  seen 
in  our  day,  and  doubtless  approximated  in  size  the  monarchs  of 
the  Mississippi  valley.  The  author  has  seen,  in  the  State  of  Illi 
nois,  red  oaks  four  feet  in  diameter,  and  black  walnuts  five  feet 
through ;  and  in  the  low,  rich  bottom  lands,  the  cotton-wood  trees 
grow  to  a  great  height  and  size,  their  tops  appearing  to  pierce  the 
clouds.  But  farther  west,  on  the  borders  of  the  Pacific,  in  Cali 
fornia  and  Oregon,  travellers,  upon  whose  veracity  we  can  rely, 
inform  us  that  the  trees  are  of  a  still  larger  growth,  and  that  pines 
are  found  there  three  hundred  feet  high  ! !  It  is  not  uncommon  to 
find  pine  trees  in  Hanover,  one  hundred  feet  high,  and  from  three 
and  one  half  to  four  feet  in  diameter.  These  are  old  trees ;  — 
but  our  old  men  tell  me  that  in  their  boyhood,  the  trees  were  still 
larger,  and  Cedars  and  Oaks  were  found  from  three  to  four  feet 
through ! 

We  are  not  to  infer,  however,  that  the  fertility  of  the  soil,  or  its 
capacity  for  the  production  of  such  trees  is  exhausted ;  for  were 
the  forests  now  standing  left  undisturbed  for  two  centuries  to  come, 
and  could  we  then  look  upon  the  scene  which  they  would  present 
to  our  view,  we  should  have  a  picture  of  New  England  as  it  was 

1 1  have  heard  of  one  Pine  twenty  feet  indiametcr,  and  one  hundred  feet 
from  the  ground  to  the  first  limb. 


34  HISTORY   OP  HANOVER. 

seen  by  the  Pilgrims,  and  the  primeval  aspect  of  our  hills  and 
plains  would  be  restored,  and  the  deer  and  the  wolf  be  once  more 
seen  in  the  land. 

The  Indians  disturbed  not  often  the  vegetation  of  the  country 
they  inhabited.  Their  axes  of  stone,  were  not  so  well  fitted  as 
our  keen-edged  tools  of  steel  for  felling  trees.  Hence  the  forests 
continued  to  grow,  from  age  to  age,  furnishing  lairs  for  the  wild 
beasts,  and  favorite  resorts  for  herds  of  deer,  and  countless  multi 
tudes  of  wild  fowls  which  lodged  in  their  branches. 

Of  the  herbaceous  plants  described  by  Bigelow,  in  his  Plants  of 
Boston,  the  author  has  found  over  three  hundred  species  in  the 
town  of  Hanover,  and  probably  more  might  be  discovered  were  the 
whole  of  its  territory  explored.  Of  the  floiverless  plants,  as  the 
mosses,  the  lichens,  the  ferns,  and  the  fungi,  we  have  also  a  large 
number  of  species,  some  of  which  are  not  only  rare,  but  exceeding 
ly  beautiful.  Indeed,  our  little  municipality  is  by  no  means  an 
uninteresting  field  for  botanical  researches,  and  several  plants  are 
common  here,  and  in  Scituate,  which  are  less  frequently  met  with 
in  other  towns  in  the  State  ;  as  the  Kalmia  latifolia,  or  Mountain 
Laurel,  which  in  June  is  covered  with  a  multitude  of  rich  and  fra 
grant  blossoms; — the  Epigcea  repens,  or  Mayflower,  a  sweet- 
scented,  and  modest  little  plant,  blossoming  early  in  April,  and 
which  was  probably  the  first  plant  seen  in  bloom  by  the  pilgrims 
the  spring  after  they  landed,  —  whence  its  name ; — •  and  the  Py- 
rola  maculata,  or  spotted  pyrola,  with  its  zebra-striped  leaves, 
peeping  out  from  the  dry  and  mouldering  vegetation  scattered 
every  fall  around  in  the  forest. 

The  author  has  taken  great  pleasure  in  rambling  through  woods 
and  swamps,  and  over  pastures  and  meadows,  at  all  seasons  of  the 
year,  in  quest  of  flowers ;  and  seldom  has  he  made  an  excursion 
without  learning  something  new  ;  either  discovering  fresh  locali 
ties,  or  returning  laden  with  more  beautiful  specimens,  or  with 
plants  of  a  different  species  from  any  that  had  been  previously  met 
with  in  his  walks.  But  wo  to  the  luckless  wight  who,  in  such 
strolls,  comes  in  contact,  all  unconsciously  perhaps,  with  the  poi 
sonous  ivy,  in  scaling  stone  walls,  or  the  malignant  dogwood,  in 
threading  his  way  through  the  swamps  ;  for  swollen  features,  and 
days  of  pain  will  be  the  portion  of  those  who  imbibe  the  venom  of 


DESTRUCTION    OF   BIRDS,   ETC.  35 

these  plants  through  the  pores  of  the  skin,  or  inhale  it  through 
the  lungs  !  And  blessed  are  they  who  can  handle  with  impunity 
these  usually  annoying  "subjects  of  the  vegetable  kingdom." 

In  the  earlier  days  of  our  Country's  history,  deer  and  wild  cats, 
and  even  bears  and  wolves  were  found  hi  all  our  forests,  and 
ducks,  and  geese,  and  crows,  and  blue  jays,  and  other  birds,  were 
far  more  numerous  than  now  ;  — so  much  so  that  laws  were  passed, 
and  bounties  offered,  to  aid  in  extirpating  those  which  were  most 
destructive,  or  from  which  danger  was  apprehended.  Deer  were 
protected,  however ;  and  December  13,  1739,  in  Hanover,  Dea. 
James  Hatch  and  William  Curtis  were  chosen  "  to  look  after  the 
Deer  that  none  are  killed  and  destroyed  contrary  to  law."  But 
wild-cats,  and  many  birds  were  doomed.  Thus,  March  1,  1732— 
3,  there  was  paid  to  Joseph  Bates,  Solomon  Bates,  Stephen  Tor- 
rey,  John  Woodworth,  Benjamin  Curtis,  Ebenezer  Curtis,  and 
others,  each  20s.  for  "killing  wild  cats  ;"  and  in  1738,  40s.  a 
head  were  voted  for  killing  them,  and  in  1744,  X3  each  was  voted 
to  be  paid  for  every  one  killed  in  Hanover  or  Abington. 

In  1736-7,  £6,  18s.  were  voted  to  different  persons  for  killing 
"  birds  and  squirals  ;  "  and  in  1740,  3d.  a  head  was  voted  for 
"  killing  black  birds,  squirals,  jay  birds,  chuits,  read  thrashers 
and  wood-peckers." 

In  1773,  a  bounty  of  Is.  a  head  was  granted  for  killing  crows, 
and  2d.  a  head  for  crow  blackbirds,  and  ground  or  red  squirrels, 
the  head  to  be  shown  as  proof  of  the  killing.  The  bounty  on 
crows  continued  to  be  paid  so  late  as  1837. 

In  1836,  the  Legislature  of  the  State  offered  a  bounty  on  kill 
ing  foxes,  and  throughout  the  State  a  destructive  warfare  was 
waged  against  them.  In  Hanover,  13  were  killed,  for  which  a 
bounty  was  received.  l 

Of  the  policy  of  such  regulations,  every  one  must  judge  for 
himself.  For  our  own  part,  whilst  we  admit  the  propriety  of  de 
stroying  wolves,  wild  cats,  racoons,  skunks,  and  beasts  of  the  like 
nature,  we  are  free  to  own  that  in  our  opinion,  the  jay,  and  the 
wood-pecker,  and  the  red  thrasher,  and  the  blackbird,  and  even 
the  crow,  though  they  do  much  mischief,  and  are  less  melodious 

l  Sen.  Doc.  No.  32,  1837,  and  No.  45,  1838. 


36  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

singers  than  some  others,  pay  their  way,  and   deserve  to  be  pro 
tected,  for  preserving  our  trees  and  vegetables,  from  the  ravages 
of  insects  and  field  mice,  which  increase  just  in  the  ratio  that  birds 
diminish. 

The  crow  is  by  no  means  an  uninteresting  bird.  True  he  is  a 
rogue,  and  wants  watching,  —  but  he  will  devour  scores  of  grubs 
in  a  day,  and  save  more  corn  for  the  harvest,  than  he  steals  in  the 
seed.  Let  all  the  birds  live,  to  enliven  our  forests  !  Let  the  rob 
in  come  to  our  door  yards,  and  pick  up  the  crumbs  ;  and  if  he 
does  steal  afew  cherries,  we  take  more  from  the  trees  ! 

To  rise  at  break  of  day,  and  hear  these  sweet  warblers  breath 
ing  forth  their  morning  hymn  ;  —  the  prelude  by  the  robin,  and 
the  chorus  swelled  by  the  trill  of  the  oriole,  the  scream  of  the  jay, 
the  hawk,  and  the  wood-pecker,  and  the  distant  cawing  of  the  crow, 
with  the  solo  of  the  bobolink,  and  the  symphony  of  the  peewit, 
or  chickadee ;  and  at  mid-day,  to  hear  in  the  stillness  of  noon,  the 
chant  of  the  cuckoo,  or  the  plaintive  call  of  the  cat-bird,  and  the 
chattering  of  the  striped,  red,  grey,  and  flying  squirrels,  as  they 
skip  from  tree  to  tree  ;  and  at  night,  to  hear  the  whippoorwills  com 
plaint  :  —  all  these  to  me,  are  sweet  and  pleasant  sounds  ;  —  and 
even  the  flight  of  the  butterfly,  the  note  of  the  bee,  and  the  hum 
of  the  locust,  with  at  eventide  the  chirp  of  the  cricket,  the  radiance 
of  the  glow-worm,  or  that  mimic  lightning,  flashing  out  with  inces 
sant  scintillations  from  the  multitude  of  fire  flies  hovering  over  field 
and  meadow  ;  —  all  have  charms  for  my  spirit,  and  lead  me  to 
adore  the  wisdom  and  goodness  of  Him  who  has  made  everything 
beautiful  in  its  time,  and  who  is  good  unto  all,  and  whose  tender 
mercies  are  over  all  his  works. 

Of  the  agricultural  interests  of  Hanover,  we  think  we  may  truly 
say  that  the  farmers  of  this  section  are  beginning  to  manifest  a 
commendable  spirit  of  progress  and  improvement,  and  fine  crops  of 
corn,  rye,  potatoes  and  hay,  are  raised  in  favorable  seasons.  Of 
wild  fruits,  we  have  the  usual  variety.  Grapes  are  abundant  in 
the  woods,  and  cranberries  in  the  meadows.  Whortleberries, 
strawberries,  blueberries,  and  blackberries,  too,  are  abundant ;  and 
in  the  summer  months,  when  a  vacation  is  given  to  our  school 
children,  they  may  be  seen  daily  in  groups  wending  their  way  to 


DOMESTIC   FKUITS.  37 

the  pastures  and  woods,  with  baskets,  or  tin  "kettles,  or  larks  on 
their  arms,  their  merry  voices  striking  like  sweet  music  on  the  pa 
rent's  ear,  and  returning  with  their  luscious  offerings  to  the  domes 
tic  shrine,  which,  served  with  baked  apples  and  milk,  furnish  a 
dish  so  luxurious  that  we  doubt  whether  Queen  Victoria,  or  the 
Emperor  Nicholas,  or  any  other  monarch  or  prince,  of  ancient  or 
modern  times,  ever  tasted  a  better,  or  ate  one  more  palatable  > 
nourishing,  and  innocent. 

Considerable  attention  is  beginning  to  be  paid  to  the  raising  of 
domestic  fruits,  and  plantations  of  the  apple,  and  peach  are  be 
coming  quite  common ;  and  even  the  pear,  the  quince,  and  the 
cherry,  with  the  smaller  fruits,  including  the  currant  and  goose 
berry,  are  not  wholly  neglected  ;  though  much  remains  to  be  done 
before  public  attention  will  be  thoroughly  awakened  to  these  mat 
ters,  and  every  farm  will  be  supplied  with  fruit  of  all  kinds,  in 
rich  abundance,  both  for  summer  and  winter  use. 

The  famous  liigh-top-siveeting,  an  apple  which  is  a  native  of 
Plymouth  County,  ripe  in  September,  of  a  medium  size,  golden 
yellow,  and  mellow  and  juicy,  is  not  so  common  as  it  was  when 
our  fathers  were  young.  Orchards  of  these  trees  were  then  quite 
numerous.  But  the  crabbed,  sour  apples  with  which  they  were 
accompanied,  and  which  caused  the  cider  press  to  shriek  in  agony 
as  the  teeth  of  the  cog-wheels  met  and  crunched  them,  and  whose 
juice  was  vinegar  almost  as  soon  as  expressed,  have  given  place  to 
the  Baldwin,  the  Greening,  the  Roxbury  Russet,  the  Spitzenberg, 
the  Early  Harvest,  the  Yellow  Bough,  and  the  many  other  varie 
ties  of  far  more  palatable  fruits,  which  characterise  the  present 
age.  Nurseries,  too,  are  being  established  here,  and  in  adjoining 
towns,  which  are  doing  an  increasing  business,  in  the  sale  of  trees 
to  our  own  citizens  and  others. 

The  Pratt  Rare  Ripe,  is  an  excellent  seedling  peach,  a  native 
of  this  town,  raised  by  Mr.  B.  C.  Pratt,  who  resides  about  one 
half  a  mile  from  the  Four  Corners  ;  and  it  is  not  only  hardy  and 
prolific,  but  seems  to  be  almost  entirely  exempt  from  that  common 
scourge, — the  yellows, — which  destroys  so  many  of  our  finest  trees. 

There  was  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  town,  when  all  our  far 
mers  kept  their  flocks  of  sheep,  and  raised,  and  spun  their  own 


38  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

wool,  and  made  their  own  cloth  ;  and  the  hum  of  the  wheel,  and 
the  clatter  of  the  loom,  tended  by  the  goodwife,  were  heard  in 
about  every  dwelling.  Indeed,  such  was  the  esteem  in  which  this 
branch  of  industry  was  held,  that  in  1732,  the  town  "  made  choyce 
of  Caleb  Barker  and  Thomas  Josselyun  as  agents  to  draw  up  a 
Town  act  for  the  Regulation  of  Rames"  to  prevent  them  from 
running  at  large,  to  the  injury  of  the  flocks. 

It  is  to  be  borne  in  mind,  that  farms  of  from  two  to  four  hun 
dred  acres,  and  even  more,  were  owned  by  many  of  our  townsmen 
then,  and  hence  the  range  of  pasturage  was  such  that  sheep  could 
be  kept  to  good  advantage.  But  it  is  now  rare  to  find  farms  con 
taining  even  one  hundred  acres.  Hence  sheep  are  kept  by  but 
few  ;  and  the  loom  and  the  spinning  wheel,  with  but  rare  excep 
tions  are  mouldering  in  the  garret,  or  have  long  since  been  cut  up 
into  fire  wood  to  heat  the  oven  on  baking  days  ;  —  and  the  daugh 
ters  of  our  farmers,  and  even  the  mothers,  for  the  most  part,  spend 
their  time  either  in  fitting  shoes,  or  in  the  manufacture  of  coarse 
garments  for  the  ready  made  clothing  establishments  of  Boston. — 
The  flocks  have  gone  to  the  hills  of  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont, 
or  to  the  prairies  of  the  West,  and  the  wool  is  sent  to  our  exten 
sive  factories,  at  Lowell  and  elsewhere,  to  be  converted  into  car 
pets  and  rugs  for  our  floors,  or  shawls  and  de-laines  for  the  ladies 
wear,  or  broad  cloths  and  cassimeres  for  the  men. 

Flax  was  also  an  article  to  whose  cultivation  considerable  atten 
tion  was  once  paid;  and  the  smaller  wheels,  upon  which  linen  thread 
was  spun,  of  which  the  snow  white  table  cloths,  and  sheetings  and 
shirtings  were  made,  which  constituted,  so  important  a  part  of  the 
outfit  of  the  new  housekeeper,  have  not  been  laid  aside  over  thirty 
years.  The  hatchel,  and  swingling-knife,  alas  !  are  numbered, 
forever,  we  fear,  with  the  things  that  were  but  are  not ! 

Doubtless  these  changes  are  all  for  the  best,  when  rightly  viewed. 
Occasionally  we  hear  lamentable  jeremiads  upon  the  degener 
acy  of  the  times,  and  complaints  that  the  simplicity  of  former  days 
has  entirely  vanished,  and  that  strength,  and  vigor,  and  power  of 
endurance,  are  likewise  departing  from  our  sons  and  daughters, 
who  are  rising  up  around  us  a  puny  race,  wholly  unfit  for  the 
storms  and  tempests  of  life. 

But  we  long  since  learned  to  look  at  the   world,  not  from   the 


CULTURE    OF   WHEAT.  39 

deceptive  position  with  which  the  imagination  is  ever  inclined  to 
invest  the  past,  but  from  that  broader  stand-point  which  looks  at 
man,  not  as  a  beast  of  burden  alone,  having  a  body  to  feed  and  a 
back  to  clothe,  but  as  an  intellectual  and  a  moral  being,  capable  of 
unlimited  advancement  in  that  exalted  career  which  God  has 
marked  out  for  him,  and  of  making  continued  improvements, 
tending  not  only  to  increase  his  physical  comforts,  but  to  open  the 
way  for  nobler  pursuits  and  purer  joys,  in  the  expansion  of  the 
mind,  and  the  cultivation  of  the  heart. 

About  fourteen  years  ago,  or  in  1838,  the  Committee  on  Agri 
culture  made  a  report  to  the  Legislature,  in  favor  of  "  allowing  a 
bounty  on  the  production  of  Wheat,"  '  which  led  to  the  passage 
of  a  law  granting  such  bounty,  and  to  the  publication,  by  order 
of  the  Legislature,  4tf  a  valuable  report  "  on  the  cultivation  of 
Spring  Wheat,"  from  the  pen  of  the  lamented  Henry  Colman. 2 
In  1839,  from  the  "  Abstract  of  the  returns  of  the  bounties  paid 
for  Wheat,"  3  Hanover  is  represented  by  six  claimants,  who  rais 
ed  101  bushels,  and  received  a  bounty  of  $12.55.  Mr.  Colman, 
the  Commissioner,  in  his  return  for  1840,  states  that  these  six 
claimants  sowed  11|  acres,  and  that  the  average  yield  was  9  bush 
els  per  acre.  The  several  crops  were  14  bushels,  lOf  bushels, 
and  four  of  7£  bushels.  Samuel  House  was  one  of  the  claimants, 
and  his  certificate  is  the  only  one  I  find  on  file  in  the  Town  Clerk's 
office.  The  largest  crop  was  obtained  by  the  application  of  12 
loads  of  compost  from  the  yard.  The  crop  is  said  to  have  suffer 
ed  from  the  drought. 4  In  1840,  there  were  two  claimants  from 
Hanover,  who  raised  38J  bushels,  and  received  $4.43. 5  But 
this  experiment  was  not  attended  with  all  the  results  which  its 
sanguine  friends  desired.  Perhaps  it  was  too  soon  abandoned. — 
At  all  events,  it  developed  important  facts,  and  taught  us  clearly, 
as  the  returns  show,  that  there  are  sections  of  the  State,  and  es 
pecially  the  Western  Counties,  in  the  limestone  region  of  Berk 
shire  and  Franklin,  where  wheat  can  be  raised  successfully  and 
profitably. 

The  materials  for  improving  the  soil  in  Hanover,  and   increas- 

1  House  Doe.  No.  12.  1838.         4  Senate  Doc.  No.  36.  1840. 

2  Senate  Doc.  No.  77.  1838.         5  Senate  Doc.  No.  25.  1841. 

3  House  Doc.  No.  40.  1839. 


40  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

ing  our  crops,  are  probably  as  abundant,  and  can  be  as  easily  ob 
tained,  as  in  any  of  the  adjoining  towns :  and  the  natural  re 
sources  are  as  great  and  as  available.  In  our  low  grounds  are 
vast  deposites  of  decaying  vegetable  matter,  the  accumulation  of 
ages,  in  the  form,  of  peat,  and  muck,  and  beds  of  leaves,  all  of 
which  are  useful  as  manures,  and  of  excellent  quality  and  incalcu 
lable  value  when  judiciously  composted,  and  liberally  applied. 

By  the  drainage  of  our  meadows,  too,  and  more  skill  on  the  up 
land,  the  produce  of  the  soil  might  be  easily  doubled  in  a  very  few 
years,  and  the  wealth  of  our  citizens  proportionably  increased. 
We  need  a  more  enlightened  industry  in  all  our  towns,  to  secure 
the  highest  results.  Intelligent  labor  is  as  applicable  in  farming 
and  quite  as  advantageous,  as  in  any  branch  of  human  enterprise. 
And  when  it  is  borne  in  mind  by  our  citizens^that  we  have  no  rail 
road,  with  its  freight  trains,  running  through  the  place  ;  that  the 
old  line  of  Plymouth  stages  which  daily  passed  the  Four  Corners 
is  discontinued  ;  and  that  ship-building  has  shifted  its  quarters  to 
the  vicinity  of  Boston  ;  it  will  be  at  once  apparent,  that  our  chief 
dependance  for  the  future  must  be  upon  the  soil  and  its  produc 
tions.  And  though  our  Mills,  and  Forges,  and  Tack  Factories, 
and  Boot  and  Shoe  Establishments,  may  do  much  to  develope  our 
industry,  and  increase  our  wealth,  yet  the  earth  is  our  great  nurs 
ing-mother,  and  from  her  prolific  bosom  must  we  draw  our  nour 
ishment,  and  our  means  of  support. 

Assiduous  labor  in  this  direction,  accompanied  by  persevering 
effort,  and  enlightened  skill,  will  enable  us  to  keep  pace  with  the 
towns  around  us  ;  so  that  Hanover  will  continue  to  be,  as  in  the 
past,  respectable  for  the  industry,  the  enterprise,  and  the  intelli 
gence  of  its  citizens.  And  Avhat  has  been  accomplished  within  the 
past  twenty  five  years,  should  be  an  encouragement  to  us  to  con 
tinue  to  progress.  Houses  were  then  unpainted,  and  the  walls, 
for  the  most  part  covered  with  shingles  ;  —  and  many  were  but 
half-finished  within,  and  but  few  were  carpeted.  Barns  were 
msre  hovels,  without  cellars,  with  the  wind  whistling  through 
every  crack.  Now,  almost  every  house  is  neatly  finished  and 
painted,  and  well  furnished  within  ;  and  our  barns  are  being  re 
built,  of  fair  proportions,  with  the  walls  shingled,  and  with  large 
cellars.  Improved  implements  of  husbandry  have  been  introduced, 


CULTURE   OF   WHEAT.  41 

and  land,  though   divided  into  small  fields,  is  much   better  tilled 
and  the  produce  of  hundreds  of  acres  has  been  greatly  increased. 
The   smallness   of  our   fields,   however,  is   partly   a   matter  of 
necessity,  to   make  room   in   the   walls,  for  the  stones  which  are 
cleared  from  the  surface. 

To  complete  oar  sketch,  we  should  perhaps  add,  that  several  of 
our  townsmen  are  engaged  in  driving  cattle,  sheep,  and  swine, 
every  spring  and  fall,  for  the  supply  of  this  and  other  towns ;  and 
the  size  and  power  of  our  oxen,  the  milking  quality  of  our  cows, 
the  fattening  properties  of  our  hogs,  and  the  speed  of  our  horses, 
have  all  partaken  of  the  changes  which  have  been  made  in  other 
respects. 

Onward  seems  to  be  New  England's  motto,  and  the  spirit  of 
improvement,  now  so  generally  diffused,  will  eventually  bless  every 
home,  and  will  tend,  in  the  Providence  of  God,  to  make  the  future 
richer  in  comfort,  and  a  scene  of  higher  advancement,  than  any 
thing  we  have  dreamed  of,  or  which  we  have  even  thought  it  pos 
sible  to  attain. 

3 


CHAPTER   III. 

IN  DIAN  S  . 

"  Indulge,  my  native  land,  indulge  the  tear 
That  steals,  impassioned  o'er  a  nation's  doom, 

To  me,  each  twig  from  Adam's  stock  is  near, 

And  sorrows  fall  upon  an  Indian's  tomb.  "  DwiGirr. 

Names  of  the  seven  principal  tribes — Chikatabut's  possessions  —  Indian  Deed  of 
Sdtuate  —  Manners  and  customs  of  the  natives  —  Stature,  clothing,  money, 
weapons,  dwellings,  food,  &c.  —  Dishes  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Old  Colony 
Club — Philip's  War — Keminiscenses  of  the  Indians  of  Hanover — Changes 
which  have  taken  place  since  those  days. 

Previous  to  the  settlement  of  New  England  by  the  white  race, 
the  whole  country  was  in  the  possession  of  the  Indians,  who  were 
very  numerous,  until  reduced  by  a  great  war,  and  by  a  devastat 
ing  sickness,  which  some  have  supposed  was  the  plague,  others  the 
small  pox,  and  others  the  yellow  fever,  and  which  took  place  about 
the  year  1617.  Early  voyagers  speak  of  "  countless  multitudes  " 
seen  by  them  when  they  visited  the  country.  Smith,  who  took 
his  survey  in  1614,  says, — "  the  seacoast  as  you  pass,  shows  you 
all  along,  large  cornfields  and  great  troupes  of  well  proportioned 
people."  Gookin  enumerates  18,000  warriors,  in  five  nations,  and 
some  have  computed  that,  in  all,  there  were  at  least  25,000  war 
riors,  and  100,000  people. 

According  to  Lechford,  they  were  governed  by  Sachems,  Kings, 
and  Sagamores,  or  petty  lords,  and  were  divided  into  several  great 
nations,  each  of  which  consisted  of  many  tribes.  Seven  of  these 
nations  are  named  in  New  England,  viz  :  —  1,  the  warlike  Taran- 
tines,  under  Nultonanit,  who  were  in  the  Eastern  part  of  Maine, 
beyond  the  Penobscot  river  ;  —  2,  the  Chur-churs,  under 
Bashaba,  from  the  Penobscot  to  the  Piscataqua  ; —  8,  the  Paw- 
tuckets,  numbering  3000  warriors,  under  Nanapashemet,  whose 
dominion  reached  from  the  Piscataqua  to  the  river  Charles,  and 


DESTRUCTION    BY   SICKNESS.  43 

extended  north,  as  far  as  Concord,  on  the  Merrimac ;  —  4,  the 
Wampanoags,  divided  into  32  tribes,  and  numbering  3000  war 
riors,  Avho  wers  ruled  by  Massasoit,  a  sachem  of  great  power,  but 
•who  was  ever  a  friend  to  the  English,  and  whose  dominion  was  in 
the  Southeastern  part  of  Massachusetts, from  Cape  Cod,  to  Narra- 
ganset  Bay  ;  —  5,  the  Narragansets,  numbering  5000  warriors,  and 
governed  by  Canonicus  and  Miantonimo,  who  lived  in  Rhode  Is 
land  on  the  west  of  Narraganset  Bay  ;  — 6,  the  Pequots,  num 
bering  4000  fighting  men,  under  Sassacus,  a  name  of  terror,  who 
dwelt  in  Connecticut ;  — and  7,  the  Massachusetts,  so  named  from 
the  Blue  Hills  at  Milton,  numbering  3000  warriors,  under  Chik- 
atabut,  whose  territory  extended  from  Nishamagoguanett,  near 
Duxbury  mill,  to  Titicut,  near  Taunton,  and  to  Nuckatateset,  now 
Nippenicket,  a  pond  in  the  Southwest  part  of  Bridgwater,  ad 
joining  Raynham,  —  and  from  thence  in  a  straight  line  to  Wanam- 
ampuke,  or  Whiting's  Pond  in  Wrentham. l 

The  latter  tribe  owned  the  land  around  Hanover,  and  their 
sachem,  Chikatabut,  was  one  of  the  nine  who,  on  the  13th  Septem 
ber,  1621,  subscribed  at  Plymouth,  the  Articles  of  Submission  to 
King  James, 2  and  he,  with  many  of  his  people,  died  of  the  small 
pox,  in  1633,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son  Josias  Wampatuck. 

The  Pilgrims  were  well  aware  of  the  diminution  of  the  Indians, 
by  war  and  sickness,  before  their  arrival.  Their  charter  from  King 
James  states  "that  he  had  been  given  certainly  to  knowe,  that 
within  these  late  years  there  hath,  by  God's  visitation,  raigned  a 
wonderfule  plague,  together  with  many  horrible  slaughters  and 
murthers,  committed  amongst  the  savages  and  brutish  people 
there  heertofore  inhabiting,  in  a  manner  to  the  utter  destruction, 
devastacion  and  depopulacion  of  that  whole  territorye,so  that  there 
is  not  left,  for  many  leagues  together  in  a  manner,  any  that  doe 
claime  or  challenge  any  kind  of  interests  therein."  1 

This  circumstance,  —  the  death  of  the  savages,  —  was  doubtless 
favorable  to  the  Pilgrim  band,  and  contributed  greatly  to  their 
peaceful  and  permanent  settlement.  Our  fathers,  however,  ac- 

1  Lewis's  Hist.  Lynn,  p.  45.     Drake's  Indians,  Book  II.     Thacher's  Ply 
mouth,   p.  3G3.     N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.  3,  332.     Hobart's  Abington,  p.  23,  &c. 

2  Morton's  Memorial,  Ed.  1772,  p.  33. 

i  Hazard's  Hist.  Coll.  1,  tOo,  quoted  in  Drake's  Book  of  the  Indians,  p. 
11,  Book  II.  Also  Plym.  Col.  Laws,  p.  3. 


44  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

knowledged  an  Indian  title  to  the  soil,  which  consisted  chi3fly  in 
a  privilege  of  free  fishing,  trapping,  and  hunting ;  and  this  title, 
they  considered  themselves  bound  lawfully  to  extinguish,  by  pur 
chase  or  otherwise. 

They  did  not,  therefore,  seize  with  violence  the  possessions  of 
the  red  race.  Their  rights  were  generally  respected.  And  the 
Indian  deeds  which  have  descended  to  us,  are  not  only  valuable  to 
the  antiquary,  but  are  living  mementos  of  our  father's  honor,  and 
convincing  proofs  that  they  were  willing  to  render  some  equivalent 
for  whatever  they  received. 

The  land  comprised  within  the  limits  of  Scituate  and  Hanover, 
together  with  the  tract  called  the  "  Two  Miles,"  was  purchased  of 
Josias  Wampatuck,  and  the  deed,  which  bears  date  "  Plymouth, 
June  1653,"  reads  as  follows  : 

"  I  Josias  Wampatuck.  do  acknowledge  and  confess  that  I  have 
sold  two  tracts  of  land  unto  Mr.  Timothy  Hatherly,  Mr.  James 
Cudworth,  Mr.  Joseph  Tilden,  Humphrey  Turner,  William  Hatch, 
John  Hoar,  and  James  Torrey,  for  the  proper  use  and  behoof  of 
the  Town  of  Scituate,  to  be  enjoyed  by  them  according  to  the 
true  intents  of  the  English  grants :  The  one  parsel  of  such  land 
is  bounded  from  the  mouth  of  the  North  River  as  that  River  goeth 
to  the  Indian  head  River,  from  thence  as  that  River  goeth  unto 
the  Pond  at  the  head  of  that  River,  and  from  the  pond  at  the  head 
of  the  Indian  head  River  upon  a  straight  line  unto  the  middle  of 
Accord  Pond  :  from  Accord  Pond,  by  the  line  set  by  the  Com 
missioners  as  the  bounds  betwixt  the  two  jurisdictions,  untill  it  meet 
with  the  line  of  the  land  sold  by  me  unto  the  sharers  of  Conihas- 
set,  and  as  that  line  runs  between  the -Town  and  the  shores,  untill 
it  cometh  unto  the  sea  :  and  so  along  by  the  sea  unto  the  mouth 
of  the  North  River  aforesaid.  The  other  parcell  of  land  lying  on 
the  easterly  side  of  the  North  River,  begins  at  a  lot  which  was 
sometime  the  land  of  John  Ford,  and  so  to  run  two  miles  south 
erly  as  the  River  runs,  and  a  mile  in  breadth  towards  the  east,  for 
which  parcell  of  land,  I  do  acknowledge  to  have  received  of  the 
men  whose  names  are  before  mentioned,  fourteen  pounds  in  full 
satisfaction,  in  behalf  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Scituate  as 
aforesaid ;  and  I  do  hereby  promise  and  engage  to  give  such 
further  evidence  before  the  Governor  as  the  Town  of  Scituate 


MANNERS   AND    CUSTOMS.  45 

shall   think   meet,  when  I  am  thereunto  required ;  in   witness 
whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  in  presence  of 

NATHANIEL  MORTON,   }  JOSIAS  WAMPATUCK 

EDWARD  HAWES,  his  ><<  mark 

SAMUEL  NASH,  ) 

At  the  same  time  when  Josias  made  acknowledgment  as  above 
mentioned,  there  .was  a  Deed  brought  into  Court  which  he  owned 
to  be  the  Deed  which  he  gave  to  them  whose  names  are  above 
specified  for  the  said  lands,  and  that  he  had  not  given  them 
another  ;  which  deed  was  burnt  in  presence  of  the  Court. 

NATUANIEL  MORTON,  Secretary."  l 

The  manners  and  customs  of  the  Indians  have  been  painted  by 
some  writers  in  glowing  colors;  but,  viewing  their  condition  as 
sober  reason  presents  it  to  our  view,  it  cannot  be  regarded  as  en 
viable  or  desirable.  True,  they  were  free ;  roamed  the  land  at 
will ;  ate  of  its  fruits  as  spontaneously  produced,  spending  but  lit 
tle  time  in  the  cultivation  of  their  maize  and  roots ;  and  lived 
chiefly  by  hunting  and  fishing.  But  this,  though  usually  a  fertile 
supply,  often  failed,  through  indolence,  and  other  causes,  so  that 
they  knew  the  gnawings  of  hunger,  and  the  distress  of  famine. 
The  different  tribes,  too,  were  freqently  at  war  with  each  other ; 
and  the  amenities  of  life,  and  the  kindlier  feelings  of  the  heart 
were  but  little  cultivated,  and  were  even  lightly  esteemed.  Stern 
endurance,  and  unshrinking  submission  to  the  fiercest  tortures, 
were  regarded  as  the  principal  virtues,  and  he  was  the  greatest 
hero,  who  had  taken  the  most  scalps,  and  slain  the  most  enemies 
in  battle. 

In  their  persons,  the  Indians  were  not  taller  than  the  white  race. 
Wood,  in  his  New  England's  Prospect,  published  in  1633,  de 
scribes  them  as  "  black  haired,  out  nosed,  broad  shouldered, 
brawny  armed,  long  and  slender  handed,  out  breasted,  small 
waisted,  lank  bellied,  well  thighed,  flat  kneed,  handsome  grown 
legs,  and  small  feet." 

Josselynn,  also,  in  his  New  England's  Rarities,  says  of  the 
women,  "  many  of  them  have  very  good  features,  seldom  without 
a  come-to-me  in  their  countenance,  all  of  them  black  eyed,  having 

i  Deane's  Scitilate,  p.  144. 


46  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

even,  short  teeth,  and  very  white,  their  hair  black,  thick  and  long, 
broad  breasted,  handsome  straight  bodies  and  slender,  their  limbs 
cleanly  straight,  generally  plump  as  a  partridge,  and  saving  now 
and  then  one,  of  a  modest  deportment.  "  ' 

It  was  their  constant  practice  to  oil  their  bodies  and  face  with 
fat  of  bears  and  eagles,  and  to  paint  the  face  with  various  fantastic 
colors,  as  red,  black,  and  white ; —  and  though  <this  smearing  of 
the  person  may  have  seemed  beautiful  in  their  eyes,  yet  it  must 
have  given  to  them  any  thing  but  an  agreeable  odor,  in  a  warm 
day,  or  in  a  close  apartment ! 2  The  dress  of  the  men  was  the  skin 
of  a  deer  or  wolf,  though  generally  they  were  naked,  except  a 
slight  covering  around  the  waist.  The  women  wore  robes  of 
beaver  skin,  with  sleeves  of  deer  skin,  dressed,  and  drawn  with  lines 
of  different  colors  into  ornamental  figures.  Some  wore  a  short 
mantle  of  trading  cloth,— blue,  or  red, — fastened  with  a  knot  under 
the  chin,  and  girt  around  the  waist  with  a  zone  ;  their  buskins 
fringed  with  feathers,  and  a  fillet  around  their  heads,  which  were 
often  adorned  with  plumes.  The  moccasins,  worn  by  both  sexes, 
were  made  of  skins,  and  their  snow-shoes  were  ingeniously  con 
structed  for  winter's  use.  The  men  considered  labor  as  den-radin^ 

D  O 

to  them,  and  maintained  that  "  squaws  and  hedge  hogs  were  made 
to  scratch  the  ground,"  and  called  the  white  people  "much  fool  to 
spoil  their  women  by  keeping  them  from  out  door  labor  and  mak 
ing  them  lazy  squaws."  The  women,  therefore,  were  held  in 
abject  servitude,  and  compelled  to  do  all  the  drudgery,  —  as  plant 
ing,  harvesting,  and  carrying  burdens,  —  while  their  lords  lolled 
listlessly  around,  smoking,  or  recounting  their  warlike  exploits. 

Their  money  was  made  of  shells,  and  was  of  two  kinds,  the 
wampum  peag,  or  white,  and  the  suckauhoc,  or  black ;  the  latter 
being  twice  as  valuable  as  the  former.  Roger  Williams,  in  his 
Key,  says  "  one  fathom  of  this,  their  stringed  money,  is  worth  five 
shillings."  Josselynn,  speaking  of  these  beads,  which  were  their 
money,  says,  the  one  is  their  gold,  and  the  other  their  silver. 
"  These  they  work  out  of  certain  shells,  so  cunningly  that  neither 

1  Lewis's  Lynn,  p.  53. 

2  It  has  been  suggested  to  me,  that  a  custom  similar  to  the  above,  prevails 
in  Eastern  nations,  and  that  the  practice  of  oiling  the  body,  is   considered 
conducive  to  health. 


WEAPONS,  HOUSES,   ETC.  47 

Jew  nor  Devil  can  counterfeit.  They  drill  and  string  them,  and 
make  curious  works  with  them,  to  adorn  the  persons  of  their  Saga 
mores  and  principal  men,  and  young  women,  as  belts,  girdles, 
tablets,  borders  for  their  women's  hair,  bracelets,  necklaces,  and 
links  to  hang  in  their  ears.  Prince  Philip,  a  little  before  I  came 
away  for  England,  (  1671,)  coming  to  Boston,  had  a  coat  on  and 
buskins  set  thick  with  these  beads,  in  pleasant  wild  works,  and  a 
broad  belt  of  the  same ;  his  accoutrements  were  valued  at  X20." 

Their  war  weapons,  were  bows,  arrows,  and  tomahawks.  The 
bows,  which  were  strong  and  elastic,  were  made  of  walnut  or  ash, 
and  strung  with  sinews  of  deer  or  moose.  With  these  they  could 
throw  an  arrow  to  a  great  distance,  and  strike  any  object  desired 
with  remarkable  precision. 

Their  arrows  were  made  of  elder,  feathered  with  the  quills  of 
eagles,  and  pointed  with  sharp  stones  wrought  for  the  purpose,  or 
with  bones,  or  eagle's  claws.  Their  tomahawks,  were  of  an  oblong 
form,  sharpened  to  an  edge,  and  fixed  to  the  handle  by  a  withe, 
passed  around  the  groove,  formed  at  the  head,  or  blunt  part  of  the 
weapon. 

Their  houses,  or  wigwams,  were  rude  structures,  made  of  poles 
or  young  saplings,  set  round  in  the  form  of  a  cone,  and  covered 
with  bark  or  mats,  the  smoke  passing  out  at  the  top.  In  winter, 
one  great  house,  built  with  more  care,  served  for  the  accommo 
dation  of  many. 

They  had  two  kinds  of  boats,  called  canoes  ;  the  one  made  of  a 
pine  log,  twenty  to  sixty  feet  in  length,  burnt  and  scraped  out 
with  shells  ;  the  other  of  birch  bark,  very  light,  and  very  pretty. 
Their  fishing  lines  were  made  of  wild  hemp,  equal  to  the  finest 
twine,  and  fish  bones  were  used  for  hooks. 

Their  chief  objects  of  cultivation  were  corn,  beans,  pumpkins, 
squashes,  and  melons, — all  of  which  are  indigenous  plants, — 
which  were  tended  by  the  women.  Their  fields  were  cleared  by 
burning  the  trees  and  brush  in  the  autumn.  Their  season  for 
planting,  was  when  the  leaves  of  the  oak  were  as  large  as  the  ear 
of  a  mouse  ;  and  from  this  arose  the  rule  of  the  first  settlers, 

M  When  the  white  oak  trees  look  goslin  grey, 
Plant  then,  be  it  April,  June  or  May." 

The  corn  was  hoed  with  large  clam  shells,  or  the  shoulder-bone  of 


48  HISTORY   OP  HANOVER. 

a  moose   or  deer,  fixed  to  a  handle,  and  harvested  in  cellars  dug 
in  the  ground,  and  covered  with  mats. 

Their  food,  says  Gookin,  in  his  Historical  Collections  of  the 
Indians  in  New  England,  "  is  generally  boiled  maize,  or  Indian 
corn,  mixed  with  kidney  beans,  or  sometimes  without.  Also  they 
frequently  boil  in  this  pottage  fish  and  flesh  of  all  sorts,  either  new 
taken  or  dried,  as  shads,  eels,  alewives,  or  a  kind  of  herring,  or 
any  other  sort  of  fish.  But  they  dry  mostly  those  sorts  before 
mentioned.  These  they  cut  in  pieces,  bones  and  all,  and  boil 
them  in  the  aforesaid  pottage.  Also  they  boil  in  this  fermenty  all 
sorts  of  flesh  they  take  in  hunting,  as  venison,  beaver,  bear's  flesh, 
moose,  otters,  rackoons,  or  any  kind  that  they  take  in  hunting, 
cutting  their  flesh  in  small  pieces,  and  boiling  it  as  aforesaid. 
Also  they  mix  with  the  said  pottage  several  sorts  of  roots,  as  Jeru 
salem  artichokes,  and  ground  nuts,  and  other  roots,  and  pompions, 
and  squashes,  and  also  several  sorts  of  nuts  or  masts,  as  oak- 
acorns,  chestnuts,  walnuts ;  these,  husked  and  dried,  and  pow 
dered,  they  thicken  their  pottage  therewith.  Also  sometimes  they 
beat  their  maize  into  meal,  and  sift  it  through  a  basket,  made  for 
that  purpose.  With  this  meal  they  make  bread,  baking  it  in  the 
ashes,  covering  the  dough  with  leaves.  Sometimes  they  make  of 
their  meal  a  small  sort  of  cakes  and  boil  them.  They  make  also 
a  certain  sort  of  meal  of  parched  maize  ;  this  meal  they  call 
nokake.  It  is  so  sweet,  toothsome,  and  hearty,  that  an  Indian 
will  travel  many  days  with  no  other  food  but  this  meal,  which  he 
eateth  as  he  needs,  and  after  it  drinketh  water.  And  for  this 
end,  when  they  travel  a  journey  or  go  a  hunting,  they  carry  this 
nokake  in  a  basket  or  bag  for  their  use." 

Many  of  the  old  Indian  dishes  are  still  well  known,  and  in 
common  use  in  the  country  ;  as  for  instance,  samp,  made  of  whole 
corn,  boiled  with  ashes  to  remove  the  hull,  and  eaten  with  milk  ;  — 
hominy,  made  of  corn  coarsely  pounded  and  boiled  ;  —  and  hasty 
pudding,  made  of  corn  ground  fine  and  boiled  ;  —  succotash,  made 
of  corn  and  beans  boiled  together;  —  baked  pumpkins,  eaten  with 
milk  ;  —  boiled  and  roasted  ears  of  green  corn ;  — parched  corn, 
—  and  were  this  ground  and  made  into  a  pudding  and  eaten  with 

i  Thacher's  Plymouth,  p.  182,  and  his  Sketch  of  the  Indians.  See  also 
Lewis's  History  of  Lynn,  Drake's  Book  of  the  Indians,  &c. 


PHILIP'S  WAR.  49 

milk,  it  would  be  luscious ;  —  and  last,  not  least,  whortleberry 
cakes.  To  this,  if  we  add,  a  cake  made  of  strawberries  and 
parched  corn,  we  have  quite  a  variety  of  dishes,  all  of  which  are 
good  and  palatable. 

The  Old  Colony  Club,  at  its  first  celebration  of  the  Landing  of 
the  Forefathers,  held  Dec.  22,  1769,  in  remembrance  of  the 
simplicity  of  early  days,  provided  for  their  entertainment  on  the 
occasion,  "  1,  a  large  baked  Indian  whortleberry  pudding ;  2,  a 
dish  of  sauquetash,  (  succatash,  corn  and  beans  boiled  together)  ; 
3,  a  dish  of  clams  ;  4,  a  dish  of  oysters  and  a  dish  of  cod  fish ; 
5,  a  haunch  of  venison,  roasted  by  the  first  Jack  brought  to  the 
Colony ;  6,  a  dish  of  sea-fowl ;  7,  a  dish  of  frost  fish  and  eels; 
8,  an  apple  pie  ;  and  9,  a  course  of  cranberry  tarts,  and  cheese 
made  in  the  Old  Colony."1 

That  the  early  settlers  of  our  State  experienced  much  trouble 
from  the  Indian  tribes,  every  one  knows  who  is  acquainted  with 
the  history  of  those  times.  The  bloodiest  contest,  was  that  known 
as  Philip's  War,  which  commenced  in  1676.  In  this,  the  inhabit 
ants  of  the  territory  of  Hanover,  then  inhabitants  of  Scituate, 
suffered  their  part,  in  common  with  the  rest  of  the  people  in  the 
vicinity. 

We  do  not  propose  to  enter  at  large  into  the  events  of  this  war, 
as  we  have  nothing  new  to  add  to  what  is  already  known.  We 
shall  present  a  few  details,  pertaining  principally  to  the  immediate 
subject  of  our  sketch. 

In  was  in  1674,  that  the  Colony  Court  began  to  make  serious 
preparations  for  the  rumored  war  with  Philip,  which  was  soon 
expected  to  break  out ;  and  as  one  of  these  preparations,  in  1675, 
a  garrison  of  twelve  men  was  ordered  to  be  established  at  the 
house  of  Mr.  Joseph  Barstow,  which,  as  we  have  elsewhere 
remarked,  stood  on  what  is  now  Broadway,  and  opposite  the  resi 
dence  of  Mr.  Joseph  S.  Bates.  Other  garrison  houses  were  fitted 
up  at  the  same  time,  in  Scituate,  but  this  was  the  only  one  which 
stood  on  the  present  territory  of  Hanover. 

In  the  spring  of  1676,  the  Narragansetts,  having  committed 
ravages  in  Rhode  Island,  and  penetrated  even  to  Plymouth,  in 
which  neighbourhood  they  had  killed  a  number  of  inhabitants, 


50  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

Capt.  Michael  Pierce,  of  Scituate,  with  a  company  of  50  or  631 
Englishmen,  and  20  friendly  Indians,  from  Cape  Cod,  were  ordered 
in  his  pursuit,  and  proceeded,  without  being  molested,  as  far  as 
Seekonk,  where  he  arrived  on  Saturday,  March  25  Hearing  of 
Indians  in  the  vicinity,  he  went  immediately  in  their  pursuit,  and 
a  bloody  battle  was  fought,  in  which  the  Captain,  and  18  of  his 
men,  from  Scituate,  were  slain  or  wounded.  Among  this  number 
was  Jeremiah  Barstow,  a  descendant  of  William,  the  earliest 
settler  on  the  territory  of  Hanover.8 

On  the  20th  of  May,  the  Indians  made  an  attack  upon  Scituate. 
They  came  from  Ilingham,  where  the  day  previous  they  had 
burnt  several  houses,3  and  entered  the  town  by  the  Plymouth  Road, 
now  Washington  Street.  Striking  down  the  "  Indian  path," 
which  led  to  the  Mattakeeset  settlements  at  Indian-head  ponds, 
they  burnt  the  saw  mill  near  Ellis's  bridge,  and  Cornet  Stetson's 
mill,  near  what  is  now  Winslow's  bridge  ;  also  the  house  of  Capt. 
Joseph  Sylvester,  on  the  easterly  side  of  the  Third  Herring  brook, 
which  stood  where  Mr.  Samuel  Waterman  now  resides.  The 
garrison  house  at  Joseph  Barstow's,  which  was  well  fortified,  was 
carefully  avoided  by  the  invaders  ;  and,  according  to  Gov.  Win 
ston's  letter  to  Mr.  Hinckley,  a  company  of  14  men,  which  had 
marched  up  from  Marshfield  as  far  as  Mr.  Barstow's,  saw  the 
enemy,  and  put  them  to  flight,  thus,  doubtless,  preserving  other 
houses  in  the  neighborhood,  which  would  have  been  destroyed  had 
it  not  been  for  their  presence. 

Those  who  desire  to  know  more  of  the  events  of  this  day,  must 
read  the  graphic  account  of  Deane,  in  which  he  enumerates  the 
houses  destroyed  in  Scituate  proper.4 

We  have  no  other  notices  which  connect  the  events  of  this  war 
directly  with  the  history  of  Hanover,  though  casual  traditions 
speak  of  damages  sustained  at  different  periods,  from  the  ravages 
of  the  Indians  ;  and  it  is  a  matter  of  satisfaction  to  know,  that 
the  war  was  prosecuted  with  such  vigor,  on  the  part  of  the  Col  • 

1  The  number  is  50,  in  Deane,  but  63,  in  Bliss's  Hist,  of  Rehoboth,  p.  88. 

2  The  names  are  given  in  Deane's  Scituate,  p.  123,  and  in  Bliss's  Hist,  of 
Reheboth,  p.  92 

3  Hobart's  Journal. 

4  Hist.  Scit.  p.  126,  &c. 


INDIANS   OF  HANOVER.  51 

onists,  and  witn  such  success,  that  Philip  was  slain,  his  warriors 
routed,  and  from  that  time  forth  the  people  lived  in  comparative 
security. 

At  the  date  of  the  incorporation  of  Hanover,  no  hostile  Indians 
lived  in  its  vicinity.  It  is  said  that  the  last  tribe,  from  which  the 
citizens  had  trouble,  congregrated  on  an  island  in  Drinkwater 
Swamp,  in  the  westerly  part  of  the  town,  from  whence  they  issued, 
and  committed  their  depredations.  They  were  discovered  early 
one  morning,  by  the  smoke  of  their  fire,  seen  rising  from  amidst  the 
trees,  and  were  attacked  and  routed. 

Friendly  Indians  resided  in  the  town  for  a  long  time,  and  the 
last  of  the  race  has  not  been  dead  many  years.  Some  of  these 
lived  on  the  Bank  land,  so  called,  which  is  near  Oren  Josselynn's, 
or  west  of  King  Street ;  and  old  samp  mortars,  pestles,  toma 
hawks,  or  axes,  and  spear,  or  arrow  heads,  have  been  frequently 
found  on  the  spot.  Others  resided  on  Curtis,  now  Main  Street, 
and  their  wigwams  stood  on  Joseph  D  welly's  land.  Here,  too, 
relics  have  been  occasionally  found,  turned  up  by  the  plough. 

On  the  land  of  Capt.  Elisha  Barrell,  in  the  north-easterly  part 
of  the  town,  and  but  a  few  rods  distant  from  his  barn,  on  the 
knoll,  stood  the  wigwam  of  George  Toto,  probably  a  son  of  Mercy 
Toto,  and  sister  of  Rhoda,  am?  perhaps  of  Sarah,  who  married 
James  Still,  in  1764.  George's  wife  was  Mary.  He  had  no 
children.  The  old  well  dug  by  him,  in  the  low  ground  near  his 
hut,  is  still  visible,  in  the  midst  of  the  bushes  which  surround  it, 
and  even  the  children  of  the  neighborhood  know  it  as  Toto's  well. 

King  Dick  and  Queen  Daphne  lived  on  Pine  Island,  so  called, 
situated  on  what  is  now  Hanover  Street.  Dick  requested  Col. 
John  Bailej  to  write  a  letter  for  him  to  his  friends,  on  the  Cape, 
and  on  being  asked  what  he  should  write,  replied,  "  King  Dick 
and  Queen  Daphne,  ebery  ting,  ebery  ting." 

It  is  said  that  there  was  an  old  Indian  burial  ground  on  this 
island,  and  that,  before  the  violent  September  gale  of  1815,  known 
as  the  hurricane,  the  mounds  covering  the  graves  of  those  who 
had  been  buried  on  the  spot  could  be  distinctly  seen.  Since  then, 
all  traces  of  them  have  disappeared. 

There  was  another  Indian  burial  ground,  back  of  Assinippi  Hall, 
in  the  north-easterly  part  of  the  town,  on  land  owned  by  Capt. 


52  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

Thomas  Simmons.  This  was  used,  if  we  have  been  rightly 
informed,  so  late  as  the  former  part  of  the  present  century,  and 
some  of  our  old  people  remember  when  the  last  burial  took  place 
on  the  spot. 

It  is  said  that  there  was  another  burial  ground,  not  far  from 
Rocky  Swamp ;  arid  perhaps  there  were  others,  in  other  parts  of 
the  town. 

Old  Peter,  an  Indian,  lived  on  land  owned  by  Turner  Stetson, 
and  married  a  black  woman,  who  gave  the  name  to  the  tract 
known  as  Peg's  Swamp.  She  resided,  the  latter  part  of  her  life, 
in  a  house  which  stood  where  that  of  Albert  Stetson  stands,  not 
far  from  the  Town  House,  and  d.  May  1,  1815,  ae.  87. 

One  John  Fredericks,  a  Hessian,  deserted  from  the  British 
Army,  during  the  Revolution,  came  to  Hanover,  and  married  an 
Indian  woman  named  Joanna.  A  bounty  being  offered  for  the 
detection  and  return  of  deserters,  he  was  obliged  to  secrete  him 
self  for  a  time  in  Plymouth  woods,  and  on  being  asked  by  the 
father  of  the  present  Zaccheus  Estes,  how  he  fared  while  there, 
he  replied,  "  if  turkentine  had  been  molasses,  I  should  have  done 
very  well." 

The  author  has  in  his  possession  several  relics  of  the  Indians  of 
Hanover,  and  other  parts  of  Plymouth  County  ;  among  which  are 
a  pipe,  of  clay,  hard  baked,  and  of  a  brownish  color,  a  present 
from  Mr.  David  Mann ;  —  arrow  and  spear  heads,  the  gifts  of 
different  friends ;  an  axe  or  tomahawk,  of  a  greenish  color,  and 
fine  finish,  from  Mr.  John  Gross,  of  South  Scituate,  and  others  from 
other  friends ;  a  pestle,  9  or  10  inches  long,  and  about  2  inches 
in  diameter,  a  present  from  Mr.  Seth  Jones,  of  Pembroke  ;  and  a 
stone  ball,  perfectly  round,  and  about  the  size  of  a  four  pound 
cannon  ball,  which  was  picked  up  near  the  residence  of  Cornet 
Stetson,  on  the  North  River,  on  the  occasion  of  a  pilgrimage 
made  to  the  spot  a  fe\Y  years  since,  when  the  author  drank  water 
from  the  spring  from  whence  his  ancestor,  more  than  two  hundred 
years  ago,  slaked  his  thirst,  and  gave  his  children  to  drink ! 

What  changes  have  taken  place  since  those  days  !  No  longer 
is  the  war-whoop  heard,  breaking  upon  the  stillness  of  the  night, 
arousing  the  father  to  arms,  and  causing  the  mother  to  clasp  her 
trembling  little  ones  closer  in  her  embrace.  Neither  is  the  light 


t  CHANGES.  53 

canoe  seen  gliding  down  the  Indian  Head,  or  the  North  River,  to 
the  sea.  The  deer  and  the  wolf  are  gone.  The  ponds  of  Pem 
broke,  where  Hobomok  dwelt,  no  longer  reflect  upon  their  placid 
bosoms  the  graceful  forms  of  the  Indian  maidens,  who  came  there 
to  bathe,  and  to  sport  in  the  waters. 

Even  the  rude  dwellings  of  our  ancestors  are  gone.  Their  for 
tresses  have  long  since  perished.  And  every  building,  erected 
two  hundred  years  ago,  has  fallen  to  decay,  and  returned  to  the 
dust.  Yet  the  same  sun  shines  brightly  upon  us,  by  day,  as  upon 
them.  The  same  moon  sheds  down  its  clear  and  silvery  light  upon 
our  fields  and  homes.  And  the  same  stars  sparkle  above  us ! 
Even  th'e  forests  have  changed.  Here  and  there  may  be  a  scat 
tering  tree  which  saw  the  light  when  the  pilgrims  landed.  The 
brave  old  white  oak,  by  Jacob's  saw-mill  dam, 

"  Ot't  in  moonlight  by  whose  side 
The  Indian  wooed  his  dusky  bride," 

is  one  of  these  ;  —  also  the  two  white  oaks  at  Barstow's  yard,  on 
the  North  River.  But  the  mighty  cedars,  the  giant  pines,  the 
tall  walnuts,  with  the  spreading  beech,  the  waving  poplar,  and  the 
graceful  elm,  all  are  gone.  Trees  of  a  recent  growth  alone 
occupy  the  soil.  One  hundred  and  thirty  summers,  will  probably 
number  the  years  of  our  most  aged  forest  trees. 

The  hum  of  our  grist  mills,  the  clatter  of  our  tack-machines,  or 
the  louder  reverberations  of  the  descending  trip-hammer ;  with  the 
noise  of  the  saw,  cutting  its  way  through  the  log ;  the  ring  of  the 
blacksmith's  hammer,  upon  the  anvil ;  the  cheerful  call  of  the 
farmer,  to  his  team,  and  the  rumble  of  our  wagons,  along  the  road 
to  market,  laden  with  boxes,  and  shoes,  and  the  produce  of  the 
farm ;  —  these  are  the  sounds  which  now  strike  the  ear ;  —  and  the 
spire  of  the  church  pointing  to  heaven,  the  village  school-house, 
and  our  neatly  painted  dwellings,  dotting  the  sides  of  our  streets  ; 
these  are  the  signs  of  advancing  civilization,  and  a  manifest  token 
that  man  is  subduing  the  earth  to  his  dominion,  and  making  the 
elements  his  ministers ;  and  though  monuments  of  the  past  are 
occasionally  seen  among  us,  connecting  by  visible  links  what  has 
been  with  what  is,  yet  these  are  only  incentives  to  greater  exer 
tions,  and  stimuli  to  prouder  achievements  ! 


CHAPTER  IV. 

.ECCLESIASTICAL     HISTORY. 
FIRST    CHURCH. 

"  Before  the  loftier  throne  of  Heaven, 
The  hand  is  raised,  the  pledge  is  given, 
One  monarch  to  obey,  one  creed  to  own  — 
That  monarch,  God,  that  creed,  his  word  alone." 

SPRAGUE. 

Provisions  for  the  support  of  Public  worship  —  Erection  of  the  first  meeting  house 
in  Hanover — Its  appearance  —  Gathering  of  the  worshippers  —  Settlement  of  Mr. 
Bass  —  Seating  the  house  —  Communion  service  —  Insubordination  of  the  youth 

—  Sternhold  and  Hopkins'  Hymns  —  Decease  of  Mr.  Bass  —  His  character— Set 
tlement  of  Mr.  Baldwin  —  Gift  of  a  parsonage  —  Erection  of  the  second  meeting 
house —  Its  appearance  —  Decease  of  Mr.  Baldwin— Sketch  of  his  life  —  Attempt 
tosettle  Mr.  Litchfield  —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Mellen  — First   Bell—  Painting  the 
house,  and  other  repairs  —  Withdrawal  of  Mr.  Mellen  — His  decease  —  Sketch  of 
his  life,  and  list  ^f  his  publications  —  Settlement  of  Mr.  Chaddock — Withdrawal 

—  Sketch  of  hi:,  'ife — Settlement  of  Mr.  Chapin  —  Sketch  of  his  life  —  Settlement 
of  Mr.  Smith  —  His  life  and  writings  —  Erection  of  the  third  meetiny  house  —  Set 
tlement  of  Mr.  Duncan. 

A  portion  of  the  Preamble  to  the  "  General  Laws  and  Liberties 
of  New  Plimouth  Colony,  published  in  1671,"  sets  forth,  that 
"  Whereas  the  great  and  known  end  of  the  first  comers,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1620,  leaving  their  dear  Native  Country,  and  all  that 
was  dear  to  them  there  ;  transporting  themselves  over  the  vast 
Ocean  into  this  remote  waste  wilderness,  and  therein  willingly  con 
flicting  with  Dangers,  Losses,  Hardships,  and  Distresses  sore,  and 
not  a  few,  WAS,  that  without  offence,  they  under  the  protection  of 
their  Native  Prince,  together  with  the  enlargement  of  his  Majes 
ties  Dominions,  might,  with  the  liberty  of  a  good  conscience,  enjoy 
the  pure  Scriptural  Worship  of  God,  without  the  mixture  of 
Humane  Inventions  and  Impositions,  And  that  there  children 
after  them  might  walke  in  the  Holy  wayes  of  the  Lord  ;  And 
for  which  end  they  obtained  leave  from  King  James  of  happy 


EARLY   SETTLEMENT.  55 

memory,  and  his  Honourable  Council,  with  further  Graunts  from 
his  Gracious  Majesty  Charles  the  first  and  his  Honourable  Coun 
cil,  by  Letters  Patent,  for  sundry  Tracts  of  land,  with  many 
Priviledges  therein  contained  for  their  better  incouragement  to 
proceed  on  in  so  Pious  a  Wotk,  which  may  especially  tend  to  the 
propagation  of  Religion,  &c.,  as  by  Letters  Patents  more  at  large 
appeareth,  and  with  further  assurance  also  of  the  continuance  of 
our  Liberties  and  Priviledges,  both  Civil  and  Religious,  under  the 
Royal  Hand  and  Seal  of  our  Sovereign  Lord  King  Charles  the 
Second;  And  whereas  by  the  good  Hand  of  our  God  upon  us 
many  others  since  the  first  comers  are  for  the  same  pious  end 
come  unto  us,  and  sundry  others  rise  up  amongst  us,  desirous  with 
all  good  conscience  to  walk  in  the  faith  and  order  of  the  Gospel ; 
whereby  there  are  many  churches  gathered  amongst  us  walking 
according  thereunto  :  And  whereas  (  by  the  Grace  of  God  )  we 
have  now  had  near  about  Fifty  Years  Experience,  of  the  good 
consistency  of  these  Churches,  with  Civil  Peace  and  Order,  and 
also  with  Spiritual  Edification,  together  with  the  welfare  and  tran- 
quility  of  this  Government.  It  is  therefore  for  the  Honour  of 
God  and  the  propagation  of  Religion,  and  the  continued  welfare 
of  this  Colony,  Ordered  by  this  Court  and  the  Authority  thereof, 
That  the  said  Churches  already  gathered,  or  that  shall  hereafter 
be  orderly  gathered,  may  and  shall  from  time  to  time  by  this 
Government  be  protected  and  encouraged,  in  their  peaceable  and 
orderly  walking,  and  the  Faithful,  Able,  Orthodox,  Teaching 
Ministry  thereof,  duly  encouraged  and  provided  for ;  together  with 
such  other  Orthodox  able  Dispensers  of  the  Gospel  which  shall  or 
may  be  placed  in  any  Township  in  this  Government  where  there  is 
or  may  be  a  defect  of  Church  Order." 

From  this,  we  see  the  views  of  our  Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  their 
reverence  for  religion  led  to  the  enactment  of  many  laws  for  its 
regulation  and  support.  Provisions  were  made  for  the  support  of 
the  ministry  in  every  town  of  the  Colony  ;  and  no  act  of  incorpo 
ration  was  granted,  without  containing  a  clause  especially  enjoin 
ing  the  erection  of  a  meeting  house,  and  the  settlement  of  a 
"  learned,  pious,  and  orthodox  minister." 

After  the  junction  of  the  two  Colonies,  Plymouth  and  Massa 
chusetts,  in  1692,  the  laws  for  the .  maintenance  of  the  ministry, 


56  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

and  the  erection  of  meeting-houses  continued  in  force  ;  and  accord 
ingly,  in  the  act  incorporating  the  town  of  Hanover,  it  is  stipulated 
as  one  of  the  conditions  of  the  grant,"  that  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
said  Town  of  Hannover  do  within  the  space  of  Two  years  from  the 
Publication  of  this  act  erect  and  finish  a  suitable  house  for  the 
Public  Worship  of  God,  and  as  soon  as  may  be  procure  and  settle 
a  learned  Orthodox  Minister  of  good  conversation,  and  make 
Provision  for  his  comfortable  and  honourable  support,  and  that 
thereupon  they  be  discharged  from  any  Further  Payment  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  ministry,  &c.,  in  the  Towns  of  Scituate  or 
Abington,  for  any  estate  lying  within  the  said  Town  of  Hannover." 
In  pursuance  of  this  proviso,  one  of  the  first  steps  taken  by  the 
town,  was  to  provide  for  the  support  of  Public  Worship  ;  and  July 
17,  1727,  "  Mr.  Daniel  D wight  was  chosen  to  dispense  the  word 
of  God  for  three  months-,''1  Amos  Sylvester,  and  Thomas  Josselynn 
being  chosen  to  treat  with  him  for  that  purpose  ;  and  £7  19s. 
were  subsequently  voted  him  as  a  remuneration  for  his  services. 
Meetings  were  held  at  this  time  in  private  dwellings ;  and  that  of 
Mr.  Samuel  Stetson,  being  nearest  to  the  centre  of  the  town,  and 
most  convenient  for  the  public  accomodation,  was  principally 
used,  for  which  he  was  liberally  paid. 

August  29,  .£60  were  voted  for  the  support  of  a  minister,  and 
Isaac  Buck,  Elijah  Gushing,  and  Joseph  House  were  chosen  to 
provide  one.  Nov.  18,  It  was  agreed  "  to  erect  a  meeting 
house  at  the  most  convenient  place,  by  the  road  called  the  Drink 
water  road,"  and  Elijah  Bisbee,  Joshua  Turner,  and  Aaron  Soule, 
who  were  probably  of  Pembroke,  were  chosen  to  select  the  site, 
and  Job  Otis  was  appointed  to  inform  them  of  the  town's  desire. 
Dec.  13,  "  Voted  that  the  size  of  the  house  be  as  follows  :  Length 
48  feet ;  width  38  feet;  and  height  between  joints  19  feet;  —  to 
be  completed  by  Oct.  1,  1728 ;"  and  Elijah  Gushing,  Joseph 
House,  and  Atyier  Dwelley  were  chosen  a  building  committee, 
they  to  have  the  house  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner,  but  as 
cheap  as  possible. 

January  22,  1728,  Isaac  Bush  was  chosen  agent  to  apply  to 
the  town  of  Scituate  for  aid  in  erecting  the  new  meeting-house ;  a 

i  Mr.  D.  seems  to  have  preached  in  the  town  a  few  Sabbaths  before  its 
incorporation. 


FIRST  MEETING  HOUSE.  57 

subscription  paper  was  circulated  by  him,  on  which  the  sum  of 
.£90  was  subscribed,  but  of  which  only  £66  Is.  6d.,  were  re 
alised  ;  and  it  was  agreed  that  the  money  thus  obtained,  should  be 
proportioned  on  the  polls  and  estates,  towards  defraying  the 
charges.  Mr.  Buck  was  also  agent  to  apply  to  citizens  of 
Hanover  for  aid.  Gifts  of  land  were  made,  by  John  Gushing, 
James  Gushing,  Job  Otis,  Nicholas  Litchfield,  Stephen  Clapp,  Senr., 
and  others,  of  Scituate  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Clapp,  of  Taunton  ;  and 
Joseph  Barstow,  and  Samuel  Barstow,  of  Hanover ;  the  lots  being 
laid  out  for  the  town  by  Caleb  Torrey,  and  Stephen  Clapp,  of 
Scituate.  The  land  on  which  the  house  was  built,  is  said  to  have 
been  given  by  Thomas  Buck.  Isaac  Buck  was  the  agent  of  the 
town  to  receive  the  deeds  of  the  above  lots. 

March  3,  1728,  the  town  voted  to  take  their  part  of  the  Gov 
ernment  loan  of  c£60,000,  "  now  in  the  Treasury  at  Boston," 
and  Joseph  Barstow,  Benjamin  Curtis,  and  Samuel  Barstow,  were 
chosen  to  receive  the  same,  and  to  let  it  out  towards  paying  the 
carpenters.  Gifts  of  lumber  were  made  by  several  persons,  and 
what  was  left,  after  the  house  was  finished,  was  sold  for  the  use  of 
the  ministry.  The  whole  cost  of  the  house  appears  to  have  been 
about  £300. 

This  first  meeting-house,  stood  on  the  same  spot  as  the  present 
house,  and  continued  in  use  until  1765,  undar  the  ministry  of  Mr. 
Baldwin,  when  the  second  house  was  built.  No  records  exist 
from  which  a  correct  idea  of  its  appearance  can  be  gained.  An 
old  lady,  Mrs.  Perry,  yet  lives  in  Pembroke,  born  in  1755,  who 
is  now  in  her  98th  year,  and  who  was  ten  years  of  age  when  the 
second  house  was  erected,  who  has  a  distinct  recollection  of  that 
event,  but  not  of  the  looks  of  the  original  edifice.  From  the  best 
information  I  can  gain,  I  learn  that  it  was  a  plain  structure,  in  ac 
cordance  with  the  simplicity  of  the  times,  facing  the  South  ;  with 
out  steeple  or  chimney  ;  the  windows  glazed  with  diamond-shaped 
glass  ;  the  walls  unplastered  ;'and  unwarmed  by  stove  or  furnace; 
and  here,  for  about  forty  years,  the  fathers  of  the  town,  with  their 
wives  and  little  ones,  gathered  together,  from  Sabbath  to  Sabbath, 
in  summer's  heat  and  winter's  cold,  listening  devoutly  to  the  minis 
trations  of  the  Word  of  God,  and  chanting,  to  the  quaint,  old 
4 


58  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

fashioned  tunes  of  the  day,  Sternhold  and   Hopkins'  hymns,  dea 
coned  off  to  them  line  by  line. 

I  seem  to  see  them  now  ;  —  the  fathers,  with  broad-brimmed 
hats,  turned  up  into  three  corners,  with  loops  at  the  sides  ;  long 
coats,with  large  pocket  folds  and  cuffs,  and  without  collars,  —  the 
buttons,  either  plated,  or  of  pure  silver,  and  of  the  size  of  a 
half-dollar  ;  shirts,  with  bosoms  and  wrist  ruffles,  and  with  gold  or 
silver  buttons  at  the  wrist,  united  by  a  link ;'  the  neckcloth,  or 
scarf,  of  fine  white  linen,  or  figured  stuff,  broidered,  with  the  ends 
hanging  loosely  on  the  breast ;  the  breeches  close,  with  silver 
buckles  at  the  knee,  of  goodly  size  ;  the  legs  covered  with  grey 
stockings ;  boots,  with  broad,  white  tops,  or  shoes,  with  straps  and 
silver  buckles  ;  —  the  mothers,  with  black  silk  or  satin  bonnets  ; 
gowns,  extremely  long-waisted,  with  tight  sleeves,  or  else  very 
short  sleeves,  with  an  immense  frill  at  the  elbow  ;  and  high-heeled 
shoes  ; — these  mounted  upon  the  "  family  horse," — for  carriages 
were  unknown  in  those  days, — the  father  in  front,  and  the  "  gude 
wife"  seated  on  a  pillion  behind ;  the  children,  either  on  foot, 
or  in  the  "  horse  cart,"  with  a  goodly  store  of  bread  and  cheese,  or 
doughnuts  and  apple  pie,  for  the  noon  lunch  ;  all  moving  sedately 
along,  with  becoming  gravity,  and  decorous  deportment,  towards 
the  "  ancient  temple ;"  and  on  arriving  at  the  house,  the  husband, 
assisting  the  wife  to  dismount  upon  the  bank-wall,  in  the  rear  of 
the  building  ;  and  she,  with  the  children,  passing  quietly  in  at  the 
door  ;  whilst  the  horse  is  hitched  to  the  post,  and  the  father  also 
walks  in,  and  sits  near  the  door  of  the  pew,  in  accordance  with  the 
custom  established  in  times  of  danger,  when  sudden  attacks  from 
the  Indians  were  feared  ;  and  over  the  house  stillness  reigns,  until 
the  minister,  with  ample  gown,  and  powdered  wig,  walks  up  the 
aisle,  and  mounts  the  long  flight  of  stairs  leading  to  his  desk,  from 
which,  as  from  a  tower,  high  above  his  hearers,  with  the  sounding 
board  over  his  head,  to  convey  the  sonorous  tones  of  his  voice  to 
his  flock,  he  dispenses  to  them  the  word  of  life,  and  bears  up  their 
prayers  to  the  throne  of  God  ! 

The  first  minister  settled  in  the  town,  was  the  Rev.  Benjamin 

1  Mr.  Samuel  Brooks,  on  Main    Street,  has  in  his  possession,  specimens 
of  the  buttons  here  referred  to,  and  also  of  the  knee  buckles. 


ORDINATION    OF   MR.    BASS.  59 

Bass,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Bass,  of  Braintree,  and  a  descen 
dant  of  Samuel  Bass,  who,  with  his  wife  Anne,  and  one  or  two 
young  children,  came  to  New  England  in  1630,  and  settled  first 
in  Roxbury,  and  afterwards  in  that  part  of  Braintree  now  Quincy.1 
Benjamin  was  born  in  1694,  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1715, 
and  settled  in  Hanover  in  1728. 

August  27,  1728,  Benjamin  Curtis,  Elijah  Gushing,  William 
Witherell,  Thomas  Josselynn,  and  Benjamin  Curtis,  Jr.,  were 
chosen  "  to  advise  with  the  neighboring  ordained  ministers  as  the 
law  directs,  in  order  for  the  settlement  of  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Bass 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry  ;"  and  subsequently  the  sum  of  <£130 
per  annum,  after  the  rate  of  silver  money,  at  16s.  per  oz.,  was 
voted  as  his  salary. 

Nov.  23,  1728,  it  was  voted  to  ordain  Mr.  Bass  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry ;  and  Amos  Sylvester  was  chosen  to  provide  enter 
tainment  for  the  council. 

The  ordination  took  place  Dec.  llth ;  the  4th  of  the  month 
having  been  observed  as  a  day  of  Fasting  and  Prayer,  and  the 
Church,  consisting  of  10  (  male  ? )  members,  besides  the  pastor, 
being  formed  on  the  5th.  Rev.  Mr.  Eells,  of  Scituate,  and  Rev. 
Mr.  Lewis,  of  Pembroke,  were  present  and  assisted  in  the  services 
on  the  day  of  Fasting. 

The  ceremonies  of  the  Ordination  are  thus  given  on  the  Church 
Records :  "  Dec.  11,  1728,  Benjamin  Bass,  A.  M.,  was,  by 
prayer  and  fasting,  with  imposition  of  the  hands  of  the  Presbytery, 
ordained  a  pastor  of  the  Church,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Eells,  of  Scituate, 
Mr.  Lewis,  of  Pembroke,  Messrs.  Hobart  and  Gay,  of  Hingham, 
and  Mr.  Checkley,  of  Boston,  laid  on  hands  ;  Mr.  Gay  began 
with  prayer ;  Mr.  Checkley  preached  ;  Mr.  Eells  gave  the  charge ; 
and  Mr.  Lewis  the  right  hand  of  fellowship." 

The  house  being  completed,  and  a  minister  settled,  next  in  im 
portance  was  the  "  seating  the  worshippers."  From  a  report 
made  Nov.  31,  1728,  it  appears  that  there  was  room  in  the  house 
for  31  pews,  valued  at  £10  each,  or  .£310  in  all.  But,  the  record 
proceeds  to  say,  "  as  it  is  usual  and  commendable  that  there 
should  be  dignities,  we  generally  vote  and  allow  for  the  same  ; 
that  therefore  we  vote  that  the  highest  pew  in  dignity  should  be 

1  Thayer's  Family  Memorial,  p.  53. 


60  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

valued  at  £15,  and  the  next  £14  10s.,  and  so  proportionally 
lower,  until  we  come  down  to  those  pews  which  are  of  no  difference 
in  dignity,  and  then  proportionable  to  each  man's  rates,  either  by 
a  general  vote,  or  lots,  to  take  in  the  more  people  into  each  pew 
so  valued  or  prized,  as  shall  amount  to  the  money  ;"  and  Joseph 
Stockbridge,  John  Hatch,  and  William  Witherell,  were  chosen  to 
proportion  the  pews  according  to  these  votes.  Their  action  not 
being  entirely  satisfactory,  June  29,  1730,  votes  were  passed  anew 
"  to  proportion  the  pews  to  make  all  persons  easy,  and  to  take  in 
those  that  were  left  out ;"  a  committee  of  seven  was  chosen  to 
attend  to  this  duty,  and  their  doings  were  confirmed  Aug.  31. 

Although  the  mention  of  dignities  may  cause  some  to  smile,  yet 
substantially  the  same  custom  prevails  in  our  own  day,  certain 
seats,  in  all  our  churches,  being  deemed  more  fashionable,  and 
more  valuable,  than  others. 

January  10,  1728-9.  At  a  church  meeting,  it  was  "  voted  to 
raise  money  by  contribution  to  provide  utensils  for  the  Lord's 
table ;"  and  by  the  30th  of  the  month,  were  bought,  and  brought 
to  town,  "  three  Pewter  Tankards,  marked  C.  T.,  of  10s.  price 
each ;  five  Pewter  Beakers,  costing  3s.  6d.  each,  and  marked  C. 
B.  ;  two  Pewter  Platters,  marked  C.  P. ;  a  Pewter  Basin  for 
baptisms  ;  and  a  Cloth  for  the  communion  table."  The  commu 
nion  was  celebrated,  for  the  first  time,  March  2,  1729,  and  the 
first  service  plate  continued  in  use  until  1768,  and  Oct.  30th  of 
that  year,  the  Church  received  a  present  of  "  four  silver  cups  for 
the  communion  table,  by  order,  and  at  the  expense  of  Deacon 
Stockbridge,  the  cost  of  each  cup  at  £25,  old  tenor,  and  each 
having  this  inscription,  THE  GIFT  OF  DEACON  JOSEPH  STOCK- 
BRIDGE  TO  THE  CHURCH  OF  CHRIST  IN  HANOVER,  1768."  For 
this  present,  the  thanks  of  the  Church  were  voted. 

January  8,  1786.  Two  silver  cups  for  the  communion  table 
were  received,  "  a  Legacy  from  Deacon  Thomas  Josselynn,  cost 
£7  4s.,  and  recorded  as  a  token  of  gratitude,  and  to  perpetuate 
the  memory  of  the  Benefaction." 

The  tankards  and  flagons  are  still  in  the  possession,  and  these, 
with  the  silver  cups  above  referred  to,  constitute  the  present  com- 


INSUBORDINATION  OF  THE  YOUTH.  61 

Not  long  after  the  erection  of  the  meeting-house,  the  juvenile 
portion  of  the  town,  not  having  the  fear  of  the  law  before  their 
eyes,  began  to  manifest  a  disposition  to  violate  the  fourth  com 
mandment,  by  congregating  in  the  school-house,  and  other  acts  of 
insubordination  ;  and  March  1,  1734,  it  was  "  voted  that  the 
schoolmaster  should  lock  up  the  school-house  on  Saturday's,  to 
keep  people  out  Lord's  day ;"  and  March  1,  1741,  it  was  "  voted 
that  David  Curtis  look  after  the  boys  and  negroes  in  the  school- 
house  on  Sabbath  days ;"  also,  "  voted  Thomas  Wilkes  and 
Joshua  Studley  to  look  after  the  meeting-house  Sabbath  days,  to 
keep  the  boys  in  order."  Oct.  29,1746,  "Appointed  Jacob 
Bailey  to  take  care  of  the  school-house  for  four  months  next  com 
ing,  and  to  have  full  power  to  prosecute  any  person  that  shall 
presume  forcibly  to  break  into  the  school-house  on  the  Lord's  day." 

This  propensity  to  mischief,  however,  was  not  confined  simply 
to  tumultuous  gatherings  in  the  school-house,  and  disorderly  con 
duct  in  the  meeting-house  ;  for  other  demonstrations,  in  the  shape 
of  broken  windows,  and  shattered  doors,  attested  their  skill  in  the 
old-fashioned  sport  of  casting  stones ;  and  votes  for  re-setting  glass, 
and  repairing  locks,  duly  recorded,  still  bear  testimony  to  these 
deeds  of  wantonness.  But  we  are  not  to  suppose  that  the  youth 
of  Hanover  were  more  given  to  such  proceedings  than  those  of 
other  towns.  Public  records,  generally,  show  more  or  less  of  such 
outbreaks  and  damages  in  all  towns.  Nor  need  we  be  surprised 
at  the  cliaracter  of  these  offences,  for  even  in  our  own  days,  the 
school-house,  and  the  meeting-house,  are  not  exempt  from  such 
visitations,  and  the  winds  shrieking  mournfully  through  shattered 
panes,  seem  like  ghosts,  lamenting  the  desolations  of  Zion,  and  the 
desecration  of  the  Sanctuary.  This  Vandal  spirit  should  ever  be 
deprecated  ;  for  not  only  is  it  irreverent,  but  a  sure  sign  of  ill- 
breeding,  and  a  state  of  semi-civilization. 

1742,  May  7.  "  The  church  took  a  vote  to  see  if  the  Society 
would  sing  in  the  new  way,  and  it  passed  in  the  affirmative,  nem. 
con.  Then  being  desired  to  bring  in  their  votes  for  a  TUNER,  Mr. 
Ezekiel  TURNER  was  chosen  by  a  considerable  majority."  Previous 
to  this,  singing,  in  most,  if  not  all  the  New  England  churches,  had 
been  strictly  congregational,  the  lines  of  the  hymns  being  read  off 
by  the  Deacon,  who  usually  pitched  the  tune,  and  all,  who  could 


62  HISTORY   OF   HANOVEK. 

sing,  joined  in  the  performance.  By  this  vote,  Sternhold  and 
Hopkins'  version  of  the  Psalnis  was  rejected,  and  Tate  and  Brady's 
adopted. 

1748,  April  8.  <£14  15s.  were  collected,  u  to  buy  good  books 
with,  to  lend  to  such  of  the  Society  as  stand  in  need  of  them,  and 
would  be  glad  to  read  them."  With  the  above  money,  says  Mr. 
Bass,  "  I  bought  in  less  than  a  week,  a  parcel  of  books,  whose 
Titles,  Authors,  and  Price  in  Old  Tenor,  may  be  met  with  in  a 
book  Avhich  is  an  exposition  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Colossians,  by 
Nicholas  Byfield." 

The  ministry  of  Mr.  Bass,  which  was  quiet  and  undisturbed, 
passed  peacefully  on,  until  terminated  by  his  death,  which  took 
place  May  23,  1756,  in  the  63d  year  of  his  age,  after  a  settle 
ment  of  27  years,  5  months,  and  15  days,  during  which  period  83 
persons  joined  the  church,  and  588  were  baptised. 

The  remains  of  Mr.  Bass,  with  those  of  his  wife,  who  died  Feb. 
25,  1772, .lie  in  the  south-east  corner  of  the  old  burying  ground; 
and  the  grave  stones,  which  mark  the  spot,  are  still  in  a  state 
of  tolerable  preservation,  though  that  of  Mr.  Bass  appears  to 
have  been  broken,  and  re-set.  The  inscriptions  on  the  same 
are  simple,  and  can  be  easily  deciphered. 

Our  materials,  for  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  this  first  servant  of  the 
Church,  are  quite  scanty.  In  vain  have  we  sought  for  some 
notice  of  his  career  in  the  papers  of  that  day.  From  his  writings, 
he  appears  to  have  been  a  man  marked  more  by  common  sense, 
than  by  brilliancy  of  diction,  withal  a  little  inclined  to  facetious- 
ness,  yet  open-hearted,  and  frank,  and  laboring  diligently  for  the 
welfare  of  his  people.  He  was  often  consulted  by  neighboring 
Churches,  and  acted  as  Moderator  in  Ecclesiastical  Councils ;' 
and,  in  the  midst  of  the  excitement  which  prevailed,  during  the 
latter  years  of  his  ministry,  occasioned  by  the  preaching  of  White- 
field,  and  the  rise  of  the  "  New  Lights,"  as  they  were  termed,  he 
preserved  his  own  hold  on  the  good-will  of  his  Society,  and  left 
his  people  in  a  state  of  as  great  prosperity  as  was  enjoyed  in  any 
of  the  adjoining  towns.  His  habits  were  simple,  and  his  manner 
of  living  frugal  and  unostentatious  ;  yet  his  was  ever  a  hospitable 
board,  to  which  his  parishioners  and  friends  were  cordially  wel- 

1  Winsor,  Hist.  Duxbuiy,  196,  and  199. 


SETTLEMENT   OF   MR.    BALDWIN.  63 

corned.  He  took  great  interest  in  the  children  of  his  parish,  and 
never  passed  a  child,  in  the  road,  without  noticing  it.  And  the 
children  so  loved  him,  that  whenever  they  saw  him  approaching, 
they  would  arrange  themselves  in  a  row,  and,  as  he  drew  near, 
greet  him,  with  bows,  and  curtesies,  while  smiles  of  joy  illumined 
their  faces.  His  grandson,  Elisha,  has,  at  his  house,  the  wedding 
dress  of  Mrs.  Bass,  which  was  a  cream  colored,  brocade  silk,  of 
considerable  beauty,  —  also  a  silk  apron,  of  a  sage  color.  A 
lady,  whom  I  saw  there,  Oct.  18,1852,  informs  me,  as  an  illustra 
tion  of  Mr.  B's  facetiousness,  that  having  received  an  invitation 
to  settle  at  Eel  River,  Plymouth,  and  on  being  asked  if  he  should 
accept,  he  replied,  "  No,  Eel  River  may  do  for  small  fish,  but  it  is 
not  large  enough  for  a  Bass." 

After  the  decease  of  Mr.  Bass,  Ezekiel  Turner,  Esq.,  Joseph 
House,  and  Michael  Sylvester,  were  chosen  a  committee  by  the 
town,  June  14, 1756,  to  join  a  committee  chosen  by  the  Church, 
"  to  supply  the  pulpit  with  preaching  ;"  and  Aug.  30th,  the 
Church  having  laid  before  the  town  their  choice  of  Mr.  Samuel 
Baldwin  for  their  pastor,  the  town  concurred  in  the  choice,  and 
voted  as  his  salary  £73  6s.  8d.,  lawful  money.  Mr.  B.  declining 
to  settle  for  this  sum,  it  was  voted,  Oct.  llth,  to  give  him  <£80 
lawful  money,  and  to  build  him,  within  the  space  of  18  months, 
"  a  dwelling-house  40  feet  long,  30  feet  wide,  and  17  feet  be 
tween  joints,  with  two  stacks  of  chimneys,  a  plain  roof,  with  a 
suitable  number  of  windows  with  crown  glass,  and  to  be  painted 
inside  and  outside,  such  a  color  or  colors  as  shall  be  agreeable  to 
his  mind,  and  to  build  and  finish  under  the  house  a  cellar  30  feet 
long,  and  14  feet  wide,  pointed,  &c.,  and  every  thing,  both  inside 
and  outside,  both  wood  work,  iron  work,  and  joiners'  work,  with 
two  Bqfatts  (cupboards)  and  as  many  closets  in  said  house  as 
may  be  convenient,  all  to  be  done  to  the  turning  of  a  key,  and  to 
be  underpinned  in  a  suitable  manner,  to  the  acceptance  of  the 
said  Mr.  Baldwin,  and  this  to  be  a  free  gift  as  a  settlement,  to 
which  proposal  Mr.  B.  gave  his  answer  in  the  affirmative." 
Feb.  7,  the  dimensions  of  the  house  were  altered  to  38  by  32  feet ; 
and  it  was  voted  to  pay  for  the  building  in  money,  and  to  give 
Joseph  Curtis  .£160,  lawful  money,  for  building  and  completing  it. 
March  5,  1759,  Mr.  Baldwin  acknowledged  the  receipt  of  the 
house  as  his  settlement  gift. 


64  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

October  18,  1756,  "  Voted  that  Mr.  Baldwin  be  ordained 
Dec.  1,  if  the  Thanksgiving  be  not  on  that  week,  but  if  it  is,  the 
ordination  to  be  on  the  second  Wednesday  of  said  December." 
Also,  "  Voted  to  give  Captain  Joseph  Josselynn  £10,  in  lawful 
money,  to  provide  handsome  and  suitable  entertainment  for  the 
ordination,  and  he  agreed  to  do  it  for  that  sum." 

The  ordination  took  place  Dec.  1  ;  "  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Gay,  of 
Hingham,  Cook,  of  Sudbury,  Storer,  of  Watertown,  Smith,  of 
Pembroke,  and  Swift,  of  Acton,  laying  on  hands.  Mr.  Smith 
prayed,  Mr.  Cook  preached,  Mr.  Gay  gave  the  charge,  Mr.  Storer 
the  right  hand  of  fellowship,  and  Mr.  Swift  offered  the  last  prayer. 
The  churches  or  pastors  sent  to  besides  the  above,  were  Wales,  of 
Marshfield,  Hitchcock,  of  Pembroke,  Woodward,  of  Wcston,  Dodge., 
of  Abington,  and  Barnes,  of  Scituate." 

Under  the  ministration  of  Mr.  Baldwin,  the  meeting-house  was 
soon  filled  ;  and  accordingly,  June  25, 1764,  it  was  voted,  to  open 
the  same  "in  two  parts,  and  to  put  in  a  new  piece  in  the  middle 
of  13  or  14  feet  in  length."  This  vote  was  reconsidered,  October 
22,  and  it  was  then  voted  to  build  a  new  house,  of  the  following 
dimensions :  — "  62  feet  in  length,  43  in  width,  and  22  feet 
between  joints,  according  to  the  plan  in  the  office  of  the  Town 
Clerk.  " 

At  the  same  time,  it  was  voted,  that  "  each  person  enjoy  their 
pews  as  heretofore,  only  giving  way  for  the  new  additional  pews 
to  be  built ; "  and  the  Committee  was  empowered  to  "dispose  of 
the  old  meeting-house,  and  the  new  additional  pew  room,  to  the 
undertaker  or  undertakers  of  the  meeting-house  aforesaid,  or  to 
any  other  person  or  persons,  in  part  of  pay  for  the  work  aforesaid." 
Mr.  Joseph  Tolman,  was  the  contractor  for  the  erection  of  the  new 
house  ;  and  May  20,  1765,  it  was  voted"  to  have  a  steeple  to  the 
meeting-house,  provided  the  money  for  the  same  can  or  shall  be 
raised  by  subscription.  " 

This  steeple  was  built ;  and  the  new  house  was  erected  on  the 
site  of  the  old  one.  It  stood  facing  the  South,  and  the  roof 
pitched  North  and  South.  At  the  East  end,  was  the  women's 
porch,  extending  from  the  ground,  to  the  eaves,  and  projecting 
from  the  building,  a  few  feet;  in  the  entry,  was  the  stairway  leading 
to  the  gallery,  and  overhead,  the  powder  room,  in  which  the  town's 


SECOND   MEETING  HOUSE.  65 

stock  of  powder  was  kept,  -during  the  Revolution.  The  men's 
porch,  was  at  the  West  end,  also  projecting  from  the  building,  and 
rising  above  the  eaves,  with  a  long,  tapering  spire,  or  steeple,  sur 
mounted  with  a  vane.  This  spire  was  removed  about  1784,  when 
a  bell  was  presented  to  the  society  bj  Mr.  Josselynn,  and  a  new 
steeple,  with  a  suitable  belfry,  was  erected. 

Within,  the  walls  were  plastered,  the  pews  square,  the  galleries 
spacious,  and  the  accommodations  for  the  worshippers  comfortable 
and  decent.  The  author  does  not  know  of  any  house  now  stand 
ing,  from  which  a  perfect  idea  of  this  ancient  tabernacle  could  be 
obtained.  Perhaps  in  internal  arrangement,  the  old  meeting 
house  in  Carver,  near  the  residence  of  John  Savary,  Esq.,  may  be 
considered  as  an  approximation  to  that  of  the  second  house  in 
Hanover,  though  externally,  the  porches  and  steeple  are  wanting. 
It  is  said,  that,  while  this  house  was  being  erected,  meetings  were 
held  in  a  pine  grove,  near  by,  and  here,  Mr.  Baldwin's  daughter 
Hannah  was  baptised. 

The  affairs  of  the  society,  from  this  time  forward,  until  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  commenced,  continued  in  a  state  of  quiet  pros 
perity,  and  the  salary  of  Mr.  Baldwin  was  paid  regularly  and 
promptly  ;  but  the  derangement  in  the  finances  of  the  country  in 
troduced  by  that  struggle,  led  to  difficulties  in  many  religious 
societies,  and,  finally,  to  a  dissolution  of  the  connexion,  which  had 
so  long  and  so  happily  subsisted,  between  Mr.  Baldwin,  and  the 
society  in  Hanover.  On  the  Church  records,  under  date  of  Nov. 
28,  1779,  is  the  following  entry  by  Mr.  Baldwin  himself:  "I 
preached  a  farewell  sermon  to  the  people  of  Hanover  for  the  want 
ot  support,  and  on  the  8th  March  following,  I  asked  a  dismission 
for  the  want  of  support,  which  they  granted,  and  it  was  confirmed 
by  a  vote  of  the  town." 

Mr.  Baldwin  remained  with  the  society  23  years,  3  months,  and 
3  days,  during  which  period,  107  persons  joined  the  Church,  and 
632  were  baptised.  As  a  pastor,  his  services  gave  general  satis 
faction,  and  as  a  preacher,  his  talents  were  not  only  highly  re 
spectable,  but  his  manuscripts  evince  that  he  was  a  ready  and 
eloquent  writer,  and  his  discourses  display  good  judgment,  keen 
perceptions,  and  strong  common  sense. 

Mr.  Baldwin  early  espoused  the  cause  of  America,  in  the  strug 
gle  with  Great  Britain,  and,  throughout  the  continuance  of  the  war 


66  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

of  the  Revolution,  took  a  deep  and  anxious  interest  in  his  country's 
success. 

He  officiated  as  a  Chaplain  in  the  Army,  and  gave  eloquent  ex 
hortations  to  his  own  flock  at  home,  and  to  the  minute  men  of  the 
town  ;  and,  so  completely  was  he  absorbed  in  this  work,  that  the 
intensity  of  his  devotion,  joined  with  other  causes,  affected  his  mind, 
and  for  a  period  of  four  years,  previous  to  his  decease,  he  was 
partially  deranged,  and  under  the  faithful  care  of  his  devoted 
wife. 

It  is  said  that  on  one  occasion,  during  this  period,  a  neighbor, 
Miss  Studley,  called  at  the  parsonage,  to  converse  with  Mrs.  Bald 
win,  upon  the  events  of  the  war,  not  then  wholly  closed.  Mr.  B. 
lay  on  his  bed,  apparently  unmindful  of  what  they  were  saying,  in 
his  usual  state  of  apathy  and  indifference.  Suddenly  he  arose, 
left  the  room,  went  to  his  study,  and  returned  with  the  manuscript 
of  a  discourse  which  he  had  delivered  to  the  minute  men,  and, 
standing  in  the  doorway,  he  deliberately  read  it  from  beginning  to 
end.  Mrs.  B.  was  rejoiced,  thinking  the  balance  of  his  mind  was 
about  to  be  restored.  But  when  he  had  finished  his  reading,  he 
carried  the  manuscript  back,  returned,  and  laid  himself  on  the 
bed  in  silence. 

His  death  took  place  December  1,  1784,  about  one  year  after 
peace  was  declared  ;  and  his  remains,  with  those  of  his  wife,  lie  in 
the  old  burial-ground ;  grave  stones  having  been  erected  to 
their  memory,  by  vote  of  the  town,  March  9,  1796. 

I  have  been  able  to  learn  of  but  one  of  his  productions  that  was 
printed,  —  his  address  before  the  Pilgrim  Society,  delivered  in 
1775. 

The  house  in  which  Mr.  Baldwin  lived  is  still  standing,  on  Han 
over  Street,  not  far  from  the  residence  of  the  late  Dr.  Joshua 
Studley  ;  and  it  is  a  fair  specimen  of  the  style  of  building  here  one 
hundred  years  ago.  It  is  still  in  decent  repair,  and  promises  yet 
to  stand  for  many  years,  a  memorial  of  the  past,  and  one  of  the 
few  relics  of  olden  time,  becoming  rarer  every  year. 

After  the  withdrawal  of  Mr.  Baldwin,  several  candidates  for  the 
pastorship  of  the  society  were  heard,  and  some  time  elapsed  before 
a  settlement  was  effected. 

Rev.  Joseph  Litchfield,   subsequently   of  York,  Maine,  a  de- 


SETTLEMENT   OF  MR.    MELLEN.  67 

scendant  of  Lawrence  Litchfield,  of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  was 
one  of  these  candidates  ;  and  a  call  was  given  him,  with  a  salary  of 
"  =£90  per  anntim,  in  silver  money,  at  6s.  per  dollar,  or  gold 
equivalent,  or  in  paper  bills  at  the  rate  or  value  the  General  Court 
or  Assembly  shall  settle  the  same,  and  12  cords  of  firewood  at  his 
door,  within  a  mile  from  the  meeting-house ;  "  and  December  27, 
1780,  was  fixed  upon  as  the  day  for  his  ordination ;  Capt.  Joseph 
Soper  to  provide  entertainment  for  the  -Council.  The  Council 
met,  and,  it  is  said,  were  in  session  two  or  three  days  ;  but  Mr. 
L.  was  not  ordained,  many  of  the  society  being  opposed  to 
his  settlement.  Tradition  says,  that  the  objections  urged  against 
him  were  of  the  most  trifling  character  ; — one  being,  that  he  wore 
stockings,  "  footed  up  "  with  yarn  of  a  different  color  from  that  in 
the  "  tops ;"  and  this  was  "  beneath  the  dignity  of  the  clerical  of 
fice  ;  "  —  and  the  second,  and  perhaps  the  most  frivolous  of  the 
two,  affirming,  that,  on  a  certain  occasion,  in  making  a  call,  instead 
of  entering  the  yard  by  the  gate,  as  a  clergyman  should  have 
done,  he  "  clambered  over  the  rails  of  the  fence,  much  to  the 
lowering  of  the  dignity  of  his  profession.  " 

We  suspect,  however,  that  political,  or  other  differences,  were 
the  real  grounds  of  objection  against  him. 

But  though  not  settled  when  first  called,  a  second  attempt  was 
made  to  effect  that  object ;  which  resulted  as  before,  in  his  rejection 
and  withdrawal. 

Finally,  after  hearing  several  other  candidates,  to  some  of  whom 
a  call  was  given,  a  more  unanimous  request  was  sent,  in  1783,  to 
the  Rev.  John  Mellen,  of  Sterling,  to  come  and  labor  among  them  ; 
and  this  call  was  successful.  He  was  settled  in  Hanover,  Feb 
ruary  11,1784  ;  Capt.  Joseph  Soper  making  the  entertainment  for 
the  Council.  "  Six  churches  were  sent  to  on  the  occasion,  but 
Cambridge  failed  by  reason  of  the  aged  and  Reverend  Dr.  Ap- 
pleton's  death  on  the  same  week.  Rev.  Mr.  Hitchcock,  of  Pem 
broke,  gave  the  charge  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Barnes,  of  Scituate,  the  right 
hand  of  fellowship ;  his  son,  Rev.  Mr.  Mellen,  of  Barnstable,  preach 
ed  the  sermon  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Prentiss,  of  Reading,  began  with  prayer  ; 
and  Rev.  Mr.  Niles,  of  Abington,  concluded.  Anthems  were  sung 
by  the  choir,  on  entering  and  leaving  the  Meeting  house.  " 

In  1785,  the  Society  received,  of  Col.  Joseph  Josselynn,  a  dona- 


68  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

tion  of  $100,  which  they  agreed  "  should  go  towards  buying  a 
bell,  if  there  can  be  enough  subscribed  to  make  up  the  rest;  "  and 
November  29, 1785,  the  bell  was  purchased,  of  Col.  Aaron  Hobart, 
of  Abington,  and  a  committee  of  twenty,  "  with  all  the  rest  of  the 
town  that  see  cause  to  assist,"  were  chosen  to  "hang  it." 

This  bell  was  broken,  not  long  after,  through  want  of  skill  on 
the  part  of  the  person  appointed  to  ring  it ;  was  re-cast,  and  when 
re-hung,  December  18,  1788,  Dea.  Bass,  Dea.  Bobbins,  and  Ben 
jamin  Stetson  were  chosen  to  "  give  the  sexton  directions  how  to 
ring  the  bell. " 

In  1789,  it  was  voted  to  paint  the  meeting-house  ;  "  the  walls 
to  be  stone  yellow,  the  roof  Spanish  brown,  and  the  corner  boards 
and  window  frames  and  sashes  white."  May  30,  1791,  "Voted 
to  give  Capt.  Timothy  Rose,  <£3,  to  take  care  of,  and  sweep  and 
sand  the  meeting  house,  and  ring  the  bell  the  present  year." 

October  14,  1793,  a  Committee  chosen  "  to  get  the  meeting 
house  underpinned,  and  to  procure  a  stock  lock  for  the  door.  " 
June  9,  1797,  a  Committee  was  chosen  to  seat  the  singers ;  and 
alterations  were  made  in  the  house  to  provide  for  their  accommo 
dation.  The  same  year,  $300  were  voted  as  the  salary  of  Mr. 
Mellon,  and  from  that  time  forward,  his  salary  was  paid  in  Federal, 
instead  of  /Sterling,  currency.  In  1802,  the  bell  was  re-hung  ;  and 
in  1803,  Capt.  Albert  Smith  presented  to  the  town  a  number  of 
Lombardy  poplar  trees,  which  were  set  out  near  the  meeting 
house.  Not  one  of  these  is  now  standing.  The  last  was  cut 
down,  a  few  years  since,  by  Mr.  Samuel  Stetson. 

The  ministry  of  Mr.  Mellon  Avas  terminated,  by  the  infirmities 
of  age,  in  1805,  and  he  removed  to  Reading,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  closed  his  long  and  useful  life,  in  the  house  of  his  daughter,  the 
relict  of  Caleb  Prentiss,  July  4,  1807,  aged  85. 

His  life  was  an  eventful  one.  He  was  born  in  Hopkinton, 
March  14,  1722,  and  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  in  1741, 
teaching  school  the  same  year  for  X85,  at  Sudbury.  1  He  was 
ordained  the  first  pastor  of  the  church  in  Sterling,  December  19, 
1744,  where  he  continued,  probably  at  the  head  of  the  clergy  of 
Worcester  County,  until  November  14,  1774.  His  connexion 
with  this  society,  which  had  continued  for  thirty  years,  was  dis- 

's  History  of  Framingham,  p.  328. 


OPINIONS    OF  MR.    MELLEN.  69 

solved,  in  consequence  of  disputes,  occasioned  bj  his  endeavors  to 
maintain  what  he  considered  the  true  discipline  of  the  churches, 
and  by  his  adoption  of  doctrinal  sentiments,  not  wholly  in  accord 
ance  with  those  generally  prevailing  at  the  time.  "  He  with  others, 
as  tradition  says,  had  sensibly  departed  from  the  standard 
of  faith  that  had  been  generally  received  in  the  New  England 
Churches,  and  had  extended  his  speculations  in  such  a  manner,  as 
to  give  great  offence  to  some  who  had  not  pursued  the  same  course 
of  reasoning.  In  1756,  he  delivered  an  eloquent  series  of  dis 
courses  addressed  to  parents,  children,  and  youth,  which  contained 
sentiments  highly  obnoxious  to  many  of  his  brethren  in  the  min 
istry.  These  were  published,  and  were  extremely  well  received 
by  his  people.  In  the  unguarded  hours  of  social  conversation,  too, 
he,  as  was  well  understood,  rejected  many  of  the  articles  of  the 
popular  faith.  Nor  Avere  his  people  dissatisfied  with  him  on  this 
account,  but  rather  for  publicly  co-operating  in  the  censure  of 
those  doctrines  which  it  was  supposed  he  embraced  as  the  truth  of 
the  gospel.  It  was  now  understood  by  some  of  the  most  intelli 
gent  of  the  parish,  that  their  minister  was  verging  towards  doc 
trines  that  he  had  publicly  disclaimed.  In  1765,  he  published  a 
volume  of  sermons  on  the  doctrines  of  Christianity.  These  con 
tained  a  learned  system  of  scholastic  theology,  maintaining  a  middle 
course  between  the  two  extremes  of  Calvinism  and  Arminianism. 
Upon  some  of  the  controverted  points  it  is  not  easy  to  understand 
which  side  his  speculations  favor  most.  The  volume  is  highly 
creditable  to  his  memory  as  a  scholar  and  a  theologian,  and  when 
published  was  considered  an  acquisition  to  the  literature  of  the 
country.  When  his  people  produced  their  allegations  against  him 
in  1773,  they  urged  but  few  instances  of  false  doctrines,  and  of 
these  he  fully  exculpated  himself  before  a  council.  The  principal 
charge  of  this  character  was,  that  he  had  said  that  God  was  the 
author  of  sin.  The  sermon  was  produced  where  it  was  said  to  be 
contained.  He  stated  that  he  had  never  held  this  doctrine  in  its 
gross  sense,  but  only  that  sin  was  by  permission,  &c.  The  council 
cleared  him,  as  his  church  had  previously.  "  He  is  described, 
in  the  work  from  which  we  have  just  quoted,  as  a  man  "  liberally 
endowed  by  nature  with  a  strong  and  energetic  mind,  which  was 

iSeean  elaborate  article  in  the  Worcester  Magazine,  Vol.  2.  p.  213,  &c. 


70  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

highly  improved  by  diligent  and  successful  cultivation,  and  he  ob 
tained  a  high  rank  as  a  preacher  and  scholar." 

Besides  the  volume  of  doctrinal  Sermons,  to  which  we  have  al 
ready  referred,  and  his  sermons  to  parents,  &c.,  his  other  published 
works,  were,  a  Sermon  at  the  Ordination  of  Rev.  J.  Palmer,  1753  ; 

—  a  Discourse  at  a  General  Muster,  1756  ;  —  on  the  Mortal  Sick 
ness  among  his  People,  1756  ;  —  on  the  Conquest  of  Canada,  1760; 

—  on  the  Death  of  Sebastian  Smith,  1763  ;  —  Religion  productive 
of  Music,  at  Marlboro',  1773  ; —  a  Sermon  at   the  Ordination  of 
Rev.    Levi  Whitman,  1785  ;  —  a   Discourse   before  a  Lodge  of 
Freemasons,  1793  ; —  and. a  Thanksgiving  Sermon,  1795. J 

A  few  of  these,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  dates,  were  delivered 
after  his  settlement  in  Hanover.  He  is  spoken  of  here,  with  much 
affection,  by  his  old  parishioners  ;  and  was  a  man  of  sociable  habits, 
lively  in  conversation,  fond  of  a  jest,  and  of  ardent  feelings. 
Many  anecdotes  are  related  of  his  ministry  ;  but  we  have  already 
extended  our  sketch  as  far  as  will  be  generally  interesting,  or  we 
should  be  happy  to  introduce  them. 

October  21, 1805,  "  Voted  to  repair  the  bass  viol,  and  the 
singers'  seats." 

July  23,  1806,  Rev.  Calvin  Chaddock,  late  of  Rochester,  was 
installed  as  pastor  of  the  Society  ;  the  entertainment  being  pro 
vided  by  Lemuel  Dwclly,  at  an  expense  of  $125.  Seven  churches 
were  sent  to  on  the  occasion ;  five  only  attended.  Rev.  Mr. 
Strong,  of  Randolph,  offered  the  Installing  Prayer ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Niles,  of  Abington,  preached  the  sermon,  and  offered  the  conse 
crating  prayer;  Rev.  Mr.  Barker,  of  Middleboro',  delivered  the 
charge  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Norton,  of  Weymouth,  the  right  hand  of  fellow 
ship  ;  and  Rev.  Mr.  Richards,  of  Halifax,  offered  the  concluding 
prayer."  During  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Chaddock,  the  Academy 
was  built,  of  which  we  shall  speak  in  our  Chapter  on  Education  ; 
and  of  this  Academy,  Mr.  C.  had  the  charge,  until  his  removal 
from  the  place,  in  1818,  after  a  settlement  of  12  years.  He  is 
spoken  of  as  a  ready  preacher,  a  man  of  great  natural  eloquence, 
fluent  in  speech,  and  one  whose  discourses  were  generally 
popular.  In  the  possession  of  his  son,  Mr.  Ebenezer  N.  Chaddock, 
of  Boston,  is  a  large  sized  painting,  containing  a  likeness  of  Mr.  C., 

1  Allen's  Biographical  Dictionary,  and  Worcester  Magazine. 


MR.  CHADDOCK — MR.  CHAPIN.  71 

and  of  his  -wife,  and  three  of  his  children,  executed  nearly  50 
years  since,  by  Arad  Thompson,  and  representing  him  in  the  atti 
tude  of  imparting  instruction  to  the  children. 

Mr.  Alden,  one  of  the  pupils  at  his  school,  says  of  him,  that, 
"  with  a  mind  richly  gifted  by  the  Father  of  Spirits^  he  possessed 
a  native,  simple,  and  truly  genuine  eloquence.  His  bosom,  a 
fountain  of  the  tenderest  sympathies  spontaneously  gushing  forth, 
moved  him  often  and  copiously  "  to  weep  with  them  that  weep." 
To  the  afflicted  —  to  the  mourner  in  Zion  —  his  words  of  consola 
tion  were  the  breathings  of  angelic  sweetness ;  while  the  truth  of 
God  heard  from  his  lips  in  tones  of  deepest  solemnity,  thrilled  the 
hearts  of  assembled  multitudes.  "  Of  like  passions  with  others 
—  by  no  means  faultless  —  yea,  even  specially  "  compassed  with 
infirmity,"  —  yet  in  conflict  with  his  spiritual  foes  "  he  was  more 
than  a  conqueror."  The  peaceful  close  of  his  useful  life  was  pass 
ed  on  the  sunny  plains  of  Western  Virginia.  While  passing  up 
the  beautiful  Ohio,  of  a  pleasant  summer's  morning,  many  years 
since,  I  was  providentially  thrown  in  company  with  some  of  those 
who  enjoyed  his  last  ministrations  ;  and  thus,  from  the  lips  of  his 
personal  friends,  I  received  the  animating  account  of  his  final  exit 
from  earth,  in  the  triumph  of  the  Christian  faith."1 

Rev.  Seth  Chapin,  the  sixth  Pastor,  was  the  son  of  Seth  and 
Eunice  Chapin,  of  Mendon,  Mass.  ;  and  was  born  June  25,  1783. 
His  father  was  an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  Army,  and  was 
stationed,  a  portion  of  the  time,  in  Rhode  Island  ;  being  engaged 
in  Sullivan's  celebrated  expedition.  The  son  pursued  his  studies, 
preparatory  for  College,  under  the  Rev.  Dr.  Crane,  of  Uxbridge, 
entered  Brown  University,  in  1804,  graduated  in  1808,  studied 
Theology  at  Andover,  which  place  he  left  in  1811 ;  and  in  Novem 
ber  of  that  year,  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Church  in  Hillsboro', 
N.  H.  Here  he  remained  until  1816  ;  and  the  following  three 
years  were  spent  in  Rowley,  Mass.,  Mansfield,  Conn.,  and  else 
where.  In  1819,  he  was  settled  in  Hanover,  and  remained  until 
1824,  after  which  he  preached  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  Hunter, 
N.  Y.,  Attleboro',  Mass.,  and  Granville,  Mass.  In  1845,  he 
relinquished  the  duties  of  his  profession,  and  engaged  in  agricul- 

1  Letter,  in  the  Pamphlet  giving  an  account  of  the  Exercises  at  the  Dedi 
cation  of  the  New  Academy,  p.  12.  • 


72  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

tural  pursuits,  with  such  ardor,  and  success,  in  the  language  of 
his  son,  as  to  "  have  the  pleasure  of  matching  the  wonderful 
Georgic  transformation,  and  saw, 

"  Ingens 

Exiit  ad  coelum  ramis  felicibus  arbos 
Miraturquc  novas  fondes  ct  non  sua  poma." 

He  married  Mary  Bicknell,  second  daughter  of  the  Hon.  Joshua 
Bicknell,  of  Barrington,  May  28, 1810,  —  her  father  having  been, 
"  for  more  than  50  years,  prominent  in  the  councils  of  the  State  ; 
and '  a  man  of  such  unflinching  political  integrity  as  to  have 
received  the  title  of  "  old  Aristides."  By  this  marriage  he  had 
two  sons,  the  elder  of  whom,  Henry,  graduated  at  Brown  Uni 
versity,  in  1835,  received  the  degree  of  L.L.B.,  at  Harvard 
College,  in  1838,  and  is  settled  as  a  Physician,  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  The  younger  son,  read  law  with  the  Hon.  A.  C. 
Greene,  of  Rhode  Island,  and  settled  in  Alabama,  where  he  died 
September  11,  1836,  at  the  early  age  of  21.  Mr.  Chapin,  the 
father,  died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  April  19,  1850,  ae  67. 
His  widow  survives,  and  is  residing  with  her  son,  in  Provi 
dence.  As  a  preacher,  Mr.  Chapin  was  earnest,  and  faithful ;  his 
discourses  being  instructive,  and  copiously  illustrated.  As  a 
scholar,  he  was  diligent,  and  studious  ;  and  several  of  his  occasional 
productions  were  published.  He  was  successful  in  his  calling  ;  a 
man  of  usefulness,  and  indomitable  perseverance ;  and  he  left  be 
hind  him  a  good  name,  as  an  inheritance  for  his  surviving  son.  , 

Rev.  Ethan  Smith,  the  7th  pastor,  "  was  born  in  Belchertown, 
Mass.,  Dec.  16,  1762,  and  while  young,  was  a  soldier  for  one 
summer  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  was  at  West  Point  when 
the  traitor  Arnold  sold  that  fortress  to  the  British.  Having 
attended  to  the  preparatory  studies,  he  entered  Dartmouth  Col 
lege  in  1785,  and  graduated  in  1790.  Soon  after  taking  his 
degree,  he  was  licensed  to  preach,  and  spent  the  first  Sabbath  of 
October,  1790,  at  Haverhill,  N.  H.?  where  he  was  first  settled  in 
the  ministry.  In  about  a  year  from  that  time,  he  was  married  to 
Bathsheba  Sandford,  second  daughter  of  Rev.  David  Sandford, 
of  Medway,  Mass.  He  remained  at  Haverhill  nine  years,  and 
was  then  dismissed  for  want  of  support.  He  was  installed  in  the 


MR.  SMITH'S  WRITINGS.  73 

ministry  at  Hopkinton,  N.  IL,  March  12, 1800,  and  continued  there 
about  eighteen  years,  during  sixteen  of  which  he  was  Secretary 
of  the  New  Hampshire  Missionary  Society.  He  was  afterwards 
settled  at  Hebron,  N.  Y.,  about  four  years;  at  Poultney,  Ver 
mont,  about  five  years  ;  at  Hanover,  Mass.,  five  years  ;  and  then 
spent  a  season  as  a  city  missionary  in  Boston.  His  publications 
were,  1.  A  Dissertation  on  the  Prophecies,  two  editions  ;  2.  A  View 
of  the  Trinity,  two  editions  ;  3.  A  View  of  the  Hebrews,  two  editions ; 

4.  Lectures  on  the  Subjects  and  Mode  of  Baptism,  two  editions ; 

5.  A  Key  to  the  figurative  Language  of  the  Bible ;  6.  Memoirs 
of  Mrs.  Abigail  Bailey  ;  7.  A  Key  to  the  Revelation,  2  editions  ; 
8.  Prophetic    Catechism ;     9.  Two    Sermons    on    Episcopacy ; 
10.  Farewell  Sermon  at  Haverhill,  N.  H.  ;    11.  First  Sermon 
after  installation  at  Hopkinton ;  12.  Two  Sermons  on  the  Vain 
Excuses  of  Sinners,  preached  at  Washington,  N.  H.  ;  13.  Ser 
mon  on  the  Moral  Perfection  of  God,  preached  at  Newburyport, 
Mass. ;  14.  Sermon  on  the  daughters  of  Ziou  excelling,  preached 
before  a  Female  Cent  Society ;  15.  Sermon  on  the  happy  Transi 
tion  of  Saints,  preached  at  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Jemima,  con;  tio  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Harris,  of  Dunbarton ;  16.  Sermon  at  the  ordination  of 
Rev.  Stephen  Martindale,  at  Tinmouth,  Vermont;  anl   17.  Ser 
mon  at  the  ordination  of  Rev.  Harvey  Smith,  at  Weybridge, 
Vermont.     His   children  were  Myron,  born  at  Haverhill,  N.  H., 
1794,  and  died  1818,  aged  24 ;  Lyndon  Arnold,  born  at  Haver 
hill,  1795,  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Co'!ege,  married  a  daughter 
of  Rev.  Dr.  Griffin,  and  settled  as  a  physician,  in  Newark,  N.  J. ; 
Stephen  Sanford,  born  at  Haverhill,  1797,  and  settled  as  pastor  of 
the  Congregational  Church,  Westminster,  Mass.  ;    Laura,  who 
died  in  infancy  ;  Carlos,  born  in  Hopkinton,  1801,  graduated  at 
Union  College,  and  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
in  Massillon,  Ohio  ;  Grace  Fletcher,  wife  of  Rev.  Job  H.  Martin, 
died  in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  1840  ;  Sarah  Towne,  second  wife  of 
Rev.  J.  H.  Martin,  of  New  York  ;  Harriet,  wife  of  William  H. 
Sanford,  of  Boylston,  Mass.  ;  and  Ellen,  wife  of  C.  B.  Sedgwick, 
Esq.,  of  Syracuse,  died  May  23,  1846,  aged  33.     The-  wife  of 
Mr.  Smith,  died  in  Pompey,  N.  Y.,  April  5,  1835,  aged  64,   He- 
was  living,  in  1847,  in  Boylston,  Mass.,"  but  has  since  deceased.* 

i  See  a  communication  in  the  N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.,  for  1847,  p.  182iet  sec^. 
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74  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

• 
During  the  ministry  of  Mr.  Smith,  the  second  meeting-house 

was  torn  down,  and  the  third,  or  present  house  erected  ;  which 
stands  in  the  centre  of  the  town,  facing  the  East,  and  is  a  modest 
structure,  surmounted  by  a  steeple,  and  in  the  belfry  hangs  the 
old  bell,  given  by  Mr.  Josselynn,  in  1785,  and  re-cast  in  1788. 

Kev.  Abel  Gr.  Duncan,  the  present  pastor  of  the  Society,  grad 
uated  at  the  Bangor  Theological  Seminary,  in  1828,  was  settled 
for  four  years  at  Jackson  and  Brooks,  Maine,  and  was  installed  in 
Hanover,  August  22,  1833.  He  has  proved  himself  a  faithful 
minister,  and  an  excellent  citizen ;  having  had  the  honor  to  Rep 
resent  the  town,  for  six  years,  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  having 
been,  for  many  years,  Chairman  of  the  School  Committee. 

The  Central  Society,  like  all  others  that  have  bee.n  long  estab 
lished,  has  seen  its  days  of  prosperity,  and  its  days  of  adversity. 
As  the  oldest  society  in  the  town,  it  has  enjoyed  great  advantages, 
and  has  done  much  to  maintain  the  ordinances  of  the  gospel.  We 
are  happy  to  say  that  the  annals  of  the  Town  are  but  little  stained 
with  the  records  of  protracted  controversies,  and  bitter  animosities. 
A  few  such  unpleasant  memorials  occur,  but  we  have  chosen  to 
leave  them  unnoticed,  rather  than  to  make  our  pages  the  vehicle 
of  perpetuating  events  of  so  little  consequence  in  themselves,  and 
so  unprofitable  to  the  present,  or  to  future  generations.  The  vir 
tues  of  our  fathers,  should  ever  be  remembered.  And  among 
these,  by  no  means  the  least  conspicuous,  are  their  reverence  for 
God,  their  zeal  for  his  worship,  and  their  devotion  to  the  interests 
of  learning  and  piety.  May  we,  their  children,  endeavor  to  follow 
them  in  everything  good,  and  may  we  transmit,  to  our  children, 
blessings  as  great  as  have  descended  to  us  from  them. 


CHAPTER    V. 

ECCLESIASTICAL     HISTORY     CONTINUED. 

"  In  vestment  white,  the  minister  of  God 

Opens  the  book,  and  reverentially 

The  stated  portion  reads."  GRAHAME. 

"  I  cannot  go, 
Where  UNIVERSAL  LOVE  not  smiles  around." 

THOMSON. 

"  To  his  great  baptism  flocked, 
With  awe  the  regions  round."  MILTOX. 

Establishment  of  St.  Andrews  Church  in  Scitnate— First  Meeting  house— Mr. 
Davenport's  ministry — Mr.  Brockwell's — Mr.  Thompson's — Sketch  of  his  de 
scendants— Mr.  Wheeler's  ministry  —  Removal  of  the  Church  to  Hanover- 
Erection  of  a  New  Meeting  House— Rectorship  of  Messrs  Cooper,  Wolcott,  Ap- 
pleton,  Greenleaf,  and  Cutler — Establishment  of  a  Society  in  the  Northerly  part 
of  Hanover,  and  Westerly  part  of  Scituate— Incorporation  as  a  Universalist 
Society — Sketch  of  its  history — History  of  the  Baptist  Society. 

ST.  ANDREWS   CHURCH. 

About  the  year  1725,  Episcopal  service  was  first  performed  in 
the  town  of  Scituate,  by  Rev.  Timothy  Cutler,  D.  I).,  Rector  of 
Christ  Church,  in  Boston.  According  to  Deane, 1  the  statement  if 
made  in  Nichols's  collection  of  anecdotes,  that  "  Mr.  Cutler,  withs 
several  attendants,  came  to  Scituate,  during  the  absence  of  Mr. 
Bourne,  minister  of  the  north  parish,  by  the  invitation  of  Lieut. 
Damon,  (  then  at  variance  with  Mr.  Bourne, )  and  another  gentle 
man  of  large  estate,  and  performed  divine  service  in  the  Church 
form,  in  the  north  Meeting-house." 

This  statement,  in  its  leading  features,  is  copied  by  Mr.  Cutler, 
into  his  "  Sermon  on  the  origin,  progress,  and  present  condition  of 
St.  Andrews  Church,  Hanover,  Massachusetts,"  which  was  pub 
lished  in  1848  ;  *  to  which  he  adds,  "  Whether  any  minister  of  the 
Church  of  England  had  previously  visited  or  resided  as  a  mission 
ary,"  in  Scituate,  "  does  not  appear.  The  Society  for  Propa- 

i  History  of  Scituate,  p.  45.  a  Sermon,  p.  4. 


76  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

gating  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  Parts,  which  is  connected  with  the 
Church  of  England,  and  to  whose  assistance  this  Church  was  sub 
sequently  indebted  for  aid,  had  missionaries  located  in  New  Eng 
land,  some  years  prior  to  this  visit  of  Dr.  Cutler,  in  1725,  and  it 
is  not  impossible  that  their  labors  may  have  been  held  in  this 
region." 

In  a  communication,  received  from  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  of 
Providence,  R.  I.,  he  speaks  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Miller,  of  Braintree, 
Mass.,  as  one  of  these  Missionaries,  and  says,  that,  in  his  annual 
Report  to  the  Society,  in  1731,  he  observes  that "  he  had  preached 
from  time  to  time  to  the  people  of  the  Church  of  England,  in  Scit- 
uate,  and  the  neighboring  towns,  that  the  services  were  held  in  a 
private  house,  and  that  the  auditory  was  so  large  that  the  house 
could  not  contain  them." 

The  first  meeting-house  belonging  to  this  Church,  was  erected 
in  1731,  on  the  central  part  of  Church  hill,  in  Scituate,  and  en 
larged  in  1753 ; '  and,  though  not  entirely  finished  at  the  time, 
it  "  was  opened  for  divine  service,  October  11,  1731,  when  Mr. 
Miller  preached  a  sermon,  and  baptised  eight  children.  More 
people  were  present  than  the  church  could  contain.  Mr.  Miller 
preached  again,  on  the  last  day  of  November,  being  St.  Andrew's 
day,  from  which  the  Church  takes  its  name.  The  members  of  the 
Church  sent  an  earnest  request,  to  the  Society  in  England,  to  pro 
vide  them  a  missionary,  and  the  Rev.  Mr.  Davenport  was  sent 
them,  with  an  allowance,  from  the  Society,  of  .£60  per  annum,  and 
an  allowance  of  Books,  for  Libraries,  and  devotional  books,  for 
distribution  among  the  poorer  members.  Mr.  Davenport  continued 
their  Rector,  from  1733,  to  1736,  inclusive."  2 

Deane  states,  that  Mr.  Davenport,  who  graduated  at  Harvard 
University,  in  1719,  and  also  received  a  degree  at  Oxford,  Eng 
land,  gave,  in  1743, "  his  house  and  land  in  Scituate,  to  the  Society 
for  propagating  the  gospel  in  foreign  parts,  in  trust,  towards  the 
support  of  the  ministers  of  St.  Andrew's  Church  in  Scituate,  in 
perpetuity  ;  and  in  this  conveyance ,  he  adverts  to  the  fact  of  his 

1  It  was  struck  by  lightning  many  years  ago,  but  experienced  no  material 
njury.  It  had  a  steeple,  and  bell. 

2  Letter  of  John  Barstow,  Esq. 


•iicmniio  IV 


SETTLEMENT   OF  MR.   THOMPSON.  77 

having  been  their  first  rector"  '  We  shall  have  occasion  to  refer 
to  this  gift  hereafter. 

Rev.  Mr.  Brockwell,  the  next  Rector,  had  charge  of  the  society 
"from  1737,  to  the  early  part  of  1739.  He  then  left  Scituate, 
and  accepted  a  call  from  a  Church  in  Salem.  While  he  preached 
at  St.  Andrews,  he  received  .£60  per  annum,  from  the  Society  in 
England."  2 

r  From  the  time  Mr.  Brockwell  left  Scituate,  the  church  was  des 
titute  of  a  regularly  appointed  minister,  until  1743,  when  the 
mission  was  re-established,  by  the  appointment  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Thompson,  of  New  Haven,  as  Rector,  with  a  yearly  allowance 
from  the  society,  in  England,  of  .£40  per  annum  ;  and  he  con 
tinued  in  his  office  until  his  death,  November  28, 1775,  aged  64. 3 
The  request  for  this  renewal  of  the  mission,  came  not  only  from 
Scituate,  but  from  citizens  of  Hanover,  Pembroke,  and  Marsh- 
field. 

During  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Thompson,  he  resided,  for  about 
thirty  years,  on  the  glebe  which  had  been  given  by  Mr.  Daven 
port  ;  but  for  a  year  or  two  before  his  death,  he  purchased  and 
occupied  the  house  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  John  Gardner, 
in  Scituate,  and  there  resided  at  the  date  of  his  decease.  He  is 
spoken  of  as  a  prudent,  worthy  minister,  pleasing  and  interesting 
in  his  conversation  and  general  deportment.  He  was  buried  in 
the  burial-ground  connected  with  the  church,  on  the  hill,  in 
Scituate.  His  widow  died,  July  27,  1813,  in  the  99th  year  of 
her  age,4  and  her  remains  are  deposited  by  his  side. 

According  to  Mr.  Barstow,  Mr.  Thompson  was  the  son  of  Eben 
ezer  Thompson,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  and  was  born  in 
1711,  and  married  Esther  Stephens,  of  New  Haven.  His  children, 
born  in  New  Haven,  were  Esther,  who  died  young,  and  Ebenezer, 
born  January  15,  1735.  After  his  removal  to  Scituate,  he  had 
John,  Amey,  Anna,  Lucy,  Lois,  Mary,  and  Jane.  John,  died  in 
early  life,  atBilboa,  in  Spain.  Amey,  married  Benjamin  Palmer, 
of  Scituate,  and  died,  May  16,  1813,  aged  73.  Her  daughter 

1  Hist.  Scituate,  p.  46. 

2  Letter  of  John  Barstow,  Esq. 

3  Letter  of  J.  Barstow,  and  Mr.  Cutler's  Sermon,  p.  7. 

4  Mr.  Cutler's  Sermon,  p.  8.  . 


78  HISTORY   OF  HAXOVER. 

married  Dr.  Freeman  Foster,  of  Scituate.  Anna,  died  May  2, 
1816,  aged  71.  Lucy,  died  December  3,  1819,  aged  72.  Lois, 
died  November  14,  1826,  aged  76.  Mary,  married  Lemuel  Ran 
som,  and  died  July  9,  1833,  aged  81.  Jane,  married  Rev.  Wil 
liam  W.  Wheeler,  and  died  July  30,  1821,  aged  64.  All  the 
above  lie  in  the  burial  ground  on  Church  hill. 

Ebenezer,  the  surviving  son,  settled  in  Providence,  Rhode  Is 
land,  in  1764,  having  previously  married  Lydia  Kennicott,  by 
whom  he  had  Sarah,  1760  ;  — Edward  K.,  1762;  — and  Mary, 
1764.  His  wife,  Lydia,  died  in  1770,  and  he  married  her  sister 
Elizabeth,  by  whom  he  had  five  sons,  and  one  daughter,  viz : 
Ebenezer,  John,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Lydia,  and  Stephen. 

Edward  Kennicott,  the  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Lydia,  went  to  Al 
exandria,  Virginia,  to  engage  in  commercial  pursuits,  and  there 
married  Sarah  Kuhn  Swoope,  daughter  of  Col.  Michael  Swoope, 
and  removed  soon  after  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where  he 
had  five  children,  Mary  Ann,  1789  ;  —  Elizabeth  K.,  1791  ;  — 
Sarah  Swoope,  March,  1794,  married  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  1828, 
now  of  Providence  ;  — Edward  K.,  1797  ; —  and  Esther  L.,  1802. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Thompson,  the  services  of  the  Church, 
in  Scituate,  were  suspended  for  a  season,  during  the  War  with 
Great  Britain,  popular  sentiment  in  New  England  then  setting 
very  strongly  against  the  form  of  worship  prescribed  by  the 
Church  of  England  ;  and,  except  the  occasional  services  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Parker,  from  1780,  to  1782,  the  Church  remained  without 
a  Rector,  until  the  appointment  of  Rev.  William  W.  Wheeler, 
May  15,  1783.  During  the  time  that  Mr.  Parker  served  the 
Church,  Joseph  Donnell,  of  Hanover,  and  Benjamin  James,  Jr. , 
of  Scituate,  were  Wardens,  and  Dr.  Charles  Stockbridge,  and 
Benjamin  Jacobs,  of  Scituate,  and  Elijah  Curtis,  Thomas  Stock- 
bridge,  Jr.,  Mordecai  Ellis,  Stephen  Bailey,  and  Benjamin  Mann, 
of  Hanover,  were  vestrymen. 

We  should  have  remarked,  that  Job  Otis,  Thomas  Bardin,  Ja 
cob  Bailey,  Joseph  House,  Isaac  Buck,  Isaac  Hatch,  Henry  Mer- 
ritt,  and  John  Lane,  all  of  Hanover,  are  spoken  of  as  "  Church 
men,"  on  the  town  records,  in  1736  ;  so  that  citizens  of  Hanover 
have  been  connected  with  the  Society,  from  about  the  date  of  its 
first  formation. 


REMOVAL  OF  THE  CHURCH  TO  HANOVER.          79 

Mr.  Wheeler  officiated  as  Rector,  in  Hanover,  and  elsewhere  a 
portion  of  the  time,  until  his  death,  which  took  place,  January  14, 
1810,  at  the  age  of  75.  It  was  during  his  Rectorship,  in  1797, 
that  the  church  was  incorporated,  Charles  Bailey,  and  Thomas 
Barstow,  Jr.  being  wardens. 

About  the  year  1810,  owing  to  difficulties  in  the  First  Parish 
in  Hanover,  some  of  the  members  left,  and  joined  the  Episcopal 
Church. '  This  led  to  the  proposition,  for  the  erection  of  a  new 
Church,  in  a  more  favorable  location  ;  and,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
parish,  held  April  24,  1810,  it  was  "  Voted,  that  the  Society  are 
willing  to  attend  public  worship  in  Hanover,  provided  individuals 
will  build  a  new  Church  in  said  Hanover. 2  This  house  was 
built  in  1811,  at  an  expense  of  $5,000,  —  the  building  committee 
consisting  of  Horatio  Gushing,  Esq.,  Reuben  Curtis,  and  Edward 
Eells  ;  Capt.  Albert  Smith,  andMelzar  Curtis,  Esq.,  being  the  con 
tractors  for  its  erection ;  and  it  was  consecrated  to  the  worship  of 
God,  according  to  the  usage  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
June  13,  1811,  by  Bishop  Griswold,  being  the  first  church  in 
Massachusetts  consecrated  by  him. 

In  the  same  year,  1811,  a  subscription  for  the  endowment  of  a 
perpetual  fund  for  the  Church  was  made,  amounting  to  $1236.  75  5 
to  which  was  afterwards  added  the  sum  of  $188.  82,  from  the 
proceeds  of  the  old  church,  and  other  items. 3  The  Trustees  of  this 
fund  were  incorporated,  in  1815,  and  in  1848,  it  consisted  of  22 
shares  in  the  State  Bank,  Boston,  valued  at  $1,320.  This  is 
now  invested  in  the  Parsonage,  occupied  by  Mr.  Cutler. 

After  the  erection  of  the  Church,  in  Hanover,  which  stands  near 
the  Four  Corners,  Rev.  Joab  G.  Cooper,  was  elected  Rector,  and 
held  that  office  until  1816,  when  he  retired.  According  to  Deane, 
he  was  from  Long  Island. 4  Rev.  Calvin  Wolcott,  the  next  Rector, 
was  chosen  in  1818,  and  continued  to  serve  until  1834,  when  he 
resigned.  He  is  now  settled  as  colleague,  with  the  Rev.  Dr- 
Tyng,  in  New  York,  and  during  his  settlement  in  Hanover,  the  af 
fairs  of  his  Society  were  in  a  prosperous  condition.  An  account  of 
his  family  will  be  found  in  our  Genealogical  Sketches. 

In  1835,  Rev.  Samuel  G.  Appleton,  took  charge  of  the  parish 

1  Cutler's  Sermon,  p.  14.  3  Cutler's  Sermon,  p.  14. 

2  Ibid,  p.  6.  *  Hist.  Scituate,  p.  47. 


80  HISTORY   OP  HANOVER. 

and  continued  with  it  until  November,  1838  ;  and  during  his 
Rectorship,  a  new  organ  was  purchased,  at  an  expense  of  $450. 
Eleazer  A.  Greenleaf,  the  next  Rector,  took  charge  of  the  Parish 
in  1839,  and  remained  until  1841,  in  which  year  the  present 
Rector,  Rev.  Samuel  Cutler,  came  to  the  place,  and  here  he  has 
since. remained,  now  residing  in  the  fine  parsonage  house,  built  for 
him  in  1849,  which  stands  on  Washington  street,  near  the  Four 
Corners. 

It  is  remarked,  by  Deane,  that  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Marsh- 
field,  established  as  early  as  1745,  was  for  many  years  connected 
with  St.  Andrews,  the  rector  of  the  latter  officiating  there  one 
Sabbath  in  four ;  —  also  the  Church  in  Taunton,  where  the  rector 
of  St.  Andrews  likewise  officiated  one  Sabbath  in  four.  l 

For  a  fuller  account  of  this  Society  than  our  limits  permit  us  to 
give,  we  must  refer  our  readers  to  the  valuable  discourse  of  Mr. 
Cutler,  from  which  we  have  largely  quoted,  and  to  which  we  have 
been  greatly  indebted  for  many  of  the  facts  herewith  presented. 

We  are  happy  to  say,  in  concluding  this  sketch,  that  the  Church 
at  the  Corners,  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  under  their  present 
Rector,  and  as  an  indication  of  their  outward  progress,  we  may 
remark,  that  their  temple  has  lately  changed  its  appearance  some 
what,  by  the  removal  of  the  old  steeple,  and  the  erection  of  a  new 
one  ;  and  this  Society,  like  that  in  the  centre  of  the  town,  numbers 
among  its  members  many  of  our  most  valuable  and  enterprising 
citizens. 

UNI  VERBALISTS. 

There  is  no  Universalist  Society  properly  within  the  limits  of 
Hanover,  although  one  has  existed,  for  many  years,  in  the  westerly 
part  of  Scitaate,  whose  house  of  Worship  stands  within  less  than 
three  rods  of  the  boundary  line  of  Hanover. 

This  parish  was  commenced  as  early  as  1766,  and  is  referred 
to,  not  only  on  the  records  of  Scituate,  of  that  date,  but  also  of 
Hanover ;  and  many  items  relating  to  its  history,  are  found  on 
the  books  of  the  latter  town.  Besides,  as  quite  a  number  of  our 
citizens  are  connected  with  the  Universalist  Society,  and  as  three 
of  its  pastors  have  resided  in  Hanover,  —  two  of  the  number  being 

1  History  of  Scituate,  p.  47. 


OLD  UNIVERSALIST  MEETING  HOUSE. 


PRESENT  UNIVERSALIST  MEETING  HOUSE. 


UNIVERSALIST    SOCIETY.  81 

still  citizens  of  the  town,  o£  whom  the  Author  is  one,  —  he  feels 
that  if  full  sketches  of  the  First  Parish,  and  of  St.  Andrew's 
Church,  have  been  given,  a  few  words,  with  reference  to  the 
denomination  with  which  he  is  personally  connected,  may  be 
permitted  him. 

The  petition  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  northerly  part  of  Hanover, 
praying  to  be  set  off  as  a  separate  district,  or  parish,  which  was 
presented  in  1766,  did  not  ask  that  the  new  parish  should  be  of  a 
different  faith  from  the  old  ;  although,  doubtless,  there  was  not  an 
entire  sympathy  between  the  views  of  the  petitioners,  and  those  of 
the  rest  of  the  inhabitants.  The  town,  however,  refused  to  grant 
the  request.  In  1767,  the  signers  of  the  first  petition,  with  others, 
from  Hanover,  and  Scituate,  petitioned  the  General  Co'art  to  be 
set  off  as  a  Parish  by  themselves  ;  and  the  Town  chose  a  Com 
mittee  to  oppose  them.  In  1771,  this  petition  to  the  General 
Court  was  renewed,  but  without  success. 

In  1792,  the  Town  voted  to  permit  Mr.  Mellen  to  preach  a  few 
Sabbaths  in  the  house  which  the  petitioners  had  erected  in  Scituate, 
as  early  as  the  date  of  their  first  movement  towards  being  set  off. 

December  12,  1796.  A  new  petition  was  presented  to  the 
town  "  for  a  parish  in  the  North  part  of  Hanover,"  which  was 
signed  by  David  Jacobs,  Elisha  Barrell,  Jesse  Curtis,  Nathaniel 
Jacobs,  Eells  Damon,  Elisha  Simmons,  David  Jacobs,  Jr.,  Ezra 
Damon,  Thomas  Hatch,  Curtis  Brooks,  Amos  Curtis,  Ezra  Briggs, 
Jr.,  Benjamin  Mann,  Jr.,  Peres  Jacobs,  Joshua  Simmons,  and 
Ebenezer  Curtis  ;  —  but  this  petition  met  with  the  same  fate  as 
those  which  had  preceded  it,  being  rejected. 

Finally,  in  1812,  petitioners,  from  Scituate,  and  Hanover,  were 
incorporated  as  a  "  Universalist  Society,"  and  from  that  day  to 
this,  the  Society  has  continued  in  existence,  and  is  still  in  good 
standing  with  the  denomination. 

This  Society  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  Universalist  order, 
established  in  Plymouth  County  ;  its  members  being  residents  of 
Scituate,  Hanover,  Abington,  Halifax,  Duxbury,  and  other  towns  ; 
and  Rev.  John  Murray,  an  early  apostle  of  Universalism,  preached 
in  the  old  meeting-house  60  years  ago.  The  present  neat  and 
commodious  edifice,  was  erected  during  the  pastorship  of  Rev. 
Robert  L.  Killam,  in  1832,  and  stands  on  a  beautiful  eminence, 


82  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

near  Barstow's  hill,  just  on  the  line  between  South  Scituate  and 
Hanover,  —  the  Church  itself  being  in  South  Scituate. 

The  old  meeting  house,  which  stood  on  the  same  site  as  the 
present  house,  was  two  stories  high;  the  roof  pitching  East  and 
West ;  with  a  porch  on  the  East,  extending  from  the  ground  to  the 
eaves,  having  doors,  in  front,  and  on  each  side  of  the  same,  with 
stairways  within,  leading  to  the  galleries.  There  were  doors  on 
the  North  and  South  ends  of  the  house,  about  the  centre  of  the 
same  ;  and  two  rows  of  windows,  the  lower  row  lighting  the  body 
of  the  house,  and  the  upper  the  galleries.  There  were  pews  in  th 
floor,  but  the  galleries  were  furnished  with  long  seats,  or  benches, 
•BS  was  the  custom  in  those  days.  The  house  had  neither  steeple 
nor  bell,  was  unplastered  for  a  long  time  ;  nor  had  it  a  chimney, 
until  after  the  commencement  of  the  present  century.  It  was  a 
venerable  structure,  and  beneath  its  roof,  the  members  of  the  So 
ciety  enjoyed,  for  many  years,  the  ministrations  of  the  gospel,  ac 
cording  io  their  own  views  of  its  teachings,  though  at  first  the 
parish  was  in  a  measure  an  off-shoot  from  the  older  parishes,  in 
Scituate  and  Hanover. 

The  names  of  those  who  have  preached  to  the  Society,  from 
time  to  time,  are,  David  Pickering ;  Samuel  Baker ;  Eli  as 
Smith  ;  Joshua  Flagg  ;  Benjamin  Whittemore  ;  Robert  L.  Killam, 
from  1829  to  1838  ;  H.  W.  Morse,  1838 ;  John  F.  Dyer, 
1839  ;  J.  E.  Burnham,  1840  ;  John  S.  Barry,  1841—1844  ; 
M.  E.  Hawes,  1844  &  5 ;  Horace  P.  Stevens,  1846  &  7 ;  and 
Robinson  Breare,  the  present  pastor,  settled  in  1849. 

The  names  of  the  original  members  of  the  Society,  appended  to 
the  Act  of  Incorporation,  granted  June  18,  1812,  are,  *Enoch 
Collarnore,  *Loring  Jacobs,  Ichabod  R.  Jacobs,  John  Jones,  Jr., 
Calvin  Wilder,  *James  H.  Jacobs,  *Charles  Totman,  Charles 
Jones,  (in Illinois,)  *Isaac  N.  Damon,  Joshua  Bowker,  *James 
Jacobs,  Abel  Silvester,  *Charles  Simmons,  *William  Hyland, 
*David  Turner,  *Samuel  Randall,  Jr.,  *Samuel  Randall,  *Joshua 
Damon,  Ebenezer  Totman,  *  Jonathan  Turner,  *Enoch  Collarnore, 
Jr.,  *Benjamin  Bowker,  John  Gross,  *Josiah  Witherell,  *Samuel 
Simmons,  *John  Jones,  *Peleg  Simmons,  Jr.,  *Seth  Stoddard, 
*George  Litchfield,  *Elisha  Gross,  *Reuben  Sutton,  Theophilus 
Cortherell,  Edward  F.  Jacobs,  *Elisha  Barrell,  Elisha  Barrell, 
Jr.,  Stephen  Jacobs,  and  *Edward  Curtis. 


BAPTIST  MEETING  HOUSE. 


BAPTIST   SOCIETY.  83 

Those  to  whose  names  an  asterisk  is  prefixed,  have  since  de 
ceased  ;  some  have  removed  ;  and  of  the  original  number,  but  ten 
remain,  all  of  whom  still  "  hold  fast  to  the  profession  of  their  faith 
without  wavering." 

This  Society  is  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  free  from  debt ; 
and  though  many  of  its  older  members  have  deceased  within  a  few 
years,  whose  familiar  faces  are  seen  no  more,  yet  those  who  re 
main  can  be  relied  upon,  we  think,  for  its  future  and  permanent 
support. 

BAPTIST     SOCIETY. 

The  First  Baptist  Church,  in  Hanover,  was  constituted  Feb.  11, 
1806,  and  was  composed  of  members  from  the  First  Church,  in 
Marshfield,  residing  in  Hanover,  and  Scituate,  favorable  to  the 
religious  opinions  held  by  that  denomination.  Rev.  Barnabas 
Perkins,  was  the  first  pastor  ;  and  from  1807,  to  1809,  William 
Curtis  served  the  infant  Society.  In  1810,  Rev.  John  Butler 
was  settled,  and  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  in 
December  of  the  same  year.  Mr.  Butler  continued  to  labor  with 
this  Church  about  14  years,  serving  them  with  much  ability,  and 
with  good  success.  During  his  ministry,  their  house  of  worship 
was  erected,  in  1812,  which  stands  on  Main  Street,  and  is  a  small, 
but  neat  edifice,  in  good  repair,  and  of  fair  proportions. 

From  1824,  to  1832,  the  Church  passed  through  seasons  of 
trial  and  discouragement,  and  did  not  enjoy,  for  much  of  the  time, 
a  stated  ministry.  Mr.  Darius  Dunbar,  was  ordained  to  the 
pastoral  office,  in  1833,  remained  about  two  years,  and  was  suc 
ceeded  by  Rev.  Robert  B.  Dickie,  from  Nova  Scotia,  who  entered 
upon  his  duties,  July  1,  1834,  and  remained  until  Sept.  3,  1836. 
Rev.  Horace  Seaver,  of  Maine,  was  the  next  pastor,  preached 
about  two  years,  and  was  followed  by  Rev.  Nathan  Stetson,  whose 
name  appears  on  the  Minutes  of  1839. 

From  1840,  to  1842,  Rev.  Thomas  Conant,  now  of  Scituate, 
served  the  Society  ;  and  after  his  removal,  for  a  period  of  between 
two  and  three  years,  the  Society  was  destitute  of  a  pastor.  In 
1845,  Rev.  Nathan  Chapman  entered  upon  its  charge,  but  re 
mained  only  one  year,  and  was  followed,  in  1846-7,  by  Rev.  B. 
N.  Harris.  In  June,  1849,  Rev.  William  N.  Slason,  the  present 


84  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

pastor,  took  charge  of  the   Society,  and  his  services,  we  believe, 
have  been  acceptable  and  profitable. 

This  Society,  though  small,  is  highly  respectable  in  its  charac 
ter  ;  its  members  are  zealous  ;  and  the  earnestness  with  which 
they  have  engaged  in  the  cause  of  religion,  is  worthy  of  all  praise. 
Its  officers,  have  been  men  of  excellent  standing  in  the  community; 
and  to  their  energy,  is  doubtless  to  be  attributed  much  of  the  So 
ciety's  success.  The  present  Deacons, — Col.  John  Collamore,  of 
South  Scituate,  and  John  Brooks,  of  Hanover,  (the  former  of 
whom  was  long  and  favorably  known  as  one  of  the  Board  of 
County  Commissioners, )  have  long  held  the  office  which  they  now 
sustain,  and  are  men  never  weary  in  well  doing. 


CHAPTER    VI. 

EDUCATION. 

"  From  education  as  the  leading  cause, 
The  public  character  its  color  draws  ; 
Thence  the  prevailing  manners  take  their  cast, 
Extravagant  or  sober,  loose  or  chaste."  COWPER. 

Early  laws  for  the  support  of  education—  Our  Common  School  System  —  School 
masters —  Schools  established  in  Hanover —  Mr.  Fitzgerald — Joseph  Gushing — 
Luke  Stetson  —  Sketch  from  1750  to  1810  —  Table  of  appropriations  —  Academy, 
Mr.  Cliaddock's  —  Removal  to  the  Four  Corners — Second  building— New  Edi- 

<*  fice,  built  in  1852 —  Proprietors. 

Very  earlj  in  the  history  of  the  Plymouth  Colony,  it  was  "  pro 
posed  by  the  Court  unto  the  severall  Townshipes  of  this  Jurisdic 
tion  as  a  thinge  they  ought  to  take  into  theire  serious  considera 
tion  That  some  course  may  be  taken  that  in  every  towne  there 
may  be  a  Scoolmaster  sett  up  to  traine  up  children  to  reading  and 
writing  ;  " '  and  in  1677,  we  read,  that  "  Forasmuch  as  the  main- 
tainance  of  good  literature  doth  much  tend  to  the  advancement  of 
the  weale  and  flourishing  estate  of  societies  and  Republiques — 
This  Court  doth  therefor  order  ;  That  in  whatsoever  township  in 
this  Govrment  consisting  of  fifty  families  or  upwards  ;  any  meet 
man  shall  be  obtained  to  teach  a  Gramer  Scoole  such  townshipp 
shall  allow  at  least  twelve  pounds  in  currant  marchantable  pay  to 
be  raised  by  rate  on  all  the  Inhabitants  of  such  Towne,  and  those 
that  have  the  more  emediate  benefitt  thereof  by  theere  Childrens 
good  and  general  good  shall  make  up  the  resedue  necessarie  to 
maintain  the  same,  and  that  the  profitts  ariseing  of  the  Cape 
Fishing,  heretofore  ordered  to  maintaine  a  Gramer  Scoole  in  this 
Collonie,  be  destributed  to  such  Townes  as  have  such  Gramer 
Scooles  for  the  maintainance  thereof ;  not  exceeding  five  pounds 
per  annum  to  any  such  Towne,  unless  the  Court  Treasurer  or 

i  Laws,  p.  143. 


8.6  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

other  apointed  to  manage  that  affaire  see  good  cause  to  adde 
therunto  to  any  respective  Towne  not  exceeding  five  pounds  more 
pr  anum  ;  and  further  this  Court  orders  that  every  such  Towne  as 
consists  of  seaventy  families  or  upwards  and  hath  not  a  gramer 
scoole  therein  shall  allow  and  pay  unto  the  next  towne  which  hath 
such  Gramar  scoole  kept  up  amongst  them,  the  sum  of  five  pounds 
p  annum  in  current  merchantable  pay,  to  be  levied  on  the  Inhab 
itants  of  such  defective  townes  by  rate,  and  gathered  and  deliv 
ered  by  the  Constables  of  such  Townes  as  by  warrant  from  any 
Majestrate  of  this  Jurisdiction  shalbe  required."  1 

In  1672,  it  was  ordered,  that  "  every  County  Town  shall  have 
and  maintain  a  Latino  School ;  which  if  they  do  and  the  Master 
(  be  )  judged  by  the  major  part  of  the  ministers  of  the  County  a 
Person  capable  to  bring  up  Youth  fitt  for  the  Colledge  ;  then  such 
Town  for  their  encouragement  shall  have  one  third  part  annually 
of  the  money  raised  on  the  account  of  the  Cape  Fishery,  &c." 
Those  who  enjoyed  the  benefit  of  this  school,  by  sending  their 
children,  were  "  to  pay  three  pence  a  week  for  Writing  and 
Reading,  and  six  pence  a  week  for  a  Schollar  after  he  comes  to 
his  Grammar;"  and  every  such  schoolmaster  was  "  to  be  capable 
to  teach  to  Write  and  Cypher,"  and  was  "  to  receive  children 
after  they  are  fit  to  begin  in  their  Psalter,"  &c.3 

This  was  the  foundation  of  our  justly  celebrated  system  of  MAS 
SACHUSETTS  COMMON  SCHOOL  INSTRUCTION;  —  and  from  this 
policy,  the  people  have  never  departed.  One  of  the  bright  spots 
in  our  history  is,  that  through  all  reverses  of  fortune,  and  in  all 
times  of  danger  and  peril,  the  education  of  the  young  has  always 
been  properly  attended  to.  It  is  this  that  has  given  success  to 
our  enterprise,  prosperity  to  our  commerce,  and  stability  to  our 
institutions. 

In  early  days,  we  are  told,  "  the  only  schoolmasters  were  the 
clergy  of  the  towns,  who  exercised  this  office  in  many  instances  in 
addition  to  the  arduous  duties  of  their  peculiar  avocation.  Youths 
were  received  into  their  families  to  receive  a  preparation  for  col 
lege,  and  over  the  whole  body  of  the  younger  portion  of  the  in 
habitants  they  extended  their  care." 4 

1  Colony  LAWS,  p.  185.  3  Colony  Laws,  p.  300. 

2  Ibid,  p.  300.  *  Winsor's  Duxbuy,  p.  71. 


ESTABLISHMENT   OF   COMMON   SCHOOLS.  87 

Many  of  tha  first  settlers'^  of  Scituate,  according  to  Deane,1 
were-  men  of  intelligence  and  education.  "  It  was  an  object  of 
high  emulation,"  he  remarks,  "  as  well  as  of  religious  principle 
with  the  early  Congregational  Churches,  to  be  supplied  with  a 
thoroughly  educated  ministry  ;  and  such,  without  exception,  were 
those  pastors  who,  having  been  silenced  in  England,  came  hither 
to  minister  to  the  little  flocks  in  the  wilderness :  nay,  men  of  edu 
cation  and  talents  were  selected  for  the  subordinate  offices  in  the 

Churches Professional  school-masters  were  few,  and 

there  was  no  publick  provision  for  their  remuneration.  Not  only 
the  pastors,  but  other  men  of  learning  must  have  given  instruc 
tions,  and  almost  gratuitously,  in  their  own  houses.  It  is  known 
that  Mr.  Chauncy  prepared  his  own  sons,  and  others,  for  college, 
and  also  several  young  men  for  the  ministry,  between  1640  and 
1650.  Mr.  Witherell  had  been  a  Grammar  school-master  by  pro 
fession,  before  leaving  England,  and  many  proofs  are  left  of  his 
skill  in  the  languages." 

By  the  enactment  of  the  Colony  Laws,  to  which  we  have  re 
ferred,  school-teachers,  as  a  class,  were  encouraged  ;  and  many 
men,  of  learning,  and  virtue,  attached  themselves  to  this  pro 
fession. 

In  the  Act  incorporating  the  Town  of  Hanover,  the  customary 
stipulation,  of  the  establishment  and  support  of  a  school  was  in 
serted  ;  and  accordingly,  March  2, 1727-8,  it  was  "  voted  to  keep 
a  school  this  year  at  three  places,  where  the  selectmen  shall  think 
best ; "  and  £27  10s.  old  tenor,  were  assessed  for  its  support.  Who 
the  teacher  was  at  this  time,  does  not  appear.  The  school  was 
kept  in  private  houses,  and  those  of  Joseph  Cornish,  and  John 
Bailey,  were  used  for  the  purpose. 

1729,  May  29,  it  was   "  voted  to  have   a  school  at  or  near 
the  meeting-house." 

1730,  April  17,  a  standing  school  was  voted,  "  at  or  near  the 
meeting  house  ;  "  and  May  18,  provisions  were  made  for  building 
a  school  house  of  wood.     This  first   school   house   stood  near  the 
centre  of  the  town,  and  tradition  says  it  was  opposite  the  present 
gun-house. 

1734,  May  14,  RICHARD  FITZGERALD  was  voted  "  school 
master  ;  "  and  he  continued  to  teach  in  the  town  until  his  death, 

i  Hist.  Scituate,  p.  92. 


88  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

in  1746.  From  whence  Mr.  F.  originated,  I  have  been  unable  to 
learn.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  of  talent,  well  skilled  in 
the  languages,  especially  the  Latin,  and  to  have  taught  with  good 
success.  He  was  an  instructor  in  Scituate,  before  his  settlement 
in  Hanover,  and  had  the  honor  of  preparing  for  the  University 
the  Hon.  William  Gushing,  LL.  D.,  who  graduated  at  Harvard 
College,  in  1751,  and  was  educated  for  the  bar  under  the  care  of 
the  celebrated  Jeremy  Gridley,  of  Boston,  for  many  years  Attorney 
General  of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts. '  We  consider  the 
town  highly  favored,  in  securing  the  services  of  so  valuable  a  man, 
early  in  their  municipal  career ;  and  under  his  judicious  training, 
many  were  reared,  who  afterwards  became  distinguished,  in  the 
Town  and  the  State. 

1746,  March  16,  a  moveable  school  voted,  "to  be  kept  the  first 
three  months  at  the  school-house  by  the  meeting-house  ;  the  next 
three,  at  or  near  the  house  of  John  Studley  (  who  lived  near  the 
Four  Corners  )  ;  the  third  term  at  or  near  the  house  of  David 
Jenkins  (  probably  in  the  Salmond  District,)  ;  and  the  last  term, 
at  or  near  the  house  of  Isaac  Hatch,  (in  the  Westerly  part  of  the 
town,  or  what  is  now  the  King  Street  District.  )  " 

1748,  June  27,  a  moveable  school  voted,  to  be  kept  from  De 
cember  16,  to  March  16,  at  the  new  school  house  near  Silvanus 
Wing's  (  on  Circuit  Street,)  ;  from  October  1,  to  December  16, 
at  or  near  the  dwelling  house  of  Benjamin  Stetson,  the  residents 
of  that  quarter  to  provide  the  place ;  from  August  1,  to  October 
1,  at  or  near  William  Dwelley's,  the  residents  of  that  quarter  to 
provide  the  place  ;  and  the  remainder  of  the  year  at  the  school- 
house  by  the  meeting-house.  October  31,  <£6  10s.  were  voted 
to  John  Barker,  for  boarding  the  school-master  in  1747,  and  £4. 
10s.  to  Silvanus  Wing,  and  <£6,  to  John  House,  for  the  like  pur 
pose. 

1750,  A  moving  school  voted  for  this  year.  Nov.  27th,  Voted 
to  Margaret  Fitzgerald  18s.  8d,  "  for  boarding  JOSEPH  GUSHING 
school  master,  last  winter."  This  is  the  first  time  Mr.  Cushing's 
name  appears  on  the  records,  as  a  teacher ;  and  he  continued  to 
serve  the  town  in  that  capacity,  a  part  of  the  time,  for  several 
years.  He  is  the  gentleman,  who  afterwards  became  distin- 

i  Deane's  Scituate,  256-7. 


SCHOOLS,    1752,   TO   1774.  89 

guislied  in  the  history  of  the. State,  and  whose  services  we  shall 
sketch  in  our  Chapter  on  the  Revolution. 

1752.  LUKE  STETSON,  is  named  as  one  of  the  masters  for  this 
year  ;  bills  of  board}  for  twenty-six  weeks,  being  audited  and  al 
lowed,  and  his  own  bill  of  services  ;  and  he  continued  to  teach  for 
several  years.  Mr.  Stetson  was  a  native  of  Hanover ;  and  he, 
with  Mr.  Gushing,  were  both,  probably,  pupils  of  Mr.  Fitz 
gerald,  and  received  from  him  valuable  aid,  qualifying  them  for 
the  posts  they  held. 

It  would  seem,  from  our  records,  that  a  school  was  taught 
throughout  the  year,  both  summer  and  winter.  The  attendance 
of  girls,  was  greatest  in  the  summer  season ;  that  of  boys,  in 
the  winter;  many  being  kept  at  home,  by  their  parents,  a  portion 
of  the  time,  to  assist  in  the  labors  of  the  .farm.  In  this  respect, 
boys  in  the  city  then,  and  always  have,  enjoyed  advantages  far 
superior  to  those  in  our  country  towns. 

17G3.  The  selectmen  were  authorised  to  hire  a  school-master 
for  one  year,  "  to  keep  the  school  in  each  quarter  of  the  town, 
three  months  at  a  place." 

1772,  March  9.  A  committee   was  chosen  to  divide  the  town 
into  four  quarters,  and  to  determine  where  each  school-house  should 
stand ;  and]  they  reported,  "  First,  that  the  school-house  by  the 
meeting-house,  in  the  middle  quarter,  so  called,  stands  as  con 
veniently   to   accommodate    said   quarter   as   we    can  place   it. 
Second,  the  school-house  in  the  East  quarter  is  equally  convenient 
in  location.     Thirdly,  in  the  North  quarter,  or  on  Curtis   Street, 
we  recommend  the  removal  of  the  house  Northward,  between  the 
dwelling  houses  of  Joseph  Bates  and  Caleb  Sylvester.     Fourthly, 
in  the  Westerly  quarter  we  recommend  either  the  removal  of  the 
present  school-house  to  a  spot  of  plain  ground  between  the  dwell 
ing-houses  of  Isaac  Hatch  and  Stephen  Randall,  or  the  erection  of 
an  additional  house  between  the  dwelling-houses  of  Eliab  and  Ben 
jamin  Studley,  the  time  to  be  equally  divided  between  said  two 
school-houses." 

1773,  October   26.  Voted  to   Isaiah  Josselynn  £3  15s.,  for 
keeping  school  one  month,  from  December  9, 1772,  to  January  16, 
1773. 

1774,  March  14.   £11  were  voted  to  support  a  Grammar  school 

7 


90  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

this  year.  Also,  "  voted  to  give  the  old  school-house  by  the  meet 
ing-house,  to  the  middle  quarter  of  the  Town,  they  repairing  the 
same,  or  building  a  new  one  on  the  same  spot." 

1777,  May  19.    The  Selectmen  instructed  to  provide  a  school 
for  the  toAvn  as  usual. 

1778,  March  20.    Voted  to  postpone  the  school  till  October 
next. 

1781,  April  2.  X600  in  continental  bills.,  voted  for  the  use  of 
a  school ;  and  October  29,  the  selectmen  were  instructed  to  "  hire 
a  school-master  as  soon  as  may  be." 

1784,  March  15.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  to  hire  a 
grammar  school-master  for  three  months  ;  and  Mr.  THOMAS,  is 
named  as  one  of  the  teachers  for  this  year.  At  the  same  meeting, 
Joseph  Brooks,  Joseph  Ramsdcll,  Jr.,  Robert  L.  Eells,  and  Timo 
thy  Robbins,  with  the  three  selectmen,  were  chosen  to  divide  the 
town  into  four  quarters  ;  and  it  was  voted  "  that  one  quarter  shall 
not  send  their  children  into  another  school."  For  some  years  be 
fore  this,  it  had  been  a  custom,  with  those  parents  most  anxious  for 
the  instruction  of  their  children,  to  keep  them  at  school  as  much 
as  possible  ;  and  hence  they  travelled  from  quarter  to  quarter,  as 
the  school  was  moved,  to  enjoy  this  advantage.  Complaints  having 
been  made  against  this  course,  by  the  above  vote  it  was  stopped. 

1800,  January  6.     The  School  money  to  be  divided   into  four 
parts,  "  according  to  the  number  of  scholars  in   each  quarter  of 
the  town." 

1801,  April  6.   A  Committee  chosen  to  number  the  scholars  in 
each  school  district. 

1802,  March  8.  A  Committee  of  two  from  each  district  chosen 
to  report  how  the  money  should  be  divided  in  the  several  districts, 
and  tho/"  recommended  to  district  the  town  anew,  and  divide  tli3 
nnney  equally  in  the  districts,  and  their  report  was  accepted. 

1804.  Capt.  Daniel  Barstow,  Calvin  Bailey,  Snow  Curtis, 
Robert  Eells,  Elisha  Barrell,  Jr.,  Joshua  Mann,  and  Clement  Bates, 
were  chosen  to  divide  the  school  money  ;  —  from  which  it  appears 
that  there  were  then  seven  districts  in  the  town. 

1808.  The  school  districts  were  numbered  as  follows  :  —  The 
Meeting-house  District,  No.  1 ;  Broad  Oak  District,  No.  2  ;  Up 
per  Forge  District,  No.  8  ;  Drinkwater  District,  No.  4  ;  Beech 


SCHOOLS  1812   TO    1837.  91 

Woods  District,  No.  5 ;  Curtis  Street  District,  No.  6  ;  Snappet 
District,  No.  7.  The  Curtis  street  District  was  divided  in  1831- 
2,  the  Southerly  part  being  called  No  8  ;  and  this  is  the  number 
into  which  the  town  is  now  divided. 

1812.  The  three  selectmen,  and  the  three  ministers  were 
chosen  a  School  Committee.  Petitions  were  presented  this  year 
for  aid  to  the  small  districts,  and  the  town  voted  that  "  no  district 
should  draw  a  larger  sum  than  $105,  nor  any  less  than  $45,  or 
in  that  proportion  according  to  the  sum  raised." 

1819,  March  8.  A  School  Committee  was  chosen,  consisting  of 
"  the  three  selectmen,  and  all  the  ministers  in  the  town,  together 
with  Ebenezer  Curtis,  John  B.  Barstow,  Robert  Salmon,  Caleb 
Whiting,  Elisha  Barrell,  Jr.,  and  Elijah  Wing."  November  1: — 
This  Committee  was  discharged,  and  a  new  one  chosen,  consisting 
of  Rev.  John  Butler,  Rev.  Calvin  Wolcott,  Rev.  Seth  Chapin, 
Aaron  Hobart,  Esq.,  and  Dr.  Joshua  Studley. 

1822,  November  4.  The  Committee  chosen  to  divide  the  school 
money  were  instructed  to  make  out  a  list  of  the  scholars  from  four 
to  sixteen  years  of  age,  with  the  names  of  their  parents  or  guar 
dians. 

1827.  A  general  Committee  of  seven  chosen,  and  seven  per 
sons  as  a  prudential  Committee,  one  for  each  district. 

1836.  Voted  to  divide  the  school  money,  one  half  on  the  dis 
tricts,  and  the  other  half  on  the  scholars  ;    and   this  course,  with 
but  few  exceptions,  has  been  pursued  to  the  present  time. 

1837.  Voted  to  apply  $200  of  the  surplus   revenue  to  schools 
this  year. 

We  have  no  means  at  hand,  for  ascertaining  the  names  of  the 
school  books  used  in  the  town  one  hundred  years  ago.  From  our 
oldest  citizens  we  learn  that  the  Psalter,  the  New  England  Primer, 
and  the  Testament,  were  the  principal  reading  books  in  their 
school  days,  and  the  Young  Man's  Companion,  and  Pike's  were 
the  most  common  Arithmetics.  There  was  one  spelling  book 
before  Noah  Webster's  ;  this  last  was  introduced  nearly  seventy 
years  ago.  There  was  also  a  small  Geography  used  in  some  of  the 
schools.  Text  books  were  not  so  numerous  as  now. 

Among  the  female  teachers  "  Ma'am  Mann,"  as  she  is  called, 
was  one  of  the  most  celebrated,  and  taught,  in  Hanover  and  Scit- 
uate,  seventy  years  ago.  Girls  carried  their  "  samplers  "  to  be 


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HISTORY    OF   HAXOVER. 


wrought,  and  their  "  knitting  and  sewing."  It  sometimes  taxed 
the  patience  of  our  worthy  pedagogues  severely,  to  have  little 
misses  come  up  and  ask  questions  about  their  -knitting.  Luke 
Stetson,  it  is  said,  told  one  of  his  pupils  to  "  widen, — widen," — 
until  she  had  knit  her  stocking  "  as  wide  as  a  meal  bag." 

Considerable  improvement  has  been  made  of  late  in  our  school- 
houses.  •  The  old,  dilapidated  structures,  which  were  visible  in  all 
the  districts  a  few  years  since,  are  gradually  giving  way  to  more 
commodious  and  tasteful  edifices.  The  houses  in  Districts  No.  2, 
3,  and  4,  are  quite  neat.  In  1847,  the  question  of  the  town's 
purchasing  the  existing  school  houses,  and  erecting  new  ones  in 
the  several  districts,  began  to  be  agitated,  and  eventually  the 
course  was  adopted,  and  is  now  being  carried  out. 

The  following  table  exhibits  the  amount  appropriated  for  the 
support  of  schools  at  different  periods. 


1728.            Old  Tenor. 

£27  10s.      1782-'91.     In  Silver.         £60  OOs. 

1729-'35. 

4 

50  OOs. 

1792-'93. 

75  OOs. 

1736. 

4 

55  OOs. 

1798-1802. 

$300  00 

1738-'40. 

* 

CO  OOs. 

1802-'03. 

450 

1741-'42. 

c 

80  OOs. 

1804-'05. 

550  00 

1743-'45. 

c 

100  OOs. 

1806-'32. 

GOO  00 

1747. 

* 

145  OOs. 

1833-'38. 

800  00 

1762.            In  S 

Iver. 

26   13s 

1838-'47. 

1000  00 

1763-'69. 

< 

30  13s. 

1848. 

1200  00 

1770-'77.              ' 

27  16s.8dl849-'50. 

1250  00 

1779.            In  Bills. 

200  OOs.      1851-'52. 

1300  00 

1781.                    " 

COO  OOs. 

From  the  foregoing  table,  it  appears  that  the  amount,  appro 
priated  by  the  Town  for  the  support  of  Schools,  has  been  doubled 
within  the  last  20  years.  This  fact,  we  think,  speaks  well  for  our 
citizens,  and  shows  a  commendable  interest  in  the  cause  of  Edu 
cation. 

Our  schools,  we  think,  will  not  suffer  in  comparison  with  those 
of  equal  size  in  the  neighboring  towns.  A  desire  is  felt  to  procure 
good  teachers,  and  to  pay  them  liberally  for  their  services.  We 
hope  this  interest,  in  so  vital  a  cause,  will  continue  to  increase ; 
and  that  the  amount  appropriated,  will  keep  pace  with  the  wants 
of  our  children,  and  the  ability  of  the  people. 


ACADEMY. 


93 


ACADEMY. 

In  1792,  the  State  of  Massachusetts  encouraged  the  establish 
ment  of  Academies  within  its  limits,  bj  grants  of  tracts  of  land  in 
the  District  of  Maine.  In  consequence  of  these  grants,  many 
such  institutions  sprung  into  existence,  and  contributed  greatly  to 
aid  the  cause  of  education,  by  giving  more  thorough  instruction  in 
the  different  branches  taught  in  the  public  schools.  In  1798,  thex 
attention  of  the  citizens  of  Hanover  was  turned  to  this  subject, 
and  March  7,  a  Committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  a  petition  to 
the  General  Court,  probably  for  an  Act  of  Incorporation.  We 
hear  no  more  of  the  matter,  however,  until  after  the  settlement 
of  Rev.  Calvin  Chaddock,  in  1806,  and  he,  having  been  for  some 
years  preceptor  of  an  Academy  in  Rochester,  Massachusetts, 
which  he  built  at  his  own  expense,  and  where,  in  the  short  space 
of  six  years,  nearly  1300  different  pupils  were  taught  by  him, 
soon  took  measures  for  establishing  one  in  Hanover ;  and  so  well 
was  he  seconded  in  his  efforts,  that  before  1808,  a  building  was 
erected  for  that  purpose,  and  was  ready  for  occupancy.  It  stood 
on  the  common,  a  little  West  of  the  Centre  Meeting  House,  and 
was  two  stories  high,  of  fair  proportions,  neatly  painted,  furnished 
with  Venetian  blinds,  and  crowned  with  a  cupola  and  bell.  A  res 
pectable  number  of  pupils  of  both  sexes  attended  the  school,  from 


94  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER 

towns  both  of  Plymouth  and  Norfolk  counties.  Beside  the  com 
mon  English  branches,  instruction  was  given  in  the  Latin  and 
Qreek  languages,  the  higher  mathematics,  navigation,  surveying, 
&c.;  and  in  the  female  department,  under  the  charge  of  Mrs.  C., 
considerable  attention  was  given  to  embroidery,  and  painting  in 
water  colors ;  and  all  the  pupils  took  part  in  weekly  declamations, 
on  Wednesday  afternoons,  in  the  hall  above  the  school-room. 
Many  young  men  were  fitted  for  college  here,  some  of  whom  were 
subsequently  distinguished  for  eminence  in  their  professions  ;  and 
of  the  "  honorable  women  not  a  few,"  Mrs.  Almira  Little  Torrey, 
is  named,  as  one  "  whose  .amiable  disposition,  high  intelligence, 
and  devoted  piety,  have  embalmed  her  memory  in  the  hearts  of  a 
numerous  circle  of  friends  ;  and  who,  by  means  of  her  interesting 
and  published  memoirs,  being  dead,  yet  spcaketh."1 

"  The  venerable  founder  of  Hanover  Academy,"  says  Mr.  A., 
"  will  not  be  forgotten,  either  by  those  '  who  sat  at  his  feet,'  as 
pupils,  or  were  his  hearers  as  a  preacher  of  the  Gospel."  The 
town  has  reason  to  remember  him  with  gratitude,  for  his  patient 
and  earnest  efforts  for  the  improvement  of  the  young. 

This  school  continued  in  a  flourishing  condition,  throughout  the 
period  of  the  settlement  of  Mr.  C.;  but  soon  after  his  departure, 
it  began  visibly  to  decline,  and  was  finally  suspended  for  a  season. 
The  first  Sabbath  School  was  held  in  this  building,  during  the 
ministry  of  Mr.  Chapin, — the  Assembly's  Catechism  being  the  in 
struction  book  placed  in  the  children's  hands.  At  length,  about 
the  year  1822,  the  building  was  sold,  moved  to  the  Four  Corners, 
and  is  now  occupied  as  a  store,  and  shoe-manufactory,  by  Mr. 
Stephen  Josselynn. 

The  second  Academy,  was  erected  in  1828,  and  stood  on 
Broadway,  not  far  from  the  Episcopal  Church.  It  was  built,  in 
shares  of  $25  each,  at  an  expense  of  about  $1200 ;  —  the 
Trustees  were  Incorporated  in  1829  ;  and  the  names  of  the  ori 
ginal  shareholders  were,  Alexander  Wood,  Esq.,  Capt.  Haviland 
Torrey,  Joseph  Eells,  Ephrahn  Stetson,  Dr.  Ezeldel  D.  Gushing, 
Rev.  Calvin  Wolcott,  Sarah  Gardner,  Robert  Eells,  Asaph 
Magoun,  Horace  Collamore,  Esq.,  Gen.  A.  W.  Oldharn,  Capt. 
Tildcn  Crocker,  Benjamin  C.  Pratt,  Ethan  A.  Stetson,  Capt. 

1  Letter  of  Lucius  Alden. 


NEW  ACADEMY.  95 

William  Jossclynn,  Eli  Stetson,  Joseph  S.  Bates,  Horatio  Gushing, 
Esq.,  Isaac  Magoun,  Col.  John  B.  Barstow,  Capt.  Thomas  Water 
man,  Capt.  Nathaniel  Barstow,  John  C.  Stockbridge,  George  Bai 
ley,  Dr.  Joshua  Studley,  Justus  Whiting,  Thomas  Damon,  Ben 
jamin  Mann,  Esq.,  Lemuel  Dwelley,  Samuel  Tolman,  Jr.,  Elias 
W.  Pratt,  Luther  Rowland,  James  Waterman,  Samuel  Waterman, 
Samuel  Stetson,  Elias  Magoun,  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  Albert  Clapp, 
and  John  Wilder. 

The  preceptors  at  this  Academy,  from  its  erection  in  1828, 
were,  Zephaniah  Bass,  1828  ;  Horace  II.  Rolfe,  1829 ;  Rev. 
Cyrus  Holmes,  1830  ;  Ethan  Allen,  1830  ;  Rev.  Calvin  Wolcott, 
1831 ;  John  P.  Washburn,  1832  ;  Dr.  Ira  Warren,  1833  ;  Thomas 
F.  White,  1834,  and  1835  ;  Herman  Bourn,  1837  ;  Josiah  Ful 
ler,  1838,  and  1839  ;  and  Rev.  Cyrus  Holmes,  1840,  to  the  year 
previous  to  his  death. 

Since  then,  the  Instructors  have  been  Charles  Hitchcock,  who 
taught  two  terms  ;  George  Wolcott,  who  taught  one  term  ;  and 
M.  P.  McLauthlin,  Esq.,  the  present  Principal.  There  have 
been  female  teachers  connected  with  the  Academy,  a  portion  of 
the  time  ;  and  the  number  of  pupils,  in  1832,  was  56  ;  in  1833, 
34  ;  and  in  1834,  66. 

In  1843,  the  Dorcas  Society  held  meetings  in  the  upper  hall, 
and  the  Episcopal  Society  also  held  evening  prayer  meetings  in 
the  hall,  once  a  Aveek,  during  the  same  year. 

Finally,  in  1851,  the  friends  of  Education  in  the  vicinity,  think 
ing  a  better  building  was  needed,  endeavored  to  raise,  in  shares  of 
$25,  each,  a  sum  sufficient  for  that  purpose  ;  and  in  a  short  time 
$2,750  were  subscribed,  including  a  liberal  donation  of  $1,000 
from  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond,  to  which  was  added  $375  received  for 
the  old  house  :  and  the  present  beautiful  edifice,  which  stands  a  few 
rods  south  of  the  old  one,  was  built  at  an  expense  of  about  $3,500, 
including  the  bell,  which  was  a  gift  from  Miss  Salmond,  —  and 
was  dedicated,  by  appropriate  services,  March  2, 1852  ;  the  address 
being  delivered  by  Rev.  E.  Porter  Dyer,  of  Hingham,  the  invo 
catory  prayer  by  Rev.  A.  G.  Duncan,  the  dedicatory  prayer  by 
Rev.  Samuel  Cutler,  and  hymns,  composed  by  Miss  Lucy  S. 
Delano,  Rev.  E.  Porter  Dyer,  and  Rev.  A.  G.  Duncan,  being 
sung,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  Benjamin  Frost. 

Other  impromptu   addresses  were   delivered,  by  Rev.  II.  D. 


96 


HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 


Walker,  of  East  Abington,  Rev.  Mr.  White,  of  North  Abington, 
Rev.  W.  N.  Slason,  of  Hanover,  and  M.  P.  McLauthlin,  the 
Principal  of  the  Academy. 

The  board  of  Trustees  consists  of  Rev.  Samuel  Cutler,  Presi 
dent,  AlfredC.  Garratt,  M.  D.,  Secretary,  Rev.  Abel  G.  Dun 
can,  Samuel  Salmond,  Setk  Barker,  Elijah  Barstow,  Treasurer, 
and  M.  Parris  McLauthlin,  ex  officio.  * 

Mr.  McLauthlin  has  had  charge  of  the  Academy  for  a  few 
years  past,  and  his  services  have  given  general  satisfaction,  and 
have  been  attended  with  a  good  degree  of  success.  The  institution 
has  no  fund  invested  for  its  support,  but  its  income  is  derived  from 


*  Proprietors  of  Hanover  Academy 
each  in  1852.     Par  value  $25  per 
March  2,  1852. 

shares. 

Samuel  Salmond,  Hanover,  42 

Robert  Sylvester,         "  7 

Seth  Barker,                 "  4 

Elijah  Barstow,  South  Scituate,  3 

Isaac  H.  Harding,         "  2 

Abner  Stetson,             "  1 

Thomas  Waterman,     "  1 
Young  Ladies  Society  of  St.  An 
drews  Church,  Hanover,  by  the 

Rector,  2 
Dorcas  Society  of  St.  Andrews 

Church,  Hanover,  by  the  Eec.  2 

Samuel  Cutler,  Hanover,  1 

Miss  Frances  Baldwin,  Hanover,  1 

Alexander  Wood,        "  1 

Gustavus  Percival,       "  1 

Stephen  Josselynn,      "  2 

Tlios.  B.  Donnell,         "  1 

Haviland  Torrey,  Pembroke,  3 

Hannah  Barstow,  Hanover,  1 

Lev!  Sturtevant,  Jr.,  Pembroke,  1 

Adams  Billings,            "  i 

Charles  Dyer,  Hanover,  1 

Luther  Howland,  Hanson,  1 

Robert  Hersey,  Hanover,  1 

Martin  W.  .Stetson,      "  1 

Hannah  Stetson,           "  1 

John  P.  Eells,                "  1 

Benjamin  AVhitwell      "  1 

John  Sylvester,             "  2 

Nathaniel  Barstow,      "  l 

Ben].  F.  Burgess,         "  l 

M.  P.  McLauthlin,       "  2 

Michael  Sylvester,       "  2 


with  the  number  of  shares  owned  by 
share.     Erected  1851-52.     Dedicated 

George  Curtis,  Hanover,  1 
Sam'l  Tolman,  Jr.,  South  Scituate,    1 

Lemuel  C.  Waterman,  So.   Scit.  1 
J.  M.    Smith,  and  G.  P.  Clapp, 

South  Scituate,  1 

Warren  Wright,  Hanover,  1 

Jos.  B.  Fobes,              "  l 

Edmund  Q.  Sylvester,  Hanover,  3 

Robert  E.  Dwelley,  1 

William  Church,  1 

Nathan  Dwelley,  1 

John  B.  Barstow,  2 

Thos.  H.  C.  Barstow,  l 

Alfred  C.  Garratt,  1 

Abel  G.  Duncan,  1 

Melzar  Hatch,  1 

110 
Cost  of  Academy. 

Total  amount  for  land,build- 

ing,  and  fixtures,  $3,48852 

The  expense  was  defrayed  by 
proceeds   of  110   shares  at 

825  per  share,                   $2,750  00 

Sale  of  Old  Academy,             375  00 

Donation  of  a  Bell,   "                138  03 

Donation  from  Young  La 
dies  Societies,                           51  75 

Subscription  of  Sundry  per 
sons,                                           50  00 

Balance  provided  for  by  sub 
scription,                                 123  74 

$3,488  52 


LAWYERS.  97 

the  quarterly  fee  paid  by  the  pupils,  and  the  number  of  scholars 
of  both  sexes  in  attendance,  averages  about  50. 

LAWYERS. 

Previous  to  the  Revolution,  and  for  some  years  afterwards, 
there  was  no  regularly  educated  lawyer  settled  in  Hanover ;  the 
business  usually  transacted  by  the  members  of  this  profession,  be 
ing  attended  to  by  Elijah  Gushing,  Esq.,  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq., 
David  Stockbridge,  Esq.,  and  a  few  other  enterprising  and  edu 
cated  Justices  of  the  Peace,  and  by  the  Selectmen  of  the 
Town. 

The  first  lawyer  who  settled  in  the  town,  so  far  as  our  records 
show,  was  Benjamin  Whitman,  Esq.,  son  of  Zachariah  Whitman, 
of  South  Bridgwater,  who  was  born  in  1768,  graduated  at  Brown 
University,  in  1788,  and  resided  in  Pembroke,  and  then  in  Hano 
ver,  to  which  town  he  moved  about  the  year  1792.  He  lived  on 
Broadway,  for  a  season,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Samuel 
Eells,  but  afterwards  purchased  the  Nathaniel  Sylvester  house, 
near  North  River  Bridge,  which  is  now  occupied  by  Rufus  Far- 
num.  In  1799,  he  built  the  house  in  which  Seth  Barker,  Esq., 
resides,  —  on  a  spot  of  elevated  ground,  commanding  a  fine  view 
of  the  river,  and  of  the  ship-yards,  which  were  then  in  active 
operation.  His  office,  was  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  road,  and 
is  still  standing,  near  the  house  of  Mr.  Sylvanus  Pcrcival.  He 
was  Post  Master  for  several  years.  He  left  the  town  about  the 
year  1808,  moving  to  Boston,  of  which  city  he  was  subsequently 
one  of  the  Representatives,  and  of  whose  Police  Court  he  was  for 
many  years  Chief  Justice.  He  was  an  able  lawyer  ;  a  man  of 
great  business  enterprise  ;  an  active  politician  ;  and  his  services 
were  of  great  value  to  the  town  during  the  period  of  his  residence 
in  it.  John  Holmes,  of  Kingston,  was  one  of  his  students  while 
in  Hanover,  who  subsequently  settled  in  Maine,  while  that  State 
was  part  of  Massachusetts,  and  from  which  he  was  a  Representa 
tive  to  the  General  Court  of  Massachusetts,  and  afterwards  a 
Member  of  Congress.  Barker  Curtis,  a  native  of  Hanover,  and  a 
son  of  Simeon  Curtis,  Esq.,  was  also  one  of  his  students,  and  had 
an  office,  for  a  time,  in  the  North  Easterly  part  of  the  town, 
where  Hiram  Curtis  resides,  but  finally  settled  in  Maine.  Wm. 


98  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

G.  Curtis,  a  native  of  Hanover,  was  also  a  student  with  Mr. 
Whitman,  but  died  before  entering  upon  his  professional  career. 

The  next  lawyer  settled  in  Hanover,  was  John  Winslow,  Esq., 
only  son  of  Dr.  Isaac  Winslow.  of  Marshfield,  grandson  of  Gen. 
John  Winslow,  of  Marshfield,  and  great  grandson  of  Col.  Isaac,  Avho 
was  the  only  surviving  son  of  Governor  Josiah  Winslow.  John, 
son  of  Dr.  Isaac,  graduated  at  Brown  University,  in  1795,  and 
settled  in  Hanover  about  the  year  1810.  He  lived  first  in  the 
house  now  occupied  by  Stephen  Josselynn,  but  soon  after  built  the 
house  recently  occupied  by  Capt.  John  Gushing,  near  St.  An 
drew's  Church,  at  the  Four  Corners.  He  was  a  thorough  lawyer  ; 
gentlemanly  in  his  manners  ;  and  one  whose  professional  practice 
was  very  extensive.  He  died  at  Natchez,  Mississippi,  about  the 
year  1830,  and  his  widow  and  children  moved  to  Hingham,  where 
she  died.  He  has  sons  in  Boston. 

Isaiah  Whig,  a  native  of  Hanover,  was,  it  is  said,  a  pupil  at  the 
Academy  of  Mr.  Chaddock,  after  he  was  a  married  man  ;  and  he 
subsequently  studied  law  with  Mr.  Winslow,  and  practiced  for  a 
time  in  Hanover  ;  but  finally  moved  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he 
died. 

Jotham  Cushman,  Esq.,  was  in  Hanover,  about  the  same  time 
as  Mr.  Winslow,  and  built  and  occupied  the  long  house  at  the 
Four  Corners,  now  owned  by  the  widow  of  Thomas  Turner. 
Jabcz  Crooker  was  one  of  his  students,  and  went  into  the  Army 
during  the  war  of  1812. 

Aaron  Hobart,  Esq.,  son  of  Aaron,  Esq.;  and  grandson  of  Col. 
Aaron,  of  Abington,  graduated  at  Brown  University,  in  1805, 
and  settled  in  Hanover  about  the  year  1812,  residing  at  the 
Four  Corners.  Whilst  in  Hanover,  he  was  chosen  to  the  Senate 
of  Massachusetts,  from  Plymouth  County,  in  1820,  and  was  a 
member  of  Congress  in  1826-7.  He  moved  to  East  Bridgcwator, 
and  was  soon  after  appointed  Judge  of  Probate  for  Plymouth 
County,  which  office  he  now  holds.  His  public  services  have  at 
all  times  been  of  great  value  to  the  community  ;  upon  his  judg 
ment  great  reliance  is  placed ;  and  his  demeanor  as  a  citizen, 
and  in  the  walks  of  private  life,  have  gained  for  him  the  confi 
dence  and  esteem  of  all  who  have  the  pleasure  of  his  personal 
acquaintance. 


PHYSICIANS.  99 

Alexander  Wood,  Esq.,  of'Middleboro',  studied  law  with  Judge 
Wood,  of  Middleboro',  and  practiced  in  Hanover  for  a  short  time  ; 
but  afterwards  relinquished  the  duties  of  his  profession,  and  for 
some  years  past  has  been  engaged  in  trade,  at  the  Four  Cor 
ners,  with  Capt.  Haviland  Torrey. 

Perez  Simmons,  Esq.,  a  native  of  Hanover,  graduated  at  Brown 
University,  in  1833,  and  settled  first  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
but  came  to  Hanover,  in  1843,  and  has  since  resided  in  the  town, 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  has  been  for  some  years 
past  a  member  of  the  board  of  Selectmen,  and  was  chosen  to 
represent  the  town  in  the  State  Legislature,  in  1851-2. 

PH  YS I C IA  N  S  . 

For  about  twenty  years  after  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  no 
physician  resided  within  its  limits ;  but  Drs.  Joseph  Jacobs,  and 
Charles  Stockbridgc,  who  were  both  of  Scituate,  extended  their 
practice  into  Hanover,  and  the  former  resided  quite  near  the 
Northerly  bounds  of  the  town. 

Dr.  Jeremiah  Hall,  settled  in  Hanover,  about  the  year  1749, 
married  Keziah  Bailey,  and  remained  until  1704,  when  he  moved 
to  Pembroke,  of  which  town  he  was  chosen  delegate  to  the  Pro 
vincial  Congresses  of  1774— 5.  He  was  a  valuable  citizen  ;  a  man 
well  qualified  for  the  duties  of  his  calling ;  and  he  left  behind  him 
the  memorials  of  a  life  of  usefulness  and  virtue. 

Dr.  Lemuel  Cushing,  was  a  resident  of  Hanover,  about  the  time 
of  the  Revolution,  and  was  appointed  by  the  Provincial  Congress, 
a  surgeon  in  the  army.  The  precise  time  when  he  came  to  town 
is  unknown,  as  also  the  date  of  his  leaving. 

Dr.  Peter  Hobart,  of  Hingham,  came  to  Hanover  in  1783,  and 
here  resided  until  his  death,  in  1793.  His  house  was  on  Main 
Street,  not  far  from  the  residence  of  the  late  Gideon  Studley. 
His  widow  moved  to  New  York  State,  and  there  died. 

Dr.  Marsh,  of  Hingham,  was  in  Hanover  for  a  few  years,  about 
the  same  time  as  Dr.  Hobart. 

Dr.  Melzar  Dwelley,  previously  of  Ashburnham,  came  to  Hano 
ver,  about  the  year  1798,  and  resided  here,  until  his  death,  in 
1828.  He  lived  on  Hanover  Street,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by 
Norman  Chamberlin.  As  a  Physician,  his  abilities  were  highly 


100  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

respectable,  and  his  professional  services  were  in  great  demand. 
His  descendants  are  in  South  Boston,  and  in  Ashburnham. 

Dr.  Cartier,  a  Frenchman,  from  the  island  of  Martinique,  came 
to  Plymouth,  where  he  remained  for  a  period  ;  and  about  the  time 
of  the  last  war,  he  settled  in  Hanover,  remained  seven  years,  and 
boarded  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Reuben  Curtis.  He  was  subsequently 
of  Hanson,  and  finally,  it  is  said,  returned  to  Martinique,  where 
he  died.  He  was  a  man  thoroughly  educated,  but  eccentric  in  his 
manners. 

Dr.  Joshua  Studley,  a  native  of  Hanover,  practiced  medicine 
from  1808,  until  1848. 

Dr.  Ezekiel  D.  Gushing,  was  in  Hanover  from  1827  to  1828, 
when  he  deceased.  He  lived  at  the  Four  Corners.  He  was  a 
man  of  eminent  abilities ;  had  practiced  in  the  best  hospitals  in 
France  ;  and  was  every  way  qualified  to  prosecute  with  distin 
guished  success  the  brilliant  career  which  opened  before  him.  His 
early  death  was  a  melancholy  event  to  his  friends  ;  and  in  him, 
the  public  lost  one  who,  had  he  lived,  would  doubtless  have  made 
himself  conspicuous,  and  have  ranked  among  the  greatest  and  best 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  the  age. 

Dr.  Henry  Wade,  was  in  Hanover,  in  1829,  and  died  in 
1830. 

Dr.  Jacob  Richards,  now  of  Braintrce,  practiced  in  Hanover 
from  1834  to  1836.  An  account  of  his  family  will  be  found 
in  our  genealogical  sketches. 

Dr.  Calvin  B.  Pratt,  now  of  Bridge  water,  was  in  Hanover,  from 
1836  to  1838. 

Dr.  Joseph  B.  Fobes,  his  successor,  remained  in  the  town  until 
1851.  His  practice  was  very  extensive,  and  very  successful. 

Drs.  Benjamin  Whitwell,  and  Alfred  C.  Garratt,  are  at  present 
settled  in  Hanover,  and  both  reside  at  the  Four  Corners. 

GRADUATES. 

The  town  of  Hanover  has  not  furnished  a  large  number  of  stu 
dents  to  our  colleges  ;  nor  can  we-  present  so  long  a  list  of  grad 
uates,  as  many  other  towns  in  the  State.  The  following  arc  all 
whose  names  we  have  learned  :  — 


GRADUATES. 


101 


Joseph  Cushlmg, 
Joseph  Stockbridge 
Prentiss  Mellen, 
Henry  Mellen, 
William  Simmons, 
Nathaniel  Jacobs, 
Zachariah  G.  Whitman, 
Benjamin  Whitman, 
Albert  Smith, 
Perez  Simmons, 
Frederick  0.  Barstow, 
William  P.  Duncan, 


Harvard  College, 


Brown  University, 
Dartmouth     " 
Brown  University, 


1752. 
1755. 
1784. 
1784. 
1804. 
1806. 
1807. 
1815. 
1825. 
1833. 
1852. 


At  Amherst. 

Horatio  Stockbridge,  -was  at  Harvard  College,  two  years. 
Joseph  B.  Damon,  and  Franklin  Damon,  graduated  at  the 
Newton  Theological  Institute. 

There  have  been  many  graduates  in  families  that  have  moved 
from  Hanaver ;  but  these  do  not  properly  come  -within  our 
scope. 


CHAPTER    VII. 

MILITARY      HISTORY.. 

"  After  years  the  tale  shall  tell, 

In  words  of  light  revealed, 

Who  bravely  fought,  who  nobly  fell." 

"Mrs.  E.  T.  DANIELS. 

Military  training  of  our  ancestors — Town'?  stock  of  powder,  &c. — Expedition  to  the 
Spanish  West  Indies — Expedition  to  Cape  Breton — French  Neutrals — French 
War,  with  extracts  from  the  Muster  Rolls. 

The  circumstances  in  which  the  early  settlers  of  New  England 
were  placed,  rather  than  their  inclination,  or  natural  desire,  led 
them  to  engage,  more  or  less,  in  military  pursuits,  and  the  study 
of  the  art  of  war.  Not  only  were  they  exposed,  from  the  outset, 
to  deadly  encounters  with  the  Indians  who  surrounded  them  ;  but 
after  these  foes  were  vanquished  and  subdued,  others  sprung  up, 
in  the  neighboring  provinces,  of  their  own  color,  though  not  of 
their  own  nation;  and  the  French  and  Spanish  wars,  called  into 
active  service  the  able-bodied  citizens  of  Massachusetts,  and  per 
haps  contributed,  in  a  measure,  to  prepare  the  way  for  that  sue 
C3ssful  resistance  to  the  encroachments  of  the  mother  country, 
which  led  to  the  establishment  of  our  National  Independence. 
Had  it  not  been  for  these  wars,  and  for  the  discipline  which  our 
troops  received  in  them,  and  the  military  experience  gained  by 
our  officers,  it  is  doubtful  if  the  war  of  the  Revolution  would  have 
been  so  successfully  prosecuted,  had  our  fathers  dared  even  to 
engage  in  it.  We  do  not,  however,  appear  as  the  advocate  of 
war.  It  is  a  great  calamity  ; — a  frightful  evil ; — and  under,  the 
influence  of  Christian  truth,  we  hope  the  time  may  soon  arrive, 
when  swords  shall  be  beaten  into  ploughshares,  and  spears  into 
pruning  hooks,  and  PEACE  shall  reign  over  all  the  earth. 

But,  as  a  faithful  historian,  it  becomes  our  duty  briefly  to  chroni 
cle  those  events,  which,  when  transpiring,  were  of  so  much  corise- 


EXPEDITION   TO    THE    SPANISH   WEST   INDIES.  103 

qucnce  to  the  welfare  of  the  people,  and  to  their  national  existence. 
We  give,  therefore,  not  an  extended  account,  but  the  simple  inci 
dents,  alluded  to  on  the  records  of  the  town,  and  contemporary 
papers,  in  the  Archives  of  the  State,  and  the  possession  of  indi 
viduals. 

1734,  Sep.  9.  £85  were  voted  for  a  "  town  stock  of  ammuni 
tion."  Such  a  stock,  every  town  was  required  by  law  to  keep  on 
hand. 

1740,  Mar.  2.  It  was  voted  that  the  Town's  stock  of  powder 
and  shot,  should  be  kept  "  in  the  meeting-house  chamber  ;" — a 
small  room,  over  the  womens'  gallery  ; — and  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Town  was  authorised  "  to  take  out  of  the  lease  of  the  flats  as 
much  money  as  will  purchase  said  stock,  agreeable  to  the  Law, 
with  what  Thomas  Joss elynn  already  has." 

It  was  during  this,  and  the  following  year,  that  the  expedition 
to  the  Spanish  West  Indies,  to  which  we  have  alluded  on  p.  20, 
was  undertaken  ;  but  the  only  references  to  this  expedition,  which 
we  find  on  the  Town  records,  are  the  following  under  date  of  Dec. 
28,  1741.—"  Voted  Dea.  Thos.  Josselynn,  £13  IGs.  4d.  for 
mens  rates  gone  to  Cuba  and  elsewhere."  Six  other  similar  votes 
occur  under  the  same  date.  The  names  of  those  who  went  from 
Hanover,  are  not  given,  nor  are  the  tax  bills  in  existence,  from 
which  to  learn  whose  rates  were  remitted  ;  but,  from  scattered 
hints,  we  think  we  may  venture  to  name,  besides  Samuel  Eells, 
who  was  an  Ensign,  and  who  died  in  the  service,  John  Stocldard, 
Joshua  Turner,  John  Whitcomb,  and  Ezekiel  Ladd,  alluded  to  on 
Town  records  as  having  had  their  taxes  remitted  ;  and  perhaps 
Robert  Young,  whose  widow  Margaret  received  aid  from  the  town 
this  year.  There  must  have  been  quite  a  number  from  Hanover, 
the  whole  sum  remitted  in  taxes,  being  about  £50,  and  not  less 
than  seven  allusions  being  made  to  those  "  gone  to  Cuba." 

The  manuscript  in  the  possession  of  Rev.  Benj.  Kent,  of  Roxbury, 
gives  the  names  of  only  the  55,  who  survived  in  May,  1741.  Over 
400  men  died  in  the  expedition. 

1744,  Oct.  30.  Capt.  Elijah  Gushing  was  instructed  "  to  in 
form  his  Excellency  concerning  Dea.  Thos.  Josselynn's  making 
way  with  the  Town  stock  of  gunpowder  ;"  and  Nov.  5,  Capt. 
Gushing  was  appointed  "  to  take  care  of  the  Town's  powder  and 
bullets." 


104  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

In  1745,  the  expedition  to  Cape  Breton,  was  undertaken,  at 
the  instance  of  Gov.  Shirley ;  the  forces  from  Massachusetts,  con 
sisting  of  upwards  of  3,200  men,  aided  by  500  from  Connecticut, 
and  300  from  New  Hampshire.1  This  may  be  considered  as  the 
commencement  of  the  French  war,  which  with  various  fortune, 
was  carried  on  until  the  peace  of  1763,  and  the  reduction  of  the 
provinces  to  the  dominion  of  Great  Britain. 

We  have  been  at  some  pains  to  examine  the  huge  folios  of 
Muster  Rolls,  relating  to  this  war,  which  are  deposited  in  the  State 
House,  at  Boston  ;  and  though  our  gleanings  from  this  source  are 
not  very  extensive,  and  may  not  embrace  the  names  of  all  who  en 
listed  from  Hanover,  yet- such  as  they  are,  we  present  them  as  an 
attempt  towards  collecting  facts,  which,  owing  to  the  want  of  more 
thorough  information,  can  only  be  regarded  as  an  approximation 
to  the  truth. 

In  1755,  preparations  were  made  for  dislodging  the  French 
from  Nova  Scotia  ;  and  the  Massachusetts  forces,  formed  into  a 
regiment  of  two  battalions,  of  which  Gov.  Shirley  was  the  Colonel, 
were  commanded  by  Lt.  Col.  John  Winslow,  of  Marshfield,  who 
raised  2000  men,  for  one  year,  or  longer,  if  required.2  The  French 
Neutrals  were  taken  prisoners  in  this  expedition,  and  torn  from 
their  country,  and  sent  into  banishment,  being  scattered  over 
Massachusetts,  and  other  provinces.  In  all,  1923  suffered  this 
fate  ;  viz  :  483  men,  and  337  women,  heads  of  families,  and  their 
sons  and  daughters,  527  of  the  former,  and  576  of  the  latter.  Their 
stock  was  upwards  of  5000  horned  cattle,  493  horses,  and  12,887 
sheep  and  swine.3 

The  history  of  this  unfortunate  race,  is  one  of  melancholy  inter 
est,"  but  we  cannot  pursue  it  to  any  extent.  In  Abington,  there 
were  a  few  settled,  and  in  other  towns  of  Plymouth  county.  "We 
have  heard  of  one  or  more  in  Hanover,  who  settled  somewhere  on 
Broadway,  but  cannot  give  their  names. 

The  following  notices  of  enlistments  from  Hanover,  during  the 
progress  of  this  war,  are  all  we  have  been  able  to  find.  A  few  of 
the  names  given,  were  residents  of  Scituate,  referred  to  in  other 
places  of  this  work. 

In  1755,  Col  Ezekiel  Turner  served  in  the  expedition  to  Crown 

1  Minot's  History  of  Mass.  Vol.  1,  p.  75. 
2Minot's  Hist.  Mass.  Vol.  1,  p.  217. 
Minot's  Hist.  Mass.,  Vol.  l,p.  225. 


FRENCH  WAR.  105 

Point ;  and  in  Capt.  Samuel  Clarke's  Co.  (of  Braintree,)  for  13 
weeks,  from  Dec.  16,  1755,  were  Barnabas  Perry,  of  Scituate,  and 
Richard  Bowker,  Stephen  Hatch,  Joseph  Palmer,  Gideon  Stetson , 
and  Theophilus  Witherell,  of  the  same  town. 

Reuben  Bates,  set  down  as  of  Scituate,  was  a  corporal  in  Elisha 
Hersey's  Co.  (of  Abington)  ;  and  Nehemiah  Silvester  was  ser 
geant,  and  Thomas  Stetson,  sentinel. 

James  House,  of  Hanover,  was  Captain  of  a  Company  in  the 
expedition  to  Crown  Point,  from  Mar.  29,  to  Sep.  8.  1756.  On 
the  back  of  the  instrument,  he  is  called  Major  James  House. 
Cooms  House,  Seth  Witherell,  and  Daniel  Garnett,  of  Hanover, 
were  in  his  Company. 

In  the  same  expedition,  Joseph  Nowit,  !  born  in  Pembroke,  but 
living  in  Hanover,  was  in  Capt.  Loring's  Co.;  and  John  B.  Wor- 
rin,  a  native  of  England,  enlisted  from  Hanover  in  Capt.  Abel 
Keen's  Co. 

James  House  was  Major  of  a  Company  at  Fort  William  Henry, 
from  Nov.  27,  1755,  to  Mar.  24,  1756. 

In  the  muster  roll  of  Capt.  John  Loring's  company,  encamped  at 
Fort  Edward,  July  25,  1756,  occur  the  names  of  Lawrence  Ekins, 
a  native  of  Ireland,  but  a  resident  of  Hanover ;  Jeremiah  Rogers, 
of  Hanover  ;  and  Bezaleel  Palmer,  Thomas  Cook,  Samuel  With 
erell,  and  Nathaniel  Palmer,  the  latter  of  whom  was  a  shipwright 
by  trade. 

In  the  Roll  of  Capt.  Abel  Keen's  Company,  in  Col.  Joseph  Thach- 
er's  Regiment,  occur  the  names  of  Luke  Bowker,  blacksmith,  and 
JohnB.  Worrin. 

In  the  return  of  Thomas  Clapp's  Regiment,  (of  Scituate,)  July 
20,  1756,  in  the  expedition  to  Crown  Point,  occur  the  names  of 
Peter  B.  Warren,  Samuel  Witherell,  Joseph  Turner,  Joshua 
Dwelley,  John  Perry,  Thomas  Barstow,  Jeremiah  Dillingham, 
Nathaniel  Stetson,  William  Gray,  Thomas  Cornish,  John  Hanmer, 
Joseph  Stetson,  Jr.,  John  Ramsdell,  Bezaleel  Palmer,  Thomas 
Cook,  Elisha  Palmer,  and  Benjamin  Estes,  all  of  whom  are  set 
down  as  of  Hanover. 

James  House  was  Captain  in  Thomas  Clapp's  Regiment,  which 
inarched  for  the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry,  in  August,  1757  ; 

1  An  Indian. 
8 


10G  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

and  Job  Crooker,  and  Henry  Perry,  of  Pembroke,  were  in  his 
Company. 

Dr.  Jeremiah  Hall,  of  Hanover,  was  Surgeon  in  Jos3]h 
Tlmcher's  Company,  in  1757. 

Elisha  House,  of  Hanover,  was  in  the  expedition  to  Canada,  m 
1759  ;  and  Seth  Joyce,  and  David  House,  also  of  Hanover,  served 
in  the  same  campaign. 

Nathaniel  Josselynn,  se.  37,  went  to  Canada  in  1758,  in 
Thomas  Clapp's  regiment ;  also  Edward  Peters,  JB.  19,  who  was 
in  the  employ  of  Joseph  Curtis  ;  Seth  Woodworth,  ae.  22  ;  James 
Silveste",  re.  89 ;  John  Hunt,  SB.  17,  in  the  employ  of  Peleg 
Curtis;  and  Joshua  Remington,  ae.  87. 

April  12,  17E9.  There  were  mustered  in  Capt.  Abel  Keen's 
Company,  for  the  invasion  of  Canada,  by  Lt.  Col.  Elijah  Gushing, 
Henry,  son  of  John  Bray,  ae.  18  ;  Lemuel,  son  of  Joseph  Bates,  ae. 
18  ;  and  Mark,  son  of  Jeremiah  Rogers,  ae.  18. 

At  the  same  date,  in  Col.  Thomas  Clapp's  Regiment,  for 
Canada,  were  Elisha  Palmer,  se.  41  ;  Prince  Osgood,  33.  18,  in 
the  employ  of  Joseph  Josselynn ;  and  Mark,  son  of  Jeremiah 
Rogers,  83.  18. 

In  Abel  Keen's  Company,  of  which  Thomas  Doty  was  Colonel, 
for  Canada,  in  1759,  were  Jeremiah  Rogers  ;  Abraham  Cato, 
who  was  discharged  ;  Abner  French  ;  Nathaniel  Josselynn,  who 
was  discharged  ;  Amos  Love  ;  Dennis  Morrison  ;  Prince  Osgood, 
in  the  employ  of  Joseph  Josselynn,  discharged ;  Jonathan  Pratt ; 
Jonathan  Peters,  who  died  in  the  service ;  Edward  Peters ; 
Thomas  Rogers  ;  Aaron  Rowel  1,  employed  by  Jeremiah  Rogers; 
Joshua  Staples;  Jesse,  Abncr,  and  Jonathan  Torrey ;  and 
Zephaniah  and  Samuel  Withcrell.  All  these  are  named  as  of 
Hanover. 

In  Abel  Keen's  Company,  at  Lunenburg,  from  March  31,  to 
November  1,  1759,  were  Jeremiah  Rogers ;  Henry,  son  of  John 
Bray;  Lemuel,  son  of  Joseph  Bates;  Samuel  Bowkcr  ;  Leonard, 
sni  of  Richard  Ilill  ;  Prince  Osgood  ;  Elisha  Palmer;  and  Mark, 
son  of  Jeremiah  Rogers. 

Isaac  Nuwett,  was  in  Col.  John  Thomas'  Company,  for  Canada 
in  J760. 

In  Daniel  Reed's  Company,  which  was  at  Ticonderago  in  17CO, 


FRENCH  WAR.  107 

were  Gideon  Studley,  who  was  out  40  weeks  ;  Timothy  Church, 
out  40  weeks ;  Isaac  Nowett,  in  the  employ  of  Col.  Thomas ; 
Edward  Peters,  in  the  employ  of  Thomas  Wilkes ;  and  Thomas 
Rogers. 

In  17G2,  tho  town  was  divided  into  two  districts,  and  a  military 
company  was  raised  in  each  district.  Of  the  North  Company, 
David  Stockbridge,  was  Captain;  Joseph  Gushing,  1st  Lieuten 
ant;  John  Bailey,  Jr..  2nd  Lieutenant;  and  David  Jacohs,  En 
sign.  Of  the  South  Company,  Joseph  Jossclynn,  Avas  Captain ; 
Simoon  Curtis,  1st  Lieutenant ;  Joseph  House,  2d  Lieutenant ; 
and  John  Josselynn,  Ensign.  Of  the  Division  to  which  these 
companies  belonged,  David  Stockbridge,  was  Lieutenant  Colonel, 
and  Jos2ph  Josselynn,  was  Major,  llobert  L.  Eells  was  second 
Quarter  Master  in  the  Troop  of  Horse. 

In  the  same  year,  1761-2,  Edward  Peters,  of  Hanover,  was  in 
Capt.  Lemuel  Dunbar's  Company,  from  April  18,  1761,  to 
January  4,  1762.  Stephen  Curtis  was  out  in  1762.  .Benjamin, 
son  of  Daniel  Teague,  was  in  Abel  Keen's  Company  ;  also  John 
Bates,  and  Henry  Dillingham.  In  Job  Williams'  Company,  from 
November  18, 1761,  to  July  29, 1762,  were  John  Bates,  William 
Bradley,  and  Stephen  Curtis,  in  .the  employ  of  Benjamin  Curtis. 

Eltsha  Barrell,  who  died  in  Hanover,  in  1829,  se.  96,  was  out 
in  the  French  War  ;  also  Samuel  Brooks,  who  died  in  Hanover,  in 
1830,  oe.  95,  and  Jedediah  Dwelley,  William  Perry,  and  Oliver 
Winslow,  —  the  latter  of  whom  died  near  Crown  Point,  in  1759. 
Those  men  were  of  Scituate,  though  their  names  occur  on  tho 
Hanover  Records;  and  at  a  subsequent  date,  or  after  the  close  of 
the  war,  some  of  them  resided  in  the  town. 

1768,  November  7.  "Voted  to  Samuel  Barstow  6s.  for 
making  a  door  to  the  powder  room,  and  for  moving  the  powder." 

17TL,  MH-J'I  11.  "  Ca.pt.  Julia  Bitb/,  and  Capt.  Simeon  Cur 
tis  chosen  to  take  care  of  the  Town's  Gun  Powder  in  the  best 
way  and  manner  they  can." 

1774,  November  21.  Paid  Capt.  John  Bailey  for  four  quarter 
barrels  of  Powder,  £9  8s. 

These  are  all  the  minutes  which  occur  previous  to  the  Revo 
lution.  Of  the  incidents  of  this  war,  we  shall  make  a  separate 
Chapter  ;  as  also  of  the  War  of  1812,  in  which  we  shall  include  a 
sketch  of  tho  Hanover  Artillery  Company. 


CHAPTER    VIII. 


INCIDENTS    OF    THE    REVOLUTION. 

"  By  their  pious  shades  we  swear, 
By  their  toils  and  perils  here, 
We  will  guard  with  jealous  care, 

Law  and  Liberty."  LTJNT. 

Causes  of  the  Revolution — Stamp  Act — Convention  in  Boston — Plymouth  County 
Convention — Provincial  Congresses — Preparations  for  defence — Minute  men — 
Provincial  Treasurer  chosen— Committees  of  Safety — Boston  Port  Bill — Tories, 
and  the  Ruggles  Covenant — Balfour's  troops — Commencement  of  hostilities — 
Sea  coast  guards — General  Washington  assumes  the  command  of  the  Army — 
Station  of  the  army — Operations  for  177G — Entrenchment  on  Dorchester  heights 
— Evacuation  of  Boston — Alarm  at  Cohassct — Declaration  of  Independence — 
Operations  around  Boston — Men  for  Ticonderoga,  and  for  Rhode  Island — Opera 
tions  for  1777 — Committee  of  Safety — Prices  for  labor — Town's  quota — Expedi 
tion  to  Rhode  Island — Other  military  movements — Operations  for  1778— Quota 
of  Shirts,  &c., — State  Constitution  rejected — Enlistments  for  this  year — Extracts 
from  the  Pay  Rolls — Operations  for  1779 — Committee  of  Safety  &c., — Enlistments 
— Committee  of  Safety  for  1780 — Military  movements  for  the  year — Depreciation 
of  Currency — The  dark  hour— Movements  for  1781 — Incidents  subsequent  to  the 
War. 

The  story  of  the  Revolution,  will  ever  be  read  with  interest  by 
the  citizens  of  this  growing  republic.  The  simple  recital  of  our 
father's  wrongs  ;  of  their  peaceful  remonstrance  against  those 
wrongs,  until  forbearance  ceased  longer  to  be  a  virtue  ;  of  their 
calm  deliberation  upon  the  course  next  to  be  pursued ;  of  their 
reluctant,  but  firm  conviction,  that  an  appeal  to  arms  was  their 
only  alternative  ;  of  their  solemn  consecration  of  their  lives,  and 
fortunes,  and  sacred  honor,  upon  the  altar  of  liberty  ;  and  of  their 
accompanying  deeds  of  heroism,  until  their  INDEPENDENCE  was 
acknowledged  ;  if  these  events,  which,  viewed  in  their  broadest 
light,  are  calculated  to  make  every  heart  glow,  ever  become  to  us 
as  a  "  thrice  told  tale,"  or  cease  to  arouse  us  to  emulate  their 
virtues,  then  may  we  be  assured  that  the  day  of  our  downfall  is 
approaching,  and  that  we  are  becoming  unworthy  of  the  continued 


STAMP   ACT.  109 

enjoyment  of   those   inestimable    blessings,  now   so   freely  and 
widely  diffused  throughout  our  land. 

In  a  work  like  the  present,  however,  which  is  local  in  its  char 
acter,  it  will  not  be  expected  that  we  should  give  an  extended 
notice  of  these  events.  We  shall  confine  ourselves  to  the  part 
which  the  citizens  of  Hanover  took  in  the  great  drama  then  per 
formed,  only  giving  such  general  details,  as  may  serve  to  render 
our  sketch  intelligible,  and  complete. 

The  principal  causes  which  led  to  the  War  of  the  Revolution, 
were  the  adoption  of  measures,  and  the  enactment  of  laws,  by  the 
Parliament  of  the  mother  country,  which  were  deemed  oppressive 
in  their  character,  and  an  invasion  of  the  rights  of  the  people  of 
the  colonies. 

Indeed,  quite  early  in  the  history  of  our  country,  we  find  the 
right  of  England  to  Legislate  for  the  colonies,  questioned  by 
many.  We  could  bring  abundant  proofs  to  sustain  this  position, 
were  it  necessary.  Not  only  do  the  laws  of  Plymouth  and  Mas 
sachusetts  show  this,  but  the  writings  of  the  most  eminent  men  of 
those  days,  furnish  clear  and  decisive  evidence  of  the  fact. ! 
Hence  when,  in  the  reign  of  George  the  II,  an  act  of  Parliament 
was  passed,  imposing  a  duty  on  sugars,  &c.,  which,  in  the  reign  of 
George  the  III,  in  1764,  was  continued  and  enforced,  and  the 
duty  increased,  and  an  impost  also  laid  on  molasses,  brought  to  the 
colonies  from  any  other  than  British  plantations  in  the  West  In 
dies,  and  the  jurisdiction  of  vice-admiralty  courts  was  enlarged, 
by  which  the  people  were  deprived  of  trial  by  juries,  in  all  cases 
relating  to  revenue  arising  from  these  duties,  and  made  liable  to 
unreasonable  and  oppressive  suits  ;  —  these  acts  were  all  resisted, 
and  all  tended  to  foster  a  feeling  of  injury,  and  a  spirit  of  resent 
ment,  among  the  people. 

But  the  famous  Stamp  Act,  passed  in  1765,  awakened  the 
most  general  indignation  ;  and  as  soon  as  it  arrived  at  Boston,  the 
bells  were  muffled,  and  rung  a  funeral  peal,  and  the  act  itself  was 
hawked  about  the  streets,  with  a  Death's  head  affixed  to  it,  and 
styled  the  Folly  of  England,  and  the  ruin  of  America,  and  af 
terwards  publicly  burnt  by  the  enraged  populace ; 2  and  throughout 

1  Massachusetts  State  Papers,  p.  13,  et  seq. 
2  Low's  American  Encyclopedia,  Vol.  1,  p.  288. 


110  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

the  province,  meetings  were  held,  and  the  act  denounced.  The 
now  act  of  1768,  imposing  a  duty  on  tea,  papers,  painters'  colors, 
and  glass,  caused,  if  possible,  a  ferment  greater  than  that  caused 
by  the  Stamp  Act ;  and  so  thoroughly  were  the  people  aroused* 
that  it  was  finally  resolved  to  call  a  Convention,  to  meet  in  Bos 
ton,  September  21,  "  to  consult  upon  measures  for  the  safety  of 
the  Province."  Delegates  to  this  Convention  were  sent  from  a 
large  number  of  towns.  Hanover  deputed  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq., 
to  act  as  its  Representative  ;  a  gentleman  who  had  been  long  and 
favorably  known  to  his  townsmen,  and  who  was  distinguished  for 
his  unbending  integrity,  and  affable  deportment ;  —  who  after 
wards  held  an  honorable  rank  in  the  Conventions  of  the  County, 
and  the  Congresses  of  the  Province  ;  and  who,  at  a  still  later 
period,  when  peace  had  been  declared,  and  order  restored  to  our 
disturbed  civil  institutions,  as  a  token  of  gratitude,  and  esteem  for 
his  services,  was  elevated  to  tho  office  of  Judge  of  Probate  for  the 
County  of  Plymouth, 'and  received  a  military  commission,  with  the 
rank  of  Brigadier  General. 

But  the  oppressions  of  England  did  not  cease  with  the  Act  of 
17G8.  Farther  encroachments  were  made  upon  the  rights  of  the 
Colonies  ;  and  the  public  mind  was  kept  in  a  constant  state  of 
feverish  excitement ;  until,  all  over  the  land,  the  necessity  for  an 
appeal  to  arms  was  beginning  to  be  felt,  and  even  to  be  advo 
cated,  by  the  most  bold  and  resolute.  Monday,  September  26, 
1774,  a  meeting  of  delegates  from  every  town  in  Plymouth 
County,  was  held  at  Plympton,  and  by  adjournment,  at  the  court 
house  in  Plymouth,  on  Tuesday  the  27th  ;  and  Hanover  sent  as 
its  Representatives,  Cap.t.  Joseph  Cushing,  Joseph  Ramsdell, 
Joshua  Simmons,  Capt.  Robert  L.  Eells,  and  Dr.  Lemuel  Cushing  ; 
and  the  first  named  gentleman  was  chosen  one  of  the  committee  of 
nine,  to  prepare  an  address  expressive  of  their  feelings  in  view  of 
the  aggressions  of  the  British  Government.  The  proceedings  of 
this  Convention  are  given  in  full  in  the  Journal  of  the  Provincial 
Congress,  pp.  621-625,  but  are  too  long  to  be  inserted  here. 

On  the  7ih,  of  October  1774,  the  First  Provincial  Congress 
•was  convened  at  Salem  ;  on  the  llth,  at  Concord  ;  on  the  17th,  at 
Cambridge,  and  again  at  Cambridge,  November  23d,  and  dis 
solved,  December  10th.  The  Second  Congress  was  convened  at 


MINUTE   MEN.  Ill 

Cambridge,  February  1,  1775  ;  at  Concord,  March  22d,  and 
April  22d  ;  and  at  Watertowii  April  22d,  and  dissolved  May  29th. 
The  Third  Congress  convened  at  Watertown,  Wednesday,  May 
3 1st,  1775,  and  was  dissolved  Wednesday,  July  19th,  1775. 
To  all  these,  Col.  Gushing,  as  he  is  called  on  the  Journals,  was 
sent  as  a  delegate  from  TIanover,  and  in  all  he  took  an  active  and 
prominent  part.  We  could  enumerate  many  instances,  in  which 
he  was  appointed  on  important  committees ;  and  that  his  services 
were  held  in  the  highest  esteem,  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact 
that  his  associates  were  ever  ready  to  assign  to  him  new  trusts. ' 
During  tho  session  of  the  First  Congress,  the;  importance  of  tho 

O  O  i 

improvement  of  the  militia  was  urged,  and  the  several  towns  and 
districts  in  the  colony  were  advised  "  to  soe  that  each  of  the 
min'ite  m:>n  not  already  provided  therewith,  should  bo  im  nadiably 
equipped  with  an  effective  fire-arm,  bayonet,  pouch,  knapsack, 
and  thirty  rounds  of  cartridge  and  balls,  and  be  disciplined  three 
times  a  week,  and  oftencr  as  opportunity  may  offer  ; "  and  in  the 
Second  Congress,  where  any  deficiency  in  arms  or  accoutre 
ments  was  found,  the  Selectmen  were  instructed  to  supply  the 
same  "  out  of  the  town  stock,  and  in  case  of  a  deficiency  there,  to 
apply  to  such  inhabitants  as  can  best  spare  their  arms  or  accoutre 
ments,  and  to  borrow  or  purchase  the  same  for  the  use  of  the  in 
habitants  so  enlisting;" 

In  accordance  with  these  votes,  companies  of  mmute  men  were 
formed  in  all  the  towns  in  the  province,  —  indeed  this  work  had 
commenced  as  early  as  1778,  —  and  these  companies  furnished 
efficient  aid  in  procuring  recruits  for  the  Army,  communicating 
intelligence  on  sudden  emergencies,  and  forwarding  the  war. 
According  to  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow,  Hanover  was  divided  into  two 
districts,  by  the  road  running  from  the  North  River  bridge  past 
the  Four  Corners,  to  what  is  now  Hanover  Street,  and  thence  to 
the  Meeting  House,  and  on  West  to  the  Drinkwater  Forge,  and  to 
Abington.  The  inhabitants  of  the  Southerly  part  of  the  town 
were  in  one  district,  and  the  company  formed  here  was  com 
manded  by  Colonel,  then  Capt.  Amos  Turner,  and  Lt.  Samuel 

1  See  the  Journals,  pp.  55,  GG,  85,  95,  97,  118,  130,  148,  255,  284,  291, 
298,  300,  310,  3G3,  374,  377,  and  479. 
a  Jour.  Prov.  Cong.  pp.  71,  and  209-10 


112  HISTORY   OF    HANOVER 

Barstow  ;  and  those  to  the  North,  were  in  the  Second  District, 
and  their  Company  was  commanded  by  Capt.  Joseph  Soper,  and 
probably  Lt.  Lemuel  Curtis.  In  the  County,  a  regiment  was 
formed  of  companies  of  minute  men,  and  Theophilus  Cotton,  of 
Plymouth,  was  chosen  Colonel ;  Ichabod  Allen,  of  Duxbury,  Lt. 
Colonel ;  and  Ebenezer  Sprout,  of  Middleboro',  Major.  l  January 
16, 1775,  The  town  procured  a  stock  of  thirty-five  fire  arms,  as 
a  public  supply,  to  be  furnished  to  those  who  had  not  the  means, 
or  were  not  able  to  provide  for  themselves. 

One  of  the  earliest  acts  of  the  Provincial  Congress  was  to  pro 
vide  funds  for  the  expenses  of  Government,  and  the  conduct  of  the 
war.  Harrison  Gray,  Esq.,  was  the  treasurer  appointed  by  the 
old  authorities ;  but  as  funds  in  his  hands  were  not  available  to 
the  public,  the  Congress  advised  all  constables  and  collectors  of 
taxes  "  who  have  or  shall  have  any  money  in  their  hands  collected 
on  province  assessments,"  not  to  pay  the  same  to  Mr.  Gray,  but 
to  retain  them  in  their  own  hands  until  otherwise  instructed ;  and 
they  soon  made  choice  of  Henry  Gardner,  Esq.,  as  Treasurer,  and 
directed  all  monies  to  be  paid  to  him.2  Accordingly  the  town  of 
Hanover,  having  voted,  Jan.  16,  1775,  to  raise  <£43  15s.  2d. 
"  for  purposes  of  defence,"  instructed  Israel  Perry,  collector  for 
1773-4,  to  pay  over  the  same  to  Mr.  Gardner,  "  with  the  remain 
der  of  the  Province  tax  in  his  bills  not  then  collected,"  and  agreed 
to  "  indemnify  and  hold  him  harmless  in  so  doing." 

Another  of  these  preliminary  steps,  was  the  appointment  of  Com 
mittees  of  Correspondence  and  Safety ;  and  the  committee  of 
Hanover,  for  the  year  1775,  consisted  of  David  Jacobs,  Lieut. 
Whiting,  Joshua  Simmons,  Abner  Curtis,  Ezra  Briggs,  Dr.  Gush 
ing,  Seth  Bates,  Lemuel  Curtis,  Capt.  Curtis,  Capt.  Eells,  Joseph 
Ramsdell,  Amos  Turner,  Michael  Silvester,  Lieut.  Barstow, 
Bezaleol  Curtis,  Benjamin  Bass,  Israel  Perry,  Benjamin  Studley, 
John  House,  jr.,  and  Seth  Josselynn ;  and  they  were  instructed 
"  to  see  that  the  resolves  of  the  Continental  Congress  relative  to 
trade,  &c.,  are  strictly  adhered  to." 

By  the  operation  of  the  Boston  Port  Bill,  the  inhabitants  of 
that  town  were  thrown  into  great  distress,  and  provisions  for  their 

1  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  1 23. 

2  Jour.  1'rov.  Cong.  pp.  19,  38,  and  45. 


RUGGLES    COVENANT.  113 

relief  were  made,  not  only  throughout  Massachusetts,  but  in  seve 
ral  of  the  other  Colonies.  In  Hanover,  Dea.  Barstow.  and  Thomas 
Rose,  were  chosen  to  receive  donations,  and  forward  them  to  the 
proper  authorities,  to  be  distributed. 

In  the  winter  of  1774,  the  torics  of  Massachusetts,  were  active 
in  forwarding  their  schemes ;  and  the  Hon.  Timothy  Haggles,  of 
Hardwick,  one  of  the  most  conspicuous,  drew  up  a  document, 
called  the  Ruggles  Covenant,  intended  for  the  signature  of  all 
favorable  to  the  royalist  cause.  This  paper  found  its  way  to 
Hanover,  and  suspicions  of  its  presence  being  entertained,  the 
town  instructed  the  Committee  of  Correspondence,  "  to  inquire 
into  the  ground  and  foundation  of  a  report  that  a  covenant  called 
the  Ruggles  Covenant  is  signed  and  circulated  among  some  of  the 
inhabitants."  This  incendiary  document  is  given  at  large  on  the 
Journals  of  the  Provincial  Congress,  p.  68. 

It  will  hardly  be  necessary  to  say  that  such  a  compact  found 
but  few  signers  in  Hanover.  Indeed,  in  a  town  so  loyal  to  freedom, 
tories  were  rare.  When,  in  1777,  Israel  Perry  was  chosen  to 
collect  "  the  evidence  relative  to  those  persons  supposed  to  be 
inimical  to  their  country,"  after  the  most  diligent  search,  he 
reported  but  seven  names,  and  these  were  either  peaceable  mem 
bers  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  whose  principles  caused  them  to 
look  upon  all  war  as  wrong,  or  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church, 
who,  from  that  fact  alone,  were  supposed  to  be  friendly  to  the  King. 
The  names  reported  were  Charles  Bailey,  Peleg  Ewell,  Mordecai 
Ellis  John  Bailey  3d.,  Joseph  Donnell,  and  William  and  Jane 
Stockbridge. 

All  who  did  favor  the  royalists,  were  everywhere  treated  with  a 
severity  proportioned  to  the  magnitude  of  their  offence.  They 
were  ingloriously  tipped  from  the  cart's  tail,  and  commanded  forth 
with  to  depart  from  the  limits  of  the  town,  under  the  threat  of 
heavier  penalties,  should  they  dare  to  appear  within  its  borders 
again.  Of  all  crimes,  that  of  aiding  and  abetting  the  enemies  of 
America,  was  most  heartily  despised,  and  treated  with  the  stern 
est  rebuke. 

Previous  to  the  commencement  of  the  hostilities  of  the  19th  of 
April,  1775,  which  may  be  regarded  as  the  opening  scene  of  the 
war  of  the  Revolution,  there  were  found,  in  Marshfield,  a  large 


114  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

number  of  friends  of  England,  and  signers  of  the  Ruggles  Covenant; 
and  these,  as  appears  by  a  letter  dated  Jan.  26,  1775,  sent  an 
express  to  Gen.  Gage,  acquainting  him  with  their  situation,  and 
begging  support.1  This  led  to  the  forwarding  of  a  body  of  one 
hundred  troops,  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Balfour,  and  three 
subalterns,  with  two  field  pieces,  and  three  hundred  stands  of  arms, 
to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  the  loyalists.  The  troops  were  detached 
on  board  two  small  vessels,  and  landed  quietly,  and  without  dis 
turbance.  But  the  presence  of  such  a  body  of  men  could  not  fail 
to  be  attended  with  some  murmurings,  and  dissatisfaction,  on  the 
part  of  the  people  of  the  adjoining  towns,  although  the  signers  of 
the  covenant  made  their  boast  that  "  every  faithful  subject  to  his 
King  dare  fully  utter  his  thoughts,  and  drink  his  tea,  and  kill  his 
sheep  as  profusely  as  he  pleases."  2 

Accordingly,  in  the  Boston  Evening  Post,  of  Feb.  27,  1775, 
there  was  published  an  address  to  Gen.  Gage,  signed  by  the 
selectmen  of  Plymouth,  Kingston,  Duxbury,  Pembroke,  Hanover, 
and  Scitaate,  protesting  against  the  course  he  had  pursued,  in 
which,  after  declaring  that  the  fears  and  intimidations  of  the  peo 
ple  of  Marshficld  were  entirely  groundless,  they  proceed  to  say, 
"  It  appears  as  evident  as  if  written  with  a  sunbeam,  from  the 
general  tenor  of  the  testimony,  which  we  are  willing  to  lay  before 
your  excellency,  if  desired,  that  their  expressions  of  fear,  were  a 
fallacious  pretext,  dictated  by  the  inveterate  enemies  of  our  constitu 
tion,  to  t induce  your  excellency  to  send  troops  into  our  country, 
to  augment  the  difficulties  of  our  situation,  already  very  distress 
ing  ;  and  what  confir.ns  this  truth,  if  it  needs  any  confirmation,  is, 
the  assiduity  and  pains  which  we  have  taken  to  investigate  it.  We 
have  industriously  scrutinized  into  the  cause  of  this  alarm,  and 
cannot  find  that  it  has  the  least  foundation  in  reality."  3 

The  Congress,  on  the  reception  of  the  above — a  copy  of  which 
was  forwarded  to  them  —  passed  a  vote  highly  approving  the  vigi 
lance  of  the  selectmen  and  committees  of  correspondence  of  the 
towns  named  in  the  address,  and  recommended  to  them  "  steadily 
to  persevere  in  the  same  line  of  conduct,  which  has,  in  this  instance, 

1  W'nsor's  Duxbury,  p.  128. 

2  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  127. 

3  Jour.  Prov.  Cong.  p.  104. 


BALFOCR'S  TROOPS.  115 

so  justly  entitled  them  to  the  esteem  of  their  fellow  countrymen, 
and  to  keep  a  watchful  eye  upon  the  behavior  of  those  who  arc 
aiming  at  the  destruction  of  our  liberties." 

The  troops  under  Balfour,  however,  did  not  remain  long  in  the 
county.  On  the  21st  of  April  they  departed,  as  they  came, — in 
their  hurry  leaving  behind  them  most  of  their  camp  equipage  and 
stores,  —  and  being  engaged  in  the  battle  at  Bunker  Hill,  on  the 
17th  of  June,  all  but  their  commander,  and  five  of  the  soldiers, 
perished,  although  they  entered  the  field  "  with  as  fine  a  com 
pany  as  was  in  his  Majesty's  service."2 

Before  their  departure,  the  military  companies  in  the  vicinity 
were  on  the  alert,  and  were  contemplating  an  attack.  Col  John 
Bailey  ordered  his  tro?ps  to  march  to  the  spot,  but  they  did  not 
arrive  until  the  enemy  had  left.  Mr.  Jabez  Studlcy  was  among 
the  soldiers  engaged  in  this  expedition,  according  to  his  son,  the 
present  Mr.  Jabez  Studley,  of  Hanover. 

We  have  now  reached  that  period  when  actual  hostilities  com 
menced,  and  the  struggle  for  liberty,  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet, 
began  in  earnest. 

April  8,  1775.  The  Provincial  Congress  resolved  "  that  the 
present  dangers,  and  alarming  situation  of  our  public  affairs,  ren 
ders  it  necessary  for  this  colony  to  make  preparations  for  their 
security  and  defence,  by  raising  and  establishing  an  army."  3  This 
army,  as  appears  by  a  subsequent  report,  was  raised,  and  consis 
ted  of  twenty-two  regiments  complete,  of  ten  companies  each, 
containing  sixty  men;  and  three  regiments  incomplete.  But  all 
the  privates  were  not  properly  equipped,  and  of  military  stores, 
of  some  descriptions,  the  supply  was  very  small. 4  John  Bailey, 
of  Hanover,  was  Lieut,  Col.  in  the  regiment  of  Gen.  Thomas. 

On  the  first  of  May,  1775,  or  about  two  weeks  after  the  battle 
of  Lexington,  according  to  Winsor,  four  companies  were  ordered 
to  Plymouth  "  to  guard  the  sea-coast,"  where  they  were  sta 
tioned  until  the  first  of  September. 5  Of  this  order  I  find  no 

f 

1  Jour.  Prov.  Cong.  p.  103-4. 

2  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  120. 
8  Jour.  Prov.   Cong.  p.  135. 

4  Bradford's  Hist.  Mass.  Vol.  1.  p.  382. 
6  Winsor's  Duxbury,  p.  120. 


116  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

record  ;  but  on  the  first  of  July,  a  memorial  having  been  present 
ed  from  Plymouth,  stating  that  the  people  in  that  neighhorhood 
were  "  in  danger  of  being  attacked  by  the  enemy,"  it  was  resolv 
ed  by  the  Congress  "  that  General  Ward  be  and  hereYy  is  directed, 
immediately  to  issue  his  orders  that  two  full  Companies  from  Col. 
Cotton's  regiment,  under  proper  officers,  march  without  delay,  to 
Plymouth,  and  there  remain  for  the  guard  and  defence  of  the  in 
habitants,  until  they  can  be  relieved  by  such  Companies  as  are  to 
be  raised  for  the  defence  and  protection  of  the  sea-coast,  and  to 
be  stationed  there  for  that  purpose." 

Among  those  who  thus  guarded  the  sea-coast,  "  Samuel  Eells  and 
others"  are  spoken  of,  on  the  records  of  the  town,  and  Oct.  80th, 
there  was  paid  to  him,  and  to  Nathaniel  Torrey,  for  their  services, 
XI  12s.  8d.  ;  and  in  the  "  Pay  Roll  of  the  Company  stationed 
on  the  sea-coast  in  the  Massachusetts  service  till  the  last  of  De 
cember,  1775,  occur  the  names  of  "  Samuel  Eells,  jr.,  Fifer ;  and 
Eliab  Studley,  Benjamin  Studley,  Ezra  Briggs,  Solomon  Bates, 
Jabez  Studley,  Henchman  Silvester,  Clement  Bates,  and  Seth 
Curtis,  Privates,"  —  all  of  whom  were  citizens  of  Hanover. 8 

On  the  third  of  July,  1775,  General  Washington,  by  appoint 
ment  of  the  Continental  Congress  of  June  14th,  took  command 
of  the  American  troops  in  the  vicinity  of  Boston,  which  were  then 
estimated  at  15,000.  Of  these,  more  than  9,000  belonged  to 
Massachusetts,  —  the  rest  having  been  furnished  by  Connecticut, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Rhode  Island. 3 

These  troops  were  in  a  comparatively  undisciplined  state,  and 
almost  destitute  of  clothing,  and  ammunition.  But  a  few 
days  after  Washington's  arrival,  the  alarming  discovery  was 
made,  that  the  actual  quantity  of  powder  on  hand,  was  not  more 
than  sufficient  to  furnish  each  man  with  nine  cartridges. 4  The 
main  body  of  the  British  army,  at  this  time,  under  the  immediate 
command  of  Gen.  Howe,  was  entrenching  itself  strongly  on  Bunker 
Hill.  Three  floating  batteries  lay  in  Mystic  river,  near  the  camp, 
and  a  twenty  gun  ship  below  the  ferry,  between  Boston  and  Charles- 

1  Jour.  Prov.  Cong.  433. 

2  Revolutionary  Roils,  36,  2'2G. 

8  Bradford's  Massachusetts,  Vol.  2.  p.  18. 
4  Marshall's  Washington,  Vol.  1.  p.  30. 


ENTRENCHMENT  AT  DORCHESTER.  117 

town.  A  strong  battery  on  the  Boston  side  of  the  water,  on 
Copp's  hill,  served  to  cover  and  strengthen  ths  post  on  Bunker 
Hill.  Another  division  was  entrenched  on  the  Neck.  The  light 
horse,  and  a  small  body  of  infantry,  were  stationed  in  Boston. 
The  American  army  lay  on  both  sides  of  Charles  river.  The  right 
occupied  the  high  grounds  about  Roxbury ;  whence  it  extended 
towards  Dorchester  ;  and  the  left  was  covered  by  Mystic  or  Med- 
ford  river,  a  space  of  at  least  twelve  miles.  A  change  was  after 
wards  made  in  the  position  of  the  American  troops,  and  Washing 
ton  himself  took  up  his  head  quarters  at  Cambridge.1  A  rigorous 
blockade  was  thus  kept  up  over  the  British  army,  and  Boston 
itself  was  in  a  state  of  siege,  and  so  continued  until  the  spring  of 
1776. 

1776.  The  Committee  of  Safety  for  this  year  consisted  of  Joseph 
Gushing,  Joshua  Simmons,  Capt.  Robert  L.  Eells,  Joseph  Rams- 
dell,  Lemuel  Curtis,  David  Jacobs,  Benjamin  Bass,  Benjamin 
Studley,  Capt.  Amos  Turner,  Capt.  Joseph  Soper,  Samuel  Bars- 
tow,  jr. ,  Michael  Silvester,  Calvin  Curtis,  Lt.  John  Hatch,  Ezra 
Briggs,  Seth  Stetson,  John  Curtis,  jr.,  Joshua  Barstow,  and  Thos. 
Whiting. 

Feb.  12, 1776.  Capt.  Nathaniel  Winslow's  Company  marched 
to  Roxbury,  and  other  troops  from  Hanover  had  joined  the  army 
at  that  place,  in  preparation  for  the  contemplated  attempt  to  dis 
lodge  the  British  army  from  Boston.  This  was  in  accordance 
with  a  resolution  of  the  Provincial  Congress  of  the  previous  Janu 
ary,  "  that  a  vigorous  attempt  ought  to  be  made  on  the  ministerial 
troops  in  Boston,  before  they  can  be  reinforced  in  the  spring ;  and 
that  thirteen  regiments  of  militia  should  be  asked  for  from  Massa 
chusetts  and  the  neighboring  colonies,  in  order  to  put  the  army 
in  a  condition  to  make  the  attempt."  :  To  effect  this  object,  it 
was  determined  that  entrenchments  should  be  thrown  up  on 
Dorchester  heights  ;  and  Major  General  Thomas  had  the  com 
mand  of  the  troops  detached  for  this  arduous  service ;  and  Col. 
John  Bailey,  and  the  troops  from  Hanover  were  among  the  num 
ber.  They  passed  from  the  camp  at  Roxbury,  to  the  place  of 
their  destination,  with  great  caution,  under  cover  of  the  night ;  and 

1  Marshall's  Washington,  Vol.  1.  p.  29  et  seq. 

2  Marshall's  Washington,  Vol.  1.  p.  29. 


118  HISTORY    OF  HANOVER. 

•when  the  light  of  day  exposed  thorn  to  the  view  of  the  British  in 
Boston,  they  had  thrown  up  a  sufficient  breastwork  for  protection 
and  security  in  prosecuting  the  object  of  their  enterprise.  '  Gen. 
Howe,  in  order  to  frustrate  the  intentions  of  the  Americans,  sent 
a  picked  body  of  8,000  men,  commanded  by  Lord  Percjr,  to  as 
sault  the  works  which  had  been  thus  commenced  ;  and  they  em 
barked,  and  fell  down  to  the  castle,  to  proceed  to  the  intended 
scene"  of  action,  but  were  scattered  by  a  furious  storm,  which  dis 
abled  them  from  immediately  prosecuting  the  enterprise,  and 
before  they  could  be  again  in  readiness  for  the  attack,  the  works 
•were  made  so  strong,  that  the  attempt  to  storm  them  was  thought 
unadvisable,  and  the  evacuation  of  the  town  soon  afterward  tcok 
place.  2 

A  part  of  the  glory  of  this  enterprise  belongs  to  Hanover ;  and 
among  those  Avho  were  thus  engaged,  from  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 
Nathaniel  Winslow's  company,  which  marched  for  Roxbury  Feb. 
12,  1776,  we  gather  the  names  of  Benjamin  Studley,  1st  Lieut. ; 
Joseph  House,  2d  Lieut. ;  Timothy  Rose,  Sergeant ;  David  Torrey, 
Drummer ;  and  Stephen  Torrey,  Job  Tildcn,  Robert  White, 
Elijah  Silvester,  Elisha  Palmer,  Seth  House,  Samuel  Eells, 
Samuel  Gross,  Nathaniel  Torrey,  Jonathan  Pratt,  Benjamin 
Bates,  Joseph  Bates,  Benjamin  Silvester,  Adam  Perry.  James 
Whiting,  Nathaniel  Josselynri,  Seth  Bates,  Nathaniel  Stetson, 
Isaac  Turner,  Seth  Bates,  Jr.,  Joseph  Brooks,  Gideon  Studley, 
Benjamin  White,  James  Torrey,  Benjamin  Stetson,  Laban  Rose, 
and  Ebcnezer  Eddy,  Privates. 3  Tradition  says  that  Clement 
Bates  was  also  at  Dorchester  heights,  and  aided  in  fillling  with 
sand,  the  barrels  which  were  to  be  used  for  the  defence  of  the 
breastwork.  As  all  Col.  Cotton's  rogiment,  which  had  been  sta 
tioned  at  Plymouth,  moved  to  Roxbury,  and  formed  part  of  the 
detachment  which  threw  up  these  entrenchments,4  there  were 
probably  other  citizens  of  Hanover  engaged  in  the  enterprise,  but 
the  foregoing  are  all  the  names  we  are  able  to  give  authentically. 

In  March,  1776,  there  Avas  an  alarm  of  "  danger  at  Cohassot," 
probably  arising  from  the  British  vessels  which  were  hovering 

1  Bradford's  Massachusetts,  Vol.  2.  p.  85. 

2  Marshall's  Washington,  Vol.  1.  n.  43. 
8  Rev.  Rolls,  24.  38. 

4  Winsor's  Duxbury,  131. 


INDEPENDENCE  DECLARED.  119 

upon  fie  coast,  and  troops  were  ordered  to  tho  spot  to  aid  in  its  de- 
fjnco.  From  Hanover,  the  whole  company  under  the  command 
of  Capt.  Lemuel  Curtis  was  detached  ;  and  in  the  Pay  Hull  of 
the  same,  which  was  sworn  to  before  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq.,  Jan. 
20,  1777, '  occur  the  names  of  Lemuel  Curtis,  Captain ;  John 
Hatch,  1st  Lieut.  ;  Abncr  Curtis,  2d  Lieut. ;  Calvin  Curtis, 
Michael  Silvester,  James  Curtis,  and  Israel  Perry,  Sergeants  ;  and 
Elijah  Curtis,  Jabcz  Studley,  Joseph  Curtis,  Prince  Curtis,  Thom 
as  Hatch,  David  House,  Snow  Cards,  Joshua  Dwcllcy  Jesse  Cur 
tis,  John  Totman,  Eliab  Studley,  Marlboro'  Turner,  Joseph  Ran 
dall,  Abel  Curtis,  Seth  Bailey,  Ezra  Briggs,  Elisha  Simmons, 
Abncr  Curtis,  jr.,  Robert  Corthrcll,  Gcrshom  Curtis,  Job  Curtis, 
Isaac  Hatch,  Simeon  Curtis,  Seth  Curtis,  William  Gilbert,  Elijah 
Stetson,  Mclzar  Curtis,  Ebenczer  Curtis,  Job  Barstow,  Solomon 
Bryant,  Benjamin  Bass,  Seth  Jossclynn,  Lemuel  Bi.t33,  and 
Gamaliel  Bates. 

Whilst  these  events  were  transpiring,  the  Continental  Congress 
was  in  session,  and  the  declaration  of  Independence  was  under 
discussion  ;  and  June  SO,  at  a  meeting  in  Hanover  "  held  to  take 
into  consideration  a  resolve  of  the  Honorable  House  of  Represen 
tatives  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay,  relative  to  advising  the  person 
or  persons  chosen  to  represent  them  in  the  General  Court,  whether, 
if  the  Honorable  American  Congress  should  for  the  safety  of  the 
American  Colonies,  declare  them  Independent  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Great  Britain,  they  the  said  inhabitants,  will  solemnly  engage, 
with  their  lives  and  fortunes,  to  support  them  i;i  the  measure, 
Voted,  to  instruct  their  Representative,  that  if  said  Congress, 
should  think  it  safest  to  declare  them  Independent  of  the  King 
dom  of  Great  Britain,  they  th3  inhabitants  \vill  support  them  in 
the  measure." 

Diriii;  t'n  s.imn^r  of  1773,  tho  solliors  from  Hanover  wero 
mostly  stationed  in  tho  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  fortifications  were 
erected  at  Noddle's  island,  and  at  other  places  in  the  harbor ; 
twenty  British  vessels  wore  driven  from  the  coast ;  and  two  regi 
ments,  and  the  battalion  of  artillery  were  kept  in  the  service  cf 
the  province  throughout  the  season.  * 


1  llcv.  Rolls,  18.  10. 

2  Bradford's  Massachusetts,  p.  1 1 1  ct.  al. 


120  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

The  references  to  the  enlistments  from  Hanover,  during  this 
period,  are  quite  numerous.  In  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Nathaniel 
Winslow's  Company,  in  Col.  "Whitney's  Regiment,  for  one  month's 
advance  pay,  &e., '  are  the  names  of  Calvin  Curtis,  2d  Lieut. ; 
Joseph  Curtis,  Corporal ;  and  Stephen  Torrey,  Sergeant.  The 
same  men  were  paid  for  services  in  August  and  November,  1776, 2 
and  Clement  Bates  was  in  their  company. 

In  the  Rolls  for  September  and  October,  besides  the  foregoing, 
are  the  names  of  Abner  Dwelley,  Abner  Curtis,  Seth  Bates,  Joel 
Silvester,  Nathaniel  Torrey,  Isaac  Turner,  Samuel  Eeils,  Edward 
Ramsdell,  Benjamin  Studley,  Elijah  Silvester,  and  Reuben  Curtis.3 

In  the  roll  of  Capt.  Stetson's  Company,  in  Col.  Dike's  Regiment, 
for  three  months  service,  are  the  names  of  Benjamin  Studley,  1st 
Lieut,  ;  Solomon  Bates,  Corporal ;  and  Benjamin  Studley,  Jr., 
Warren  Torrey,  Amos  Berry,  Cornelius  Silvester,  and  Seth  Bates  ; 
and  in  the  pay  roll  of  Capt.  Stetson's  Company,  for  three  months, 
to  Nov.  1776,  are  the  additional  names  of  James  Whiting, 
Stephen  Randall,  Dowty  Bates,  Thomas  Gross,  Francis  Josselynn, 
and  Adam  Perry.  4 

On  the  town  records,  under  date  of  Oct.  1,  1776,  five  men  are 
spoken  of,  as  having  been  engaged  for  the  expedition  to  Ticonde- 
roga  this  year,  and  £13  bounty  per  man  was  voted  them.  Fif 
teen  men  were  also  hired  to  go  to  New  York  to  reinforce  the  Con 
tinental  Army,  and  a  bounty  of  £5  15s.  was  voted  to  each.  Six 
teen  men  also  went  to  Rhode  Island  for  two  months,  to  whom  a 
bounty  of  20s.  each  per  month,  was  voted  :  and  a  like  bounty  to 
fifteen  men  who  went  to  Bristol  for  three  months. 

Of  the  first  named  expedition, — that  to  Ticonderoga, — the  only 
record  I  find,  is  in  the  "Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Christopher  Bannister's 
Company,  which  went  to  Ticonderoga  for  two  months  and  seven 
days,"  where  may  be  found  the  names  of  David  Studley,  Corporal, 
and  Abner  Dwelley,  Private. 

The  names  of  the  fifteen,  who  went  to  New  York,  I  have  not 
been  able  to  learn. 

Of  the  sixteen,  who  went  to  Rhode  Island  for  2  months,  and  the 

iRev.  Rolls,  24.  11. 

2  Rev.  Rolls,  24.  37,  and  24.  35. 

8  Rolls,  24.  40. 

<  Rolls,  26.420,  etal 


OPERATIONS    FOR    1776.  121 

fifteen  who  went  to  Bristol,  I  find  the  following  minutes.  In  the 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Turner's  Co.,  in  Col.  John  Cushing's 
Regiment,  which  marched  to  Rhode  Island  in  1776,  for  two  months, 
dated  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  Nov.  17,  177G, '  occur  the  names  of 
Michael  Silvester,  Snow  Curtis,  Nathl.  Josselynn,  Joseph  Rams- 
dell,  Samuel  Brooks,  Benj.  Stetson,  Simeon  Curtis,  Prince  Curtis, 
Benj.  White,  and  Benj.  Bass,  Privates ;  and  Israel  Perry. 
Drummer. 

In  the  Field  and  Staff  Officers  Roll,  upon  the  Bristol  Alarm,  in 
1776,  are  the  names  of  Samuel  Baldwin,  Chaplain;  John  Gushing, 
Colonel;  Benj.  Bass,  Quarter  Master;  and  Melzar  Turner. 
Adjutant. 

In  the  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Turner's  Co.,  &c.,  which 
marched  to  Rhode  Island  in  1776,  are  the  names  of*  Amos  Tur 
ner,  Captain ;  Seth  Josselynn,  Lt. ;  Benj.  Stetson,  Benj.  White, 
and  Belcher  Clark,  Sergeants ;  Phillip  Josselynn,  and  Clement 
Bates,  Corporals;  David  Torrey,  Drummer;  Samuel  Eells,  jr.. 
Fifer  ;  Isaac  Josselynn,  Clerk  ;  and  Elijah  Garnett,  Wm.  W.  Eells, 
Abner  House,  Nat-hl.  Josselynn,  Robt.  Cushman,  Cornelius  White. 
Oliver  Bonney,  Nathl.  Clark,  Joseph  Carrel,  Benj.  Bates,  Nathl. 
Josselynn,  jr.,  Sam.  Eells,  Seth  Bates,  Stephen  Torrey,  Joseph 
Ramsdell,  Robt.  Eells,  Theoph.  Witherell,  Luther  Torrey,  Thos. 
Oldham,  Abner  Studley,  and  Simeon  Witherell,  Privates. 

In  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Sopor's  Co.  to  Bristol,  1776. 
are  the  names  of  Joseph  Soper,  Captain  ;  John  Hatch,  1st.  Lt.  ; 
Joshua  Dwelley,  2d  Lt.  ;  Wm.  Curtis,  Timothy  Rose,  and  Michael 
Silvester,  Sergeants  ;  Snow  Curtis,  Corporal ;  and  Asa  Whiting. 
Caleb  Silvester,  Benj.  Clark,  Elisha  Palmer,  Isaac  Perry,  Jona. 
Pratt,  Abel  Whiting,  Seth  Curtis,  jr.,  Jas.  Whiting,  Thos.  Hatch. 
Gideon  Studley,  Seth  Curtis,  Henchman  Silvester,  Job  Curtis. 
Elijah  Gilbert,  Benj.  Mann,  Josh.  Mann,  Joseph  Brooks,  Elisha 
Simmons,  Jesse  Curtis,  Prince  Curtis,  Melzar  Curtis,  Eliab  Stud- 
ley,  Jabez  Studley,  Thos.  Stetson,  Israel  Perry,  Abel  Curtis,  and 
Elijah  Curtis,  Privates. 

1777.  March  10,  Committee  of  Safety,  &c.,  Joshua  Simmons, 
Joseph  Gushing,  Timothy  Rose,  Benj.  Bass,  Lemuel  Curtis, 

1  Rev.  Rolls.  3,  178.  2  Rev.  Rolls,  3,  132. 

8  A 


122  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

Princo  Stetson,  Israel  Perry,  Capt.  Robert  L.  Eells,  Michael 
Silvester,  David  Jacobs,  Calvin  Curtis,  Lt.  Benjamin  Studley, 
Jesse  Curtis,  Joseph  Ramsdell,  Abner  Curtis,  Seth  Stetson,  jr. 
Melzar  Curtis,  Timothy  Robbins,  and  Samuel  Barstow,  jr. 

By  an  Act  of  the  Province,  called  an  "  Act  to  prevent  monopolies 
and  oppression,"  the  following  scale  of  prices  for  labor  and  goods 
was  fixed  this  year. 

Day  labor,  for  reaping  and  mowing,  3s.  6d.  From  April  1,  to 
last  of  September,  2s.  8d.  For  March,  October,  and  November, 
2s.  4d.  For  the  three  winter  months,  2s.  6d.  Good  wheat,  per 
bu.,  Gs.  8d.  Rye,  4s.  4d.  Indian  corn,  3s.  8d.  Spanish  pota 
toes,  in  the  field,  Is.  ;  out  of  the  cellar  Is.  4d.  Good  men's 
shoes,  7s.  6d.  Good  tried  tallow,  8d.  Good  veal,  mutton,  and 
lamb,  3d.  Horsekeeping,  Is.  4d.  per  24  hours.  A  yoke  of  oxen, 
Is.  4d.  Teaming  work  at  Is.  6d.  per  mile.  Turkeys,  ducks, 
dunghill  fowls,  and  geese,  4d.  per  Ib.  Milk,  2d.  per  qt.  Good 
English  hay  3s.  per  hund.,  and  in  proportion  for  a  meaner  quality. 
Good  merchantable  boards,  40s.  per  M.  at  the  mill.  Good  tur 
nips,  Is.  4d.  per  bu.  Cider  at  the  mill,  6d.  per  bbl.  Summer 
apples,  6  l-2d.  per  bu.  Winter  apples,  8d.  A  middling  sized 
yoke  of  oxen,  2s.  per  day.  For  a  common  plow,  in  common  busi 
ness,  Is.  6d.  "White  oak  bark,  at  the  tannery,  20s.  per  cord. 
Black  oak,  18s.  Hemlock,  13s.  4d.  Hog's  fat,  7  l-2d.  per  Ib. 
Womens'  shoes,  5s.  8d.  per  pair.  Making  mens'  shoes,  2s.  6d. 
Womens'  shoes,  the  same,  the  shoemaker  finding  the  heels.  Other 
shoes,  in  proportion.  Hemlock  boards,  32s.  per  M.  Pine  shin 
gles,  without  sap,  13s.  4d.  Hemlock  shingles,  12s.  good  and 
clear,  and  with  the  grain.  Tobacco,  5s.  per.  Ib.  Smith's  coal, 
at  the  pit,  13s.  4d.  per  load.  Horse  shoeing,  steeled,  toed,  and 
corked,  fixed  for  the  winter,  6s.  8d.  Wood,  at  the  E.  end  of  the 
town,  from  Oldham's  to  Benj.  Clark's,  and  so  to  the  old  forge,  wal 
nut,  13s.  ;  oak,  Ha.  ;  swamp-wood  9s.  The  other  parts  of  the  town, 
walnut,  9s.  6d.  ;  oak,  8s. ;  swamp  wood,  7s.  An  ox  cart  and 
wheels,  Is.  4d.  per  day,  and  all  other  tools  and  implements,  and  all 
other  labor  and  business,  according  to  former  wages  and  customs. 

In  March  of  this  year,  the  town's  quota  of  every  seventh  man 
was  called  for,  and  it  was  voted  to  give  those  that  enlisted  <£14 
each,  in  addition  to  the  Continental  and  State  bounties ;  and  a 


EXPEDITION    TO    RHODE    ISLAND.  123 

committee  of  twenty  was  chosen,  to  hire  the  money  and  the  men. 
This  measure,  of  offering  bounty  to  soldiers,  was  adopted  at  the 
urgent  solicitation  of  Washington,  and  was  deemed  by  him  of  great 
importance,  to  encourage  enlistments,  and  to  secure  their  perma 
nence.1 

In  the  early  part  of  this  year,  there  was  another  expedition  to 
R.  I.  ;  and  in  the  muster  roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Turner's  company, 
are  the  names  of*  Amos  Turner,  captain ;  Reuben  Rose,  lieuten 
ant  ;  William  Eells,  sergeant ;  Leonard  Hill,  corporal ;  and  Ezra 
Briggs,  Elisha  House,  John  Hatch,  John  Bates,  Solomon  Bryant, 
Samuel  Brooks,  Samuel  Eells,  Jr.,  Luther  Torrey,  Shuble  Munroe, 
Jr.,  Joseph  Robbins,  Samuel  Torrey,  Melzar  Stoddard,  Reuben 
Curtis,  and  Henry  Dillingham,  privates.  Of  this  number,  Shuble 
Munroe  died  in  Hanover,  in  1851,  at  the  age  of  90. 

In  Hayward  Pierce's  company,  which  marched  on  a  secret 
expedition  to  Tiverton,  in  Rhode  Island,  occur  the  names  of3  Wil 
liam  Curtis,  sergeant ;  Laban  Rose,  corporal ;  and  Simeon  Cur 
tis,  Elijah  Sylvester,  Joshua  Dwelley,  James  Barstow,  Elisha 
Stetson,  Elisha  Simmons,  Seth  Curtis,  Jr.,  Jesse  Curtis,  Elijah 
Curtis,  Samuel  Brooks,  Joseph  Brooks,  Seth  Curtis,  Elisha  Sil 
vester,  Elisha  Palmer,  Lemuel  Bates,  Seth  Bates,  Nathaniel  Jos- 
selynn,  Nathaniel  Torrey,  Isaac  Stetson,  James  Whiting,  Joseph 
Nickerson,  Josiah  Mann,  Elijah  Gilbert,  Zachariah  Lambert, 
Benjamin  Bowker,  Japhet  Crocker,  Josiah  Damon,  Nathaniel 
Magoun,  and  others. 

In  the  pay  roll  of  the  four  independent  companies,  stationed  at 
Hull,  March  1,  1777,  are  the  names  of  Caleb  Silvester,  sergeant ; 
and  Henchman  Silvester,  Levi  Mann,  Joshua  Mann,  and  Cuffy 
Tilden,  privates.4 

In  the  roll  of  bounty  due  Capt.  Seth  Stower's  company,  in 
1777,  are  Calvin  Curtis,  Luther  Robbins,  Elisha  Curtis,  Reuben 
Curtis,  Cornelius  Silvester,  and  Ezra  Briggs.5 

There  were  doubtless  others  out  during  this  year,  but  the 
names  given,  are  all  we  have  found. 

Oct.  20,  1777,  £490  were  voted  for  the  pay  of  the  soldiers 
already  enlisted  ;  and  it  was  voted  to  purchase  105  Ibs.  of  pow 
der  for  a  town's  stock,  "  if  it  can  be  had  for  5s.  per  Ib."  A 

1  See  Marshall's  Washington,  vol.  1,  p.  106,  &c. 

2  Rev.  Rolls,  3,  302      »  Ib.  21,  266.         *  Ib.  37,  4.         5  Ib.  28,  25. 


124  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

committee  of  three  was  also  chosen,  agreeable  to  the  orders  of 
the  Provincial  Congress,  to  supply  the  families  of  soldiers  absent 
on  service. 

The  operations  for  1778,  were  quite  extensive.  Jan.  26,  a 
new  quota  was  called  for,  and  arrangements  were  made  to  obtain 
the  men.  April  6.  £200  were  voted  to  supply  the  soldiers' 
families. 

A  quota  of  shirts  being  called  for,  to  supply  the  army,  the  town 
voted  that  the   selectmen  should  purchase  the  same,  also  the 
"  shoes  and  stockings  called  for  by  the  Hon.  Court  of  this  State, 
as  cheap  as  they  can  "  ;  which  was  accordingly  done,  and  the  • 
supply  forwarded. 

In  April,  meetings  were  held  throughout  the  State,  to  act 
upon  the  draft  of  the  CONSTITUTION  which  had  been  prepared ; 
but  this  draft  was  so  objectionable,  that  few  towns  voted  in  its 
favor.  In  Hanover,  a  committee  of  fifteen  was  chosen  to  take  the 
subject  into  consideration,  and  report ;  and  at  a  meeting  held 
June  8,  at  which  seventy-three  persons  were  present,  they  "  voted 
the  plan  null  and  void  to  a  man." 

The  enlistments  for  this  year  were  as  follows : — The  Records  of 
the  town  speak  of  eleven  men,  as  engaged  April  11,  to  whom  a 
bounty  of  <£27  each  per  month  was  voted;  of  men  who  went  to 
Hull  the  3d  of  March  last,  to  whom  <£88  bounty  were  voted ;  of 
sixteen  men  raised,  June  22,  to  guard  the  New  England  States,  to 
whom  it  was  voted  to  give  £15  each,  per  month,  in  addition  to  the 
State's  pay, — these  being  for  the  secret  expedition  to  Rhode 
Island; — of  eleven  men  raised  June  29th,  for  six  months,  "to 
join  General  Sullivan  at  Providence,"  to  whom  $4  per  day  were v 
voted,  "  with  the  publick's  pay  "  ;  and  October  26th,  the  sum  of 
XS317  12s.  6d.  was  voted,  "  to  pay  the  men  that  are  and  have 
been  raised  since  October  last,  in  the  different  services  of  the 
Commonwealth." 

From  the  Revolutionary  Rolls,  we  gather  the  following  particu 
lars,  relating  to  the  service  this  year.  In  the  "  Pay  Roll  of 
Captain  Calvin  Curtis'  company,  in  Colonel  John  Jacobs  Regi 
ment,  of  Massachusetts,  from  Jan.  1, 1778,  to  Jan.  1, 1779," l  are 
the  following  Hanover  names,  viz  :  Calvin  Curtis,  captain  ;  and 

1  Rev.  Rolls,  1-147 


OPERATIONS   FOR  1778-9.  125 

Jabez  Studley,  Clement  Bates,  Neal  Bates,  Nathaniel  Josselynn, 
and  Abner  Studley,  privates.  In  the  "  Pay  Roll  of  Captain 
Abraham  Washburn's  company,  which  did  duty  near  Boston,  six 
months,  from  July  1,  1778,"  l  are  the  names  of  Caleb  Silvester, 
Seth  Perry,  Henchman  Silvester,  Thomas  Torrey,  Abner  Curtis, 
Elijah  Turner,  John  Turner,  Asa  Turner,  and  Job  Curtis. 

In  the  "  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Ichabod  Bonney's  company,  that 
did  duty  on  Castle  Island,  agreeable  to  an  order  of  Sept  7,  1778, 
discharged  Dec.  11,  and  allowed  four  days  to  return  home,"2  are 
the  names  of  Nathaniel  Chamberlin,  sergeant ;  Isaac  Turner,  cor 
poral  ;  Joseph  Barstow,  fifer  ;  and  Albert  Smith,  Elijah  Silvester, 
Caleb  Rogers,  Luther  Robbins,  Nathaniel  Torrey,  Benjamin 
Studley,  Job  Curtis,  Samuel  Garnet,  Josiah  Mann,  and  John 
Bosworth,  privates. 

In  Capt.  Joseph  Cliffs  company,  in  Col.  Whitney's  regiment, 
which  went  to  Rhode  Island,  in  July  1778,3  occur  the  names  of 
Joshua  Dwelley,  lieutenant ;  Snow  Curtis,  sergeant ;  and  Ben 
jamin  Studley,  Simeon  Curtis,  Job  Tilden,  Seth  Curtis,  Lemuel 
Bates,  Jacob  Silvester,  Luther  Robbins,  Seth  Bates,  Job  Barstow 
and  Eells  Damon,  privates. 

In  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  John  Turner's  company,  in  Colonel 
Eleazer  Brook's  regiment,  which  was  at  Cambridge,  from  Feb.  8? 
to  April  4,  1778,*  are  the  names  of  Asa  Whiting,  Benjamin  Bates, 
Seth  Bates,  Jonathan  Pratt,  Simeon  Curtis,  James  Whiting, 
Henry  Perry,  Samuel  Ramsdell,  and  Job  Silvester.  The  same 
names  are  on  the  Rolls  from  Feb.  18,  1777,  to  June  2, 1777. 

In  the  Rolls  for  eight  months  service  in  17  785  are  the  names 
of  Calvin  Curtis,  captain  ;  and  Reuben  Rose,  lieutenant.  ' 

Finally,  in  the  Muster  Roll  of  Militia  to  serve  in  Gate's  regi 
ment,  until  January  1,  1779,6  are  the  names  of  Amos  Turner,  and 
Joseph  Soper,  captains ;  and  Nathaniel  Josselynn,  jr.,  Abner 
Studley,  Joseph  Neal  Bates,  Clement  Bates,  and  Jabez  Studley, 
privates. 

On  the  Town  Records,  the  names  of  the  eleven  men,  raised 
April  12,  are  thus  given  :  — Joseph  Turner,  Solomon  Bryant, 
Gershom  Curtis,  Elijah  Stetson,  William  W.  Eells,  Lot  Ramsdell, 

1  Rev.Rolls,    24-94.  2  Ibid  25,  17.  8  Ibid  1,171. 

4  Ibid,  23,  155.  *I\>id}  1,  62. 


126  HISTOKY   OF  HANOVER. 

Thomas  Gross,  Ezra  Briggs,  jr.,   Francis  Josselynn,  Nathaniel 
House,  and  Melzar  Lindsey. 

1779.  The  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  this  year,  consisted 
of  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq.,  Benjamin  Studley,  John  Curtis,  Samuel 
Stetson,  Timothy  Robbins,  John  Hatch.  Prince  Stetson,  and 
Marlboro'  Turner.  On  the  9th  of  August,  the  Town  voted  to 
"  stand  by  the  doings  of  the  State  Convention  that  met  at  Con 
cord,  July  14;"  and  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq.,  was  chosen,  to 
"  meet  at  Cambridge  the  1st  of  September  next,  to  draw  a  form 
of  Government."  On  the  30th  of  August,  the  town  voted  tq 
"  stand  by  the  report  of  the  County  Committee  for  two  weeks  ;" 
and  Sept.  13,  it  was  voted  "  to  abide  by  the  regulations  of  the 
County  Committee  until  further  orders."  The  convention  al 
luded  to  in  the  last  two  votes,  was  held  at  Mr.  Caleb  Loring's,  in 
Plympton,  Aug.  24. 1  The  references  to  enlistments  for  this  year, 
on  the  town  records,  are  the  following  :  March  23. — A  commit 
tee  was  appointed  to  settle  "  with  the  eight  and  nine  months'  men, 
that  went  to  the  North  River."  July  5. — "  Three  men  were 
raised  for  an  expedition  of  nine  months  to  Springfield,  and  <£3 
per  month,  in  the  old  way,  and  the  Continental  wages,"  were 
voted  them.  Sept.  20. — "  Five  men "  were  raised  for  "  two 
months,  to  go  to  Rhode  Island,  and  £50  per  man,  were  voted 
them."  Oct.  4. — The  officers  of  the  companies  in  the  town  were 
instructed  to  hire  two  men  "  to  go  to  Rhode  Island,  the  first  of 
January."  Oct.  19. — "  Voted  to  pay  the  four  men  that  went  to 
North  River,  and  the  three  that  went  to  Rhode  Island." 

From  the  Revolutionary  Rolls,  our  gleanings  for  this  year  are 
but  few.  In  the  "  Pay  Roll  of  Lieut.  Abner  Dwelley's  compa 
ny,  in  an  expedition  to  Manchester,  in  the  Northern  Depart 
ment,"  8  are  the  names  of  Abner  Dwelley,  lieutenant;  and  John 
Skifle,  sergeant.  In  the  "Abstract  of  pay  due  Captain  Calvin 
Curtis'  company,  &c.,  July,  1779,3  for  two  months  after  arrival  in 
camp,  &c.,  are  the  names  of  Calvin  Curtis,  captain;  Reuben 
Curtis,  corporal ;  and  Leonard  Hill,  Jabez  Studley,  and  Joshua 
Palmer,  privates. 

It  is  to  be  regretted,  that  the  names  of  all  who  served  in  the 

1  Winsor,  Hist.  Dux.          2  Rev.  Rolls,  18,  222.     8  Ibid.  31,  163. 


THE   DARK   HOUR.  127 

army,  were  not  entered  on  the  records  of  the  town.  Had  this 
course  been  adopted,  it  would  have  been  easy  to  ascertain  who 
were  out,  and  the  time  they  were  absent.  But  to  the  confusion 
incident  to  the  general  disturbance  of  the  ordinary  functions  of 
government,  we  are  to  attribute  this  neglect;  and  when  we  con 
sider  the  highly  excited  state  of  the  public  mind,  and  the  anxiety 
which  prevailed  as  to  the  result  of  the  war,  we  should  be  thankful 
for  the  few  items  we  may  be  able  to  glean. 

1780.  Committee  of  Correspondence  :  Joseph  Gushing,  Esq., 
Calvin  Curtis,  Joseph  Soper,  jr.,  Israel  Perry,  Benjamin  Bass. 
David  Jacobs,  John  Hatch,  Robert  L.  Eells,  and  Snow  Curtis. 

March  9.  Voted,  to  give  the  five  men  that  went  to  Rhode 
Island,  last  Fall,  for  two  months,  £189,  each. 

April  10.  £5,000  were  raised  for  the  use  of  the  town,  and 
the  pay  of  soldiers. 

June  16.  -A  meeting  held,  to  raise  fifteen  men  for  six  months, 
to  go  to  Springfield,  and  a  Committee  was  chosen  to  engage  them. 

June  26.  "  Agreed  to  give  the  soldiers  thirty  silver  dollars. 
per  month,  and  the  Continent's  pay." 

June  27.  £1,000,  hard  money,  voted,  to  pay  the  six 
months'  men  with ;  and  a  Committee  chosen,  to  settle  with  the 
three  men  that  went  to  North  River,  last  Summer. 

July  3.  Voted,  to  give  the  three  months'  men,  being  eighteen 
in  number,  "  one  silver  dollar,  or  one  bushel  of  corn,  per  day, 
which  ever  they  may  choose."  July  6.  Voted,  the  eighteen  men. 
called  for  June  22,  the  same  that  the  six  months'  men  had.'' 
July  21.  £500,  in  silver,  raised  to  pay  the  soldiers  with.  Oct. 
23.  A  meeting  held,  to  get  a  quantity  of  beef,  for  the  use  of  the 
State  ;  and  it  was  voted  to  raise  $35,320,  to  purchase  the  same. 
Oct.  30.  £3,160,  voted,  "  to  supply  the  soldier's  families." 

A  glance  at  the  foregoing  votes,  shows  the  confusion  and  dis 
tress  which  prevailed  at  this  period. 

The  war  had  lasted  over  four  years.  The  private  business  of 
the  soldiers  had  been  neglected.  And  though  their  families  were 
comfortably  supported,  yet  the  prospect  for  the  future  was  gloomy 
and  threatening. 

It  was  the  country's  dark  hour.  The  currency  was  depreci 
ated.  The  army  was  suffering.  The  most  sanguine  were  be- 


128  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

coming  discouraged.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  noble  generosity  of 
a  few,  and  the  determined  energy  of  George  Washington,  the 
Commander-in- Chief,  all  would  have  been  lost.  Enlistments  pro 
ceeded  slowly.  Patriotism,  if  not  flagging,  was  beginning  to  de 
spair.  But,  by  desperate  efforts,  by  earnest  entreaties,  and  by 
liberal  promises,  the  army  was  recruited,  funds  were  procured, 
and  the  movements  of  the  troops  successfully  conducted. 

It  is  probable,  that  many  of  the  soldiers  named  in  the  foregoing 
lists,  served  in  the  army  this  year,  and,  perhaps,  to  the  close  of 
the  war.  The  policy  of  three  years'  enlistments  had  been 
adopted ;  and  many  were  entered  "  during  the  war."  Our 
extracts  from  the  Rolls,  for  this  year,  are  few. 

In  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Turner's  Company,  in  Col.  John 
Jacobs'  Regiment,1  &c.,  are  the  names  of  Amos  Turner,  Captain  ; 
Benjamin  Stetson,  first  Lieutenant ;  Luther  Robbins,  Sergeant ; 
and  Amos  Berry,  Levi  Bates,  Job  Tilden,  Dowty  Bates,  Theoph- 
ilus  Witherell,  Benjamin  Bates,  jr.,  Nathaniel  Barstow,  James 
Woodward,  Elisha  Palmer,  and  Samuel  Baldwin,  Privates. 

1781,  Jan.  8.  A  meeting  held  to  raise  eighteen  men,  for  three 
years,  or  during  the  war,  and  a  Committee  chosen  "  to  petition  the 
General  Court  to  lessen  the  number  called  for  from  this  town." 
The  sum  of  $100,  in  hard  money,  was  voted  to  each  man  that 
shall  engage,  and  Capt.  Luther  Bailey  was  directed  "  to  get  the 
men,  if  he  could,  for  that  encouragement." 

March  5.  Men  raised  for  Rhode  Island,  for  forty  days. 
Committee  of  Safety :  Capt.  Joseph  Soper,  John  Hatch,  David 
Jacobs,  Benjamin  Studley,  Timothy  Rose,  Jesse  Curtis,  Thomas 
Whiting,  jr.,  Seth  Bailey,  Abner  Curtis,  Marlboro'  Turner,  John 
Stetson,  Joseph  Brooks,  and  Simeon  Curtis. 

July  9.  A  meeting  held  to  raise  two  men,  for  Rhode  Island, 
for  five  months,  and  a  bounty  of  five  shillings  per  day  was  voted 
to  each,  with  a  like  allowance  for  every  twenty  miles'  travel 
home,  when  discharged,  —  the  same  to  be  paid  in  silver  money. 

July  30.  Voted,  to  raise  ,£116.  7s.,  in  silver,  for  the  purchase 
of  beef,  and  a  Committee  having  reported  that  beef  could  be  had 
for  four  pence  per  pound,  it  was  voted,  "  that  all  those  that  turn 

'Rev.  Rolls,  3,  164. 


INCIDENTS    SUBSEQUENT   TO    THE    WAR.  129 

in  four  silver  dollars  to  the  Committee,  be  allowed  one  hundred 
pounds  of  beef  for  the  same." 

August  8.  Men  raised  for  West  Point,  for  three  months,  and 
six  shillings  per  day  were  voted  them,  and  ten  dollars  each, 
before  marching. 

The  only  entry  I  have  found  on  the  Revolutionary  Rolls,  for 
this  year,  is  the  following  : 

In  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Sopor's  Company,  in  Col. 
Theophilus  Cotton's  Regiment,  for  service  done  in  the  State  of 
Rhode  Island,  in  March,  1781,1  are  the  names  of  Joseph  Soper, 
Captain  ;  John  Hatch,  and  Michael  Silvester,  Lieutenants  ;  Com 
fort  Bates,  Sergeant ;  Neal  Bates,  and  Josiah  Chamberlain,  Cor 
porals  ;  Reuben  Curtis,  Drummer  ;  Joseph  Turner,  Fifer ;  and 
Samuel  Perry,  Nathaniel  Clarke,  Cornelius  Turner,  Benjamin 
Bates,  Jabez  Studley,  Ezra  Briggs,  Clement  Bates,  Gershom 
Curtis,  Benjamin  Bates,  jr.,  and  Edmund  Silvester,  Privates. 

In  the  foregoing  sketch,  we  do  not  claim  to  have  presented  the 
names  of  all  who  enlisted  in  the  war  from  Hanover.  We  have, 
however,  given  as  full  a  list  as  our  means  permitted.  And  what 
we  have  furnished,  is  sufficient  to  show,  that  the  citizens  of  this 
town  failed  not  of  their  duty  in  the  great  struggle  for  freedom, 
but  performed  their  part  with  fidelity  and  zeal. 

Our  limits  do  not  allow  us  to  enter  more  at  large  into  the  gen 
eral  details  of  the  war  ;  neither  can  we  narrate  all  the  incidents 
of  a  traditionary  character,  which  exist  in  the  town.  Many  of 
these  are  of  interest ;  but  the  fund  of  anecdotes  already  in  exist 
ence,  and  published  to  the  world,  is  such  as  not  to  require 
enlargement  by  us. 

Of  the  incidents  subsequent  to  the  war,  we  have  but  little  to 
say.  In  1784,  a  Committee  of  nine  was  chosen  to  consider  the 
offer  of  five  years  pay  to  the  officers  of  the  Revolution,  and  report ; 
and  February  9,  the  Committee  reported,  that  "  Scituate,  Marsh- 
field,  Pembroke,  and  Abington,  be  invited  to  send  a  man  or  men 
from  their  town  to  meet  a  man  or  men  from  this  town,  at  such 
time  and  place  as  they  shall  think  proper,  to  consult  what  is  best 
to  be  done,  concerning  the  pay  of  the  Continental  Officers." 

aRev.  Rolls,  3,  134. 


180  HISTORY   OF  HAXOVER. 

March  15,  Lt.  Benj.  Studley,  and  Mr.  ]\Ielzar  Curtis  were  chosen 
to  meet  at  the  Widow  Loring's,  with  the  County  Convention,  to 
consult  about  the  "  officers  pay." 

1794,  July  28.  "  Voted,  that  the  town  will  take  into  considera 
tion  the  law  of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  particularly  as 
it  respects   the   raising  the  men  ordered  to  be  procured  in  this 
town." 

August  9.  Chose  a  Committee  to  procure  the  men  when 
called  for  into  actual  service.  "  Voted,  that  the  town  will  give 
those  men  who  are  returned  by  the  officers,  six  shillings  per  day, 
or  three  shillings  for  each  half  day,  they  shall  be  called  upon  for 
service.  Voted,  that  the  town  will  indemnify  the  Committee,  they 
procuring  the  men  as  cheap  as  they  can." 

1795,  November  9.  A  meeting  was  held  to  "  take  into  consider 
ation  the  loss  of  the  Town's  stock  of  powder,  —  the  same   having 
been  stolen,  —  and  to  adopt  such  measures   as   may  be   thought 
best  calculated  to  recover  the  same  or  the  value  thereof,"  and  a 
Committee  was  chosen  to  "  prosecute  such   person  or   persons  as 
may  appear  to  them  expedient." 

1797,  October  23.  Voted  to  give  the  men  who  shall  be  de 
tached  by  the  Commanding  Officers  of  the  two  Companies,  by  order 
of  Goverment,  or  such  as  shall  voluntarily  enlist,  $1  per  day,  for 
each  day  they  shall  be  called  upon  for  service.  Chose  a  Com 
mittee  to  procure  men  when  called  for,  into  actual  service,  to 
serve  in  their  stead,  and  voted  to  indemnify  them  for  all  expenses 
accruing. 

1799.  Voted  to  allow  the  training  band  nine  shillings  compen 
sation,  for  two  days  at  the  Brigade  muster  at  Halifax,  —  the  offi 
cers  to  send  a  list  of  the  same  to  the  assessors. 

The  foregoing  notes  bring  us  to  the  time  when  the  Hanover 
Artillery  Company  was  formed  ;  and  the  History  of  this  Company. 
and  the  sketch  of  the  war  of  1812,  will  form  the  subjoct  of  the  en 
suing  chapter. 


CHAPTER    IX 

MILITARY  HISTORY   CONTINUED. 

Military  Companies  subsequent  to  the  Revolution  —  Haiover  Artillen  Company  — 
Hanover  Light  Infantry  Company  —  Hanover  Rifle»  Company  —  \Varofl812-— 
List  of  Soldiers. 

Although  it  has  never  been  the  policy  of  the  American  people, 
to  encourage  the  formation  of  a  standing  army,  for  national  de 
fence,  yet  the  military  spirit,  awakened  by  the  Revolution,  con 
tinued  to  animate  the  public  mind  for  many  years  ;  and  for  some 
time  after  the  war  of  1812,  military  offices  were  held  in  much 
greater  esteem  than  now,  and  military  parades  were  frequent,  and 
attracted  considerable  attention.  Hence  military  companies  have 
existed  in  almost  every  town,  in  New  England,  down  to  a  com 
paratively  recent  period ;  but  the  Legislation  of  Massachusetts, 
for  the  past  twenty  years,  has  done  little  to  revive  or  encour 
age  the  war  spirit,  and  its  concomitants. 

From  1783  to  1794,  we  find  but  one  regularly  organized  com 
pany  in  Hanover,  which  was  commonly  known  as  the  "  old  mili 
tia  company,"  and  which  was  commanded  by  Col.  John  B.  Bar- 
stow,  prior  to  the  year  1800. 

During  t^e  administration  of  the  elder  Adams,  a  second  com 
pany  was  formed,  which  was  commanded  by  Capt.  Timothy 
Rose  ;  but  this  continued  in  existence  for  a  few  years  only,  and 
was  eventually  merged  into  the  Hanover  Artillery  Company — the 
only  company  now  in  existence  in  the  town. 

This  last  company  was  established  about  the  year  1798,  under 
the  auspices  of  Benj.  Whitman,  Esq.,  then  settled  as  a  lawyer 
in  Hanover,  of  whose  history  we  have  elsewhere  spoken. 
Mr.  Whitman  was  the  first  Captain  ;  his  subalterns  being,  Dr. 
Melzar  Dwelley,  1st  Lieut.,  and  Dr.  Charles  Turner,  2d  Lieut. 


132  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

The  equipments  of  the  members  were,  to  each  a  white  leather 
belt,  with  a  brass  breast-plate  ;  coats  of  blue  cloth  faced  with  red, 
with  brass  buttons,  and  cord  ;  pants  and  vest  of  a  buflf  color ; 
and  the  old  fashioned  cJiapeaux  des  bras,  or  cocked  hats,  of  fur, 
surmounted  with  a  black  jlume,  tipped  with  red. 

The  Company,  at  its  parades,  is  said  to  have  made  a  fine  ap 
pearance  ;  its  officers  were  gentlemen  of  high  respectability  ;  and 
no  company,  at  the  annual  gatherings,  on  the  muster  field,  attrac 
ted  to  itself  more  notice,  or  elicited  warmer  applause  for  the  skill- 
fulness  of  its  manoeuvres.  A  fine  band  of  music  usually  attended 
it ;  and  everything  connected  with  the  Company  was  such,  that 
the  few  survivors,  who  were  among  its  earliest  members,  speak  of 
it  with  an  enthusiasm,  which  age  has  not  damped,  nor  time 
abated. 

The  Armory  stood,  in  the  first  instance,  on  the  rising  ground, 
still  known  as  "  Gun-house  Hill,"  near  the  residence  of  Mr. 
Robert  Silvester ;  and  during  the  Captaincy  of  Mr.  Whitman, 
the  Company  often  marched  to  the  Four  Corners,  for  review. 
Here,  too,  in  the  hall,  over  the  store  of  Mr.  Silas  Morton,  the  fes 
tivities  of  election  and  parade  days,  were  celebrated  ;  —  the  col 
lations  served,  and  the  "  suppers"  eaten.  It  is  said,  that,  on  one 
occasion,  the  Company  was  marched  to  the  Corners  for  parade, 
and  a  large  number  of  spectators  were  present  at  the  review, — 
among  others,  Kilborn  Whitman,  Esq.,  a  brother  of  the  Captain, 
from  the  adjoining  town  of  Pembroke.  When  seated  at  the  din 
ner  table,  their  guest  was  called  upon  for  a  "  toast,"  as  the  glas 
ses  circulated  ;  and,  rising  with  much  dignity  and  impressiveness, 
he  gave,  "  The  Hanover  Artillery  Company  ;  may  their  pieces 
be  loaded  with  true  New  England  principles,  wadded  with  Jacob- 
Jnism,  and  pointed  against  every  aspiring  demagogue,"  —  a  toast, 
which,  however  exceptionable  to  some,  and  gratifying  to  others 
was  drank  with  the  usual  cheers,  perhaps  for  the  sake  of  the 
New  England  in  the  glasses. 

In  1806,  Albert  Smith  was  chosen   Captain  of  the   Company 
and,  at  his  request,  the  town  voted  that  "  the  Artillery    Company 
may  move    the  Gun-house   on  the   Town's  land  near  the  meeting 
house,"  and    Capt.  John   B.  Barstow,  Capt.    Daniel  Barstow, 
Israel  Perry,   Capt.  Joshua   Mann,  and   Capt.    Clement  Bates, 


HANOVER   RIFLE   COMPANY.  133 

were  appointed  a  Committee  to.  select  a  site  for  the  same.  The 
site  chosen,  was  in  the  rear  of  the  meeting  house,  on  one  corner 
of  the  old  burial  ground  ;  and  here  the  house  stood  until  a  new 
one  was  erected. 

In  October,  1806,  the  Selectmen  were  instructed  to  purchase 
"  what  poivder  is  wanted  for  the  company  ;  "  in  Oct.  1808,  they 
were  instructed  to  purchase  "  four  camp  kettles  for  the  company ;" 
and  in  1811,  they  were  instructed  to  "  complete  the  town's  stock 
of  military  equipments." 

In  1819,  Elisha  Barrell,  jr.,  being  chosen  Captain,  it  was 
deemed  advisable  to  erect  a  new  Gun-house;  and  Captain 
Barrell  applied  to  the  Adjutant  General,  for  aid  from  the  State, 
and  in '  November  of  that  year,  the  Selectmen  were  appointed 
"  agents  to  convey  to  the  Commonwealth,  land  whereon  to  set  a 
Gun-house,"  and  the  same  was  erected,  being  that  now  occu 
pied  by  the  Company,  and  standing  near  the  centre  of  the  town. 
We  do  not  know  that  we  can  give  a  complete  list  of  the  officers 
of  this  Company ;  but  the  names  of  the  Captains,  so  far  as  we 
have  learned,  were  as  follows  :  Benj.  Whitman,  Esq. ;  Albert 
Smith,  Esq.  ;  Hon.  E.  F.  Jacobs,  of  Scituate  ;  Elisha  Barrell,  jr. ; 
Edward  Curtis  ;  Levi  Curtis ;  Elias  W.  Pratt ;  William  Morse  ; 
Isaac  H.  Haskins ;  Wm.  Thomas ;  Joseph  Brooks,  jr.  ;  James 
House  ;  Daniel  Barstow,  jr. ;  James  Brooks  ;  Benjamin  N.  Curtis  ; 
Charles  Brooks ;  an4  Duncan  T.  Stoddard,  the  present  Captain. 

During  the  residence  of  Col.  Jesse  Reed,  in  Hanover,  an  Inde 
pendent  Infantry  Company  was  formed,  under  his  auspices,  of 
which  he  was  commander,  which  lasted  for  some  years,  but  was 
finally  disbanded. 

About  the  year  1816,  the  Hanover  Rifle  Company  was  formed, 
of  which  Elijah  Hay  ward,  was  the  first  captain ;  and  after  him. 
Hosea  Whitman,  William  Josselynn,  Nathan  Dwelley,  Samuel 
Bennett,  and  others,  commanded  it,  until  its  removal  to  Hanson. 
It  was  annexed  to  the  2nd  Regiment,  1st  Brigade,  5th  Division, 
of  the  Massachusetts  Militia,  and  the  Commissions  of  Captain 
Dwelley  we  have  seen.  The  members  of  the  Company  were  from 
Hanover,  Scituate,  Marshfield,  Pembroke,  Hanson,  &c.  Their 
uniform  and  equipments,  consisted  of  green  pants  and  coat ;  a 
felt  cap,  with  a  long  green  plume  ;  and  to  each  a  rifle,  knapsack, 


134  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

&c.  The  arms  were  kept  at  their  own  houses.  The  company 
met  at  the  Four  Corners,  for  review,  near  the  Episcopal  Church- 
Their  band  consisted  of  two  fifers,  two  tenor  drummers,  one  bass 
drummer,  and  sometimes  performers  on  the  clarionet  and  bugle. 
There  was  no  practice  of  "  target  shooting,"  by  the  company  ; 
but  it  attended  the  musters  held  at  Church-hill,  in  Scituate  ;  in 
Pembroke,  near  Horace  Collamore's  ;  and  elsewhere. 

Mr.  Dwelley  was  chosen  Ensign  in  1820  ;  on  which  occasion,  a 
standard  was  presented,  and  an  address  delivered,  by  one  of 
the  young  ladies  of  the  town.  The  clergy  of  the  neighborhood  were 
present  on  the  occasion ;  and  an  assemblage  of  from  two  to  three 
hundred  spectators,  among  whom  were  the  ladies,  dressed  in 
white,  each  with  a  green  ribbon  encircling  the  waist ;  and  Miss 
Eliza  Stetson,  who  delivered  the  address,  was  accompanied  by 
Miss  Eells,  now  the  wife  of  Capt.  Dwelley,  and  Miss  Ruth  Stock- 
bridge.  The  standard  being  presented,  and  waved,  the  music 
cheered,  and  the  company,  with  their  guests,  marched  to  the  hall, 
opened  right  and  left,  the  ladies  entered,  the  refreshments  were 
served,  and  the  remainder  of  the  day  was  passed  in  partaking  of 
cake,  tea,  lemonade,  and  strong  drinks,  which,  in  some  cases, 
proved  a  little  too  strong  for  those  who  partook  too  freely. 

Having  a  copy  of  the  address  delivered  by  Miss  Stetson,  we 
present  it  as  a  memorial  connected  with  the  history  of  the  com 
pany. 

"  Sir, — The  Ladies  of  Hanover  and  its  vicinity,  impressed  with 
a  high  sense  of  the  merits  of  the  Rifle  Company,  in  their  behalf, 
I  present  you  this  Standard,  in  full  confidence  that  you  will  not 
suffer  it  to  be  wrested  from  you,  nor  its  reputation  sullied.  To  be 
a  lover  of  peace  while  prepared  for  war,  is  a  characteristic  of  the 
American  soldier ;  but  though  peace  is  our  anxious  wish,  we  would 
not  have  it  purchased  or  preserved  by  the  surrender  of  any  of 
those  rights  and  privileges  procured  and  transmitted  to  us  by  our 
Fathers.  Should  any  insolent  foe  attempt  to  deprive  us  of  these 
dear-bought,  and  invaluable  blessings,  then,  Sir,  think  of  this  ban 
ner  !  Think  of  our  ancestors  !  and  you  must  be  brave !  Re 
member  ~yo\ir  friends,  and  you  will  conquer  /" 


WAR  OF  1812.  135 


WAR  OP  1812. 


Of  the  causes  which  led  to  the  war  of  1812,  we  need  not 
speak  at  large  here.  Its  history  is  so  recent,  that  the  materials 
for  its  investigation  are  ample  and  complete.  We  shall  only 
notice  the  proceedings  of  the  citizens  of  Hanover,  and  this  but 
briefly,  as  many  other  matters  yet  remain  to  be  treated,  and  our 
space  is  limited. 

June  2,  1812.  The  town  voted,  "  to  make  soldiers  up  $15 
per  month,  with  what  the  Government  pay,  when  called  upon  for 
actual  service.?  Also,  "  voted,  to  give  them  $1  per  day,  for 
every  day  they  are  called  out  of  town  to  do  duty." 

Aug.  3.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  resolutions,  ex 
pressing  the  views  of  the  town  concerning  the  war ;  and  these 
resolves  were  recorded,  and  copies  sent  "  for  publication  in  the 
Republican  newspapers  in  Boston." 

The  Committee  of  Safety  for  this  year,  consisted  of  Turner 
Stetson,  Albert  Smith,  Aaron  Hobart,  jr.,  Joshua  Mann,  and 
Snow  Curtis.  The  Selectmen  were  likewise  instructed  to  pur 
chase  a  town's  stock  of  powder,  and  $50  were  voted  to  pay  for 
the  same. 

In  1814,  the  Selectmen  were  instructed  to  "  hire  such  sums  of 
money  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safety  of  the  town  during  the 
war."  Also,  "  voted,  to  make  up  the  soldier's  pay  to  $20  per 
month,  until  October  l,and  those  that  have  been  called  out  before, 
and  the  non-commissioned  officers  to  receive  the  same  pay."  The 
selectmen  were  likewise  instructed,  to  "furnish  the  militia  with  a 
suitable  number  of  cartridges." 

The  Committee  of  Safety  for  this  year,  consisted  of  Aaron 
Hobart,  jr.,  Esq.,  Isaiah  Wing,  Esq.,  Elijah  Hay  ward,  John  B. 
Barstow,  and  Benjamin  Stockbridge. 

A  detachment  of  the  Artillery  Company  of  the  town,  under 
Lieut.  Elisha  Barrell,  jr.,  was  at  Scituate  harbor,  for  sixty-eight 
days,  from  July  1,  to  September  6,  1814  ;  and  the  whole  com 
pany,  under  Captain  Edward  F.  Jacobs,  was  at  Plymouth,  from 
September  19  to  October  19,  1814. 


136 


HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 


The  following,  from  the  pay  roll  of  the  company,  is  a  list  of  the 
officers  and  matrosses,  who  went  to  Plymouth. 


Capt.  E.  F.  Jacobs, 

Lieut.  Elisha  Barrell,  jr., 
"      Edward  Curtis, 

Sergt.  Amos  Dunbar, 
"     Stephen  Jacobs, 
"     Levi  Curtis, 
"     Stephen  Curtis, 

Corpl.  Calvin  D.  Wilder, 
"     Reuben  Curtis,1] 
"     Oren  Josselynn, 
"     Elias  Barrell, 

Luther  Turner, 

Eleazer  Josselynn 

Gideon  Perry, 

Levi  Perry, 

Matrosses. 

John  Clapp, 

Luther  Curtis, 

Robert  Curtis, 

Elisha  Magoun, 

Nathaniel  Curtis, 

Elias  Magoun, 

Nathaniel  Farrow, 

Lewis  Gross, 


Ozias  Whiting, 
Charles  Bailey,  jr., 
Benjamin  S.  Munroe, 
Joseph  Brooks,  jr., 
Joseph  Sylvester, 
Benjamin  C.  Pratt, 
Justus  Whiting, 
Barker  Wing, 
John  Jones,  jr., 
Piam  Damon, 
Cyrus  White, 
John  Curtis, 
Melzar  Curtis, 
Joshua  Stetson, 
Job  Curtis, 
David  T.  Joyce, 
John  Gross, 
Benjamin  Bowker, 
Gideon  Studley ,  jr. , 
Lemuel  Curtis, 
Joseph  Damon, 
Gad  Bailey, 
Benjamin  H.  Clark, 
Allen  Clapp. 


CHAPTER  X. 

MANUFACTURES   AND   TRADE. 

"  Yet  I  exult, 

Casting  reserve  away,  exult  to  see  -i 

An  intellectual  mastery 'exercised 
O'er  the  blind  elements  :  a  purpose  given, 
A  perseverance  fed,  almost  a  soul 
Imparted,  to  brute  matter." 

WORDSWORTH. 

History  of  Manufactures  in  the  town  —  Forges  and  Furnaces  —  Bardin's,  now  the 
Curtis  Forge — Barstow's,  now  Sylvester's  Forge — Dyer's,  now  Perry's  Tack  Fac 
tory  —  Sketch  of  the  Life  of  Col.  Jesse  Reed  —  The  Drinkwater  Works,  now 
Bates  and  Holmes  —  Barker's  Foundry —  Salmond's  Tack  Works  —  Tolman's 
Mills  —  Saw  and  Grist  Mills  —  Plough  Manufacture,  and  Sketch  of  the  Life  of 
David  Prouty —  Other  branches  of  Industry. 

To  attempt  to  give  a  full  sketch  of  the  history  of  manufactures 
and  trade,  in  this  town,  would  require  far  more  space  than  we  can 
spare  for  the  subject ; — nor  would  such  a  sketch,  which  must 
necessarily  be  principally  statistical,  be  generally  interesting.  We 
should  be  happy  to  give  a  list  of  the  names  of  all,  who  have,  at 
different  periods,  been  owners  of  the  forges,  furnaces,  saw-mills, 
grist-mills,  &c.,  -which  have  been  erected ;  as  well  as  of  those  who 
have  engaged  in  trade,  and  other  branches  of  industry  ;  but, 
apart  from  the  fact  that  authentic  records  are  wanting,  from  which, 
to  draw  these  names,  and  the  difficulty  of  obtaining  them  only 
from  tradition,  such  a  list,  however  gratifying  as  a  memorial  of 
family  enterprise,  could  only  be  regarded  as  a  sort  of  muster-roll., 
telling  who  had  served,  it  is  true,  but  not  much  of  what  they  had. 
accomplished. 

We  do  not  propose,  however,  to  pass  the  subject  by  in  silence-,. 
On  the  contrary,  in  itself,  it  is  of  far  too  much  importance,  to  be 
treated  with  neglect,  and  the  place  which  it  occupies  in  our  history 
is  too  conspicuous  to  be  entirely  overlooked.  The  town  of  Ilamv 
ver  has  done  something,  in  the  line  of  manufacturing  enterprise,  as 
the  statistics  of  the  State  show ;  and  considering  the  many  dis 
advantages  under  which  our  population  have  labored,  from 
many  sources,  we  think  that  what  has  been  done,  is  highly 
creditable  to  their  industry  and  perseverance. 


138  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

The  petition  for  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  states  that  there 
were,  then  within  its  limits,  "  five  saw-nulls,  and  three  iron-mills, 
and  others,"  probably  grist-mills. 

As  the  names  of  these  mills,  and  of  the  owners,  are  not  given, 
we  are  left  to  learn  them  from  the  few  hints  scattered  over  our 
records. 

FORGES,     TACK   WORKS,   ETC. 

As  early  as  1704,  according  to  Deane,  Bardin's  Iron  Works 
were  erected  on  the  Indian  Head  River ;  and  these  are  called,  on 
the  records  of  the  town,  in  1730,  the  "  old  iron  works."  Thomas 
and  Joseph  Josselynn,  were  owners  of  the  same,  before  1743,  and 
they  were  afterwards  improved  by  Seth,  Philip,  Isaac,  and  John 
R.  Josselynn,  and  otjhers.  They  are  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr. 
George  Curtis,  who  is  engaged  principally  in  the  manufacture  of 
Anchors,  and  other  heavy  forge  work.  On  the  Pembroke  side  of 
the  stream,  and  opposite  these  works,  stands  an  old  saw-mill,  now 
owned  by  Messrs.  George  Curtis,  and  Capt.  Haviland  Torrey ; 
also  a  carding-mill,  first  built  by  Jesse  Reed,  at  a  spot  farther  up 
the  stream,  and  moved  from  thence  to  its  present  locality.  This, 
too,  is  owned  by  Mr.  Curtis.  A  small  furnace  stood  on  the  same 
side  of  the  stream  some  years  ago,  but  it  is  now  gone. 

The  Curtis  family  has  been  connected  with  these  works  at  least 
sixty  years,  or  since  1790,  though  Seth  Josselynn  continued  to  be 
an  owner  until  1803,  and  Lemuel  Dwelley,  as  late  as  1839. 
Benj.  Studley,  and  John  R.  Josselynn,  were  part  owners  in  1791, 
at  which  date  they  disposed  of  their  interest  to  Lemuel  Curtis. 
The  year  previous,  or  in  1790,  Lemuel  Curtis  sold  one  fourth  of 
the  forge,  &c.  to  Reuben  and  Consider  Curtis,  and  Reuben  dis 
posed  of  his  fourth  to  George  Curtis,  in  1831. 

In  1839,  Lemuel  Dwelley,  sold  his  half  to  George  Curtis,  and 
since  that  period,  the  last  named  gentleman  has  conducted  the 
works  individually. 

The  first  works  owned  by  the  Curtis  family,  as  also  the  build 
ing  erected  for  a  corn-mill  in  1832,  were  destroyed  by  fire  in 
1848,  and  new  buildings  have  been  since  erected.  The  old  saw 
mill,  on  the  Pembroke  side,  yet  remains,  and  is  used  some  every 
winter ;  —  also  the  old  carding-mill,  though  the  wool  carding  busi- 


CURTIS   FORGE. 


139 


ness,  which  was  once  very  good,  is  now  comparatively  worthless. 
This  mill  was  leased  to  Mr.  Edward  Y.  Perry,  for  two  years,  from 
1836-38,  for  running  tack  machines. 

Mr.  Curtis  employs,  in  his  anchor  works,  about  sixteen  hands,  and 
manufactures  from  200  to  250  tons  of  anchors  per  year.  Busi 
ness  has  always  been  active  at  this  place ;  and,  for  nearly  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years,  from  amidst  the  charming  and  romantic 
scenery  around,  has  ascended  the  smoke  of  the  furnace,  and  the 
loud  din  of  the  descending  hammer  may  be  heard  daily. 

It  is  said  that,  from  twenty-five  to  thirty  years  ago,  anchors 
were  made  for  the  United  States  Government  at  this  Forge,  some 
of  which  were  of  great  size,  weighing  five  tons!  Since  the  erec 
tion  of  the  works  at  Washington,  private  contracts  have  been  dis 
continued. 

Formerly  ship-knees,  of  iron,  were  made  here  ;  but  at  present, 
wooden  knees  are  considered  quite  as  serviceable,  and  are  gene 
rally  preferred. 

The  anchors  made  by  Mr.  Curtis,  are  for  merchant  ships 
and  other  vessels,  and  range  in  weight  from  100  to  5000  Ibs. 

We  annex  a  view  of  the  "  Old  Forge." 


Bars!  ow's  Forge,  to  which  we  have  alluded  on  p.  19,  was 
erected  in  1720,  and  was  occupied  by  the  Barstow  family,  until 
the  removal  of  Joshua,  to  Exeter,  N.  H.,  in  1795,  when  it  was 
purchased  by  the  Salmonds,  and  was  improved  by  them,  and  by 
Nathaniel  Gushing,  and  Charles  Josselynn,  for  about  thirty  years. 


140  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

In  1828,  Mr.  Salmond  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  works  to 
Thomas  Hobart,  of  Abington,  who  had  been  part  owner  for  several 
years  ;  and  at  that  time  there  were,  on  the  premises,  one  forge  for 
the  manufacture  of  bar  iron,  one  anchor  shop,  one  tack  factory, 
and  a  corn  mill.  Mr.  John  Silvester,  who  is  still  connected  with 
the  works,  entered  them  at  about  this  date.  About  one  hundred 
tons  of  bar  iron  were  made  per  year,  and  one  hundred  tons  of 
anchors.  Of  tack  machines,  from  twelve  to  fourteen  were  run,  and 
from  two  to  three  tons  of  tacks  were  made  a  week. 

About  the  year  1825,  Messrs.  Hobart  &  Salmond  had  a  con 
tract  from  the  United  States  Government  for  the  manufacture  of 
anchors  for  the  Navy,  and  several  were  made  for  seventy-four 
gun-ships,  of  the  largest  size  ever  forged  probably. 

As  far  back  as  the  period  of  the  Revolution,  quite  a  business  is 
said  to  have  been  done  at  this  forge,  in  the  manufacture  of  cannon 
balls  by  Mr.  Barstow,  and  he  is  spoken  of  as  one  of  the  most  en 
terprising  men  ever  in  the  town.  He  melted  his  iron  at  an  ordi 
nary  forge  fire,  and  moulded  his  balls  in  the  bottom  of  the  forge. 

At  present,  the  works,  which  are  conducted  by  Mr.  Silvester, 
are  adapted  principally  to  forging  anchors,  shaftings,  locomotive 
cranks,  and  wagon  axles.  Mr.  Silvester  commenced  the  manufac 
ture  of  locomotive  cranks  as  early  as  1830,  and  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  in  this  branch  of  business. 

Many  tack  machines  are  built  here  yearly,  though  the  tack 
business  is  not  conducted  at  the  place  as  formerly.  About  one 
hundred  and  fifty  tons  of  iron  are  used  at  this  forge. 

Between  the  Curtis  Forge,  and  that  of  Mr.  Silvester,  and  at 
a  place  called  "  Project  Dale,"  stands  the  tack  factory  of  Mr. 
Edward  Y.  Perry,  moved  to  this  spot  by  Mr.  Charles  Dyer,  about 
the  year  1830,  from  Col.  Reed's  dam,  of  which  we  shall  soon 
speak.  There  was  an  old  dam,  a  grist  mill,  and  carding  mill, 
on  the  premises. 

From  papers,  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Dyer,  we  learn  that 
James  Torrey  had  a  fulling-mill  at  this  spot,  in  1737,  at  which  date 
the  place  was  called  Project  Dale.  Mr.  Torrey  had  bought  fifty- 
two  acres  of  land  of  Wm.  Clift,  deceased  ;  and  five  acres,  with  a 
dwelling  house,  of  Joseph  Smith,  in  1730.  This  mill  privilege  was 
sold  to  Thomas  Josselynn,  in  1737.  and,  for  some  time,  the  plac 


PERRY'S  TACK  WORKS.  141 

•was  known  as  "  Josselynn's  Corn-mill,"  and  the  lane  leading  to 
it,  as  "  Mill  Lane." 

During  the  latter  part  of  the  18th  century,  Joseph  Stetson 
was  proprietor  of  this  mill,  at  which  date  it  was  known  as  "  Stetson's 
mill  ;"  and  at  his  decease,  it  was  sold  by  his  administrators,  to 
Lemuel  Curtis,  who  gave  it  to  Nathaniel  Curtis,  and  by  him  it  was 
sold  to  Mr.  Elisha  Hobart.  It  is  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Mr. 
Curtis,  and  is  occupied  by  Mr.  Perry. 

Mr.  Dyer  conducted  the  works  for  ten  years,  from  1829  to 
1839,  as  agent  for  Mr.  Hobart,  after  which  he  formed  a  partner 
ship  with  Mr.  Perry,  which  continued  until  1850,  when  Mr.  Perry 
took  the  sole  charge  of  the  works. 

An  idea  of  the  extent  to  which  the  business  is  conducted  by 
Mr.  Perry,  may  be  gathered  from  the  following  statistics.  He 
employs  sixteen  hands,  twelve  of  whom  are  males,  and  four  fe 
males  ;  —  manufactures  three  hundred  pounds  of  shoe  nails  per 
day,  and  about  eight  hundred  thousand  of  tacks  ;  —  uses  from  two 
to  three  tons  of  copper,  twenty-five  tons  of  zinc,  and  seventy-five 
tons  of  iron  per  year ;  runs  three  shoe  nail,  and  seven  tack 
machines,  and  one  machine  for  three-penny  nails,  of  which  about 
one  hundred  pounds  per  day  are  made. 

The  location  of  these  works  is  very  pleasant,  especially  in  the 
summer  season,  being  in  a  quiet  dale,  environed  by  hills,  clothed 
with  evergreen,  and  deciduous  trees  ;  and  both  here,  and  at  the 
place  next  named,  at  an  early  period,  the  business  of  tack 
making  was  commenced,  and  has  since  been  continued. 

A  short  distance  farther  up  the  stream,  Col.  Jesse  Reed,  now 
of  Marshfield,  was  located  for  a  time.  He  came  to  Hanover 
about  the  year  1812,  and  lived  on  what  is  called  the  Smith 
farm,  which  he  purchased  of  Mr.  Robert  Salmond,  and  which  is 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Nathan  Dwelley.  The  privilege  which  he 
improved,  was  purchased  of  Mr.  Euos  Bates,  where  Mr.  Bates 
contemplated  the  erection  of  a  dam  and  grist  mill.  Col.  Reed 
built  the  dam,  and  put  up  a  grist  mill,  and  nail  factory  and  ma 
chine  shop.  He  remained  in  the  town  several  years,  and  thence 
moved  to  Marshfield,  where  he  yet  resides. 

The  career  of  this  gentleman,  is  worthy  of  notice,  as  an  instance 
of  the  manifold  blessings  which  a  genius  like  his  confers  upon  the 
public. 


142  HISTOKT   OF  HANOVER. 

His  father  was  a  clock  maker  by  trade,  and,  at  the  date  of  the 
birth  of  Jesse,  in  1778,  resided  in  North  Bridgewater,  Mass.  At 
the  age  of  nine  years,  the  son  went  to  Easton,  to  reside  with  Mr. 
Dean,  with  whom  he  remained  three  years,  during  which  time  his 
mechanical  taste  was  displayed  in  the  construction  of  a  trip  ham 
mer,  put  in  operation  by  a  wheel  and  cam  shaft,  propelled  by 
water.  At  the  age  of  twelve,  he  returned  to  his  father,  and  soon 
after  constructed  the  main  part  of  a  wooden  clock.  At  the  age 
of  fifteen,  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  joiner  in  Randolph,  Mass., 
where  he  served  a  regular  apprenticeship  at  that  business. 

During  this  period,  he  tried  his  skill  on  perpetual  motion ;  and 
the  result  of  his  labors  is  thus  given  in  his  own  words  :  "  I  worked 
two  days  and  three  nights  without  sleep.  The  last  night,  a  lit 
tle  before  day  light,  I  got  it  ready  to  put  into  operation ;  and  to 
avoid  notice,  I  went  into  a  little  pine  grove,  with  a  friend,  to  put 
it  together  and  set  it  in  motion.  I  found  that  as  soon  as  it  was 
put  together,  it  would  go  as  well  one  way  as  the  other,  and  that 
it  would  not  go  either  way  without  help.  I  was  then  fully  convinced 
that  it  was  out  of  the  power  of  man  to  put  machinery  together  so 
as  to  produce  perpetual  motion,  and  that  nothing  short  of  the  power 
to  create  could  do  it.  To  this  belief  I  have  ever  since  adhered." 

At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  or  thereabouts,  he  invented  and  con 
structed  a  rotary  pump,  which  worked  well,  but  which  was  soon 
laid  aside.  His  mind  was  next  drawn  to  improvements  in  the 
manufacture  of  cut  nails,  and  his  first  machine,  for  making 
nails  from  rods,  was  patented  in  1802.  One  third  of  his  interest 
in  this  right  was  sold  to  Rev.  Jonathan  Strong,  of  Randolph,  and 
another  third  to  Thomas  Ordiorne,  of  Boston  ;  they  to  have  two- 
thirds  of  all  improvements  Mr.  Reed  should  make  in  the  businesss. 
But  the  experiment  of  manufacturing  from  rods,  proved  a  failure,  in 
a  pecuniary  point  of  view  ;  and  the  next  plan  was  to  roll  the  iron 
to  a  suitable  thickness,  and  slit  it  into  pieces  of  the  right  size  for 
the  body  of  the  nail,  and  flatten  the  point, — but  this  plan  also 
failed. 

The  third  step  was  the  construction  of  a  machine  for  cutting 
and  heading  at  one  operation.  On  this  machine  a  patent  was  ob 
tained,  but  it  was  soon  laid  aside.  A  heading  machine  was  next 
constructed,  into  which,  after  the  nails  were  cut,  they  were  fed  by 
hand  :  but  this  was  also  laid  aside. 


SKETCH   OF   COL.   JESSE   REED.  143 

The  partners  of  Mr.  Reed,  now  leaving  him,  he  located  in 
North  Bridgewater,  and  built  a  small  house  by  a  waterfall,  as  a 
family  residence,  using  the  lower  part  of  the  building  as  a  machine 
shop.  Here  he  built  two  or  three  nail  machines  of  different  kinds, 
but  pecuniary  embarrassments  caused  him  to  lose  his  all,  and  he 
left  his  home,  and  went  to  Boston,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade, 
of  a  joiner,  and  was  employed  in  constructing  the  first  lock  on  the 
canal  through  Medway.  Thence  he  went  to  Providence  R.  I. 
There  he  made  the  model  of  a  nail  machine  known  as  the  "Odiorne 
Tool."  Leaving  Providence,  he  moved  to  "West  Bridgewater, 
Mass.,  and  there  commenced  making  patterns  for  a  machine  for 
four-penny  nails,  to  be  propelled  by  the  foot,  which  made  sixty- 
two  nails  per  minute.  This  was  in  1803.  His  old  partners  now 
joining  him  again,  machines  for  four-penny  and  six-penny  nails 
were  made,  and  set  up  in  Plymouth. 

In  1805  or  1806,  the  machine  known  as  the  "  Odiorne  Tool," 
was  patented,  which  was  sold  to  the  Messrs.  Odiorne  in  1806, 
and  Mr.  Reed  moved  to  Kingston. 

It  was  about  this  time,  that  his  machine  for  pulverizing  dye- 
woods  was  invented,  for  Messrs.  Barrett  &  Shattuck,  of  Maiden, 
Silk  Dyers.  Letters  patent  for  this  invention  were  obtained 
in  180T. 

Soon  after  this,  the  machine  known  as  the  "  Reed  Tool,"  for 
the  manufacture  of  nails,  was  invented  ;  and  whilst  in  Hanover, 
his  tack  machines  were  invented,  and  put  into  operation.  He 
likewise  worked,  fora  time,  on  a  high  pressure  steam  engine,  but 
soon  abandoned  it. 

Disposing  of  his  first  privilege,  in  Hanover,  he  moved  to  one 
near  Rocky  Run,  where  he  erected  works,  and  convened  water 
to  his  wheel  through  a  trough  one  third  of  a  mile  long  ;  but 
the  difficulties  encountered  here  were  such,  that  he  finally  sold 
out  entirely,  and  moved  to  Marshfield,  where  he  has  since  resided. 
His  later  inventions,  are  machines  for  steering  vessels  ;  differ 
ent  patterns  of  pumps  ;  cotton  gins ;  treenail  machines,  &c.  In 
all,  he  has  obtained  patents  on  from  twenty  to  thirty  different 
machines  in  his  day,  many  of  which  are  of  great  importance  to 
the  community  ;  and  every  house  builder  has  the  benefit  of  his 
ingenuity. 


144  HISTORY   OF  HANOVEK. 

Mr.  Reed  is  a  man  of  indefatigable  industry,  and  of  indomitable 
perseverance.  He  has  made  and  lost  several  fortunes  in  his  day. 
Free  and  generous  in  his  manners,  he  is  not  one  who  hoards  all  his 
gains,  to  increase  his  own  stores  ;  but  considers  himself  as  a  pub 
lic  servant,  and  expends,  on  new  inventions,  the  fruits  of  his  pre 
vious  toils.  Thus,  in  his  old  age,  not  a  millionaire,  resting 
from  his  labors,  he  is  still  at  work,  with  a  mind  as  active  and 
vigorous  as  ever. 

On  King-street,  the  "  Drinkwater  Iron  Works,"  or  "  Mighill's 
Works,"  were  erected,  about  the  year  1710.  The  early  histo 
ry  of  these  works  is  involved  in  some  obscurity.  Tradition  says, 
that  during  the  Revolution,  cannon  were  cast  here,  and  carried 
down  by  the  old  fulling  mill,  near  where  Barker's  foundry  now 
stands,  for  trial ;  and  Tilson  Gould  was  killed  by  the  bursting  of 
one  of  the  guns,  the  pieces  of  which  are  said  to  be  yet  lying  on 
the  bottom  of  the  old  furnace  pond. 

About  the  year  1816,  Charles  Josselynn,  Oren  Josselynn, 
Timothy  Rose,  Calvin  Bates,  and  others,  erected  a  forge  on  the 
dam,  and  the  works  are  now  owned  and  improved  by  Messrs. 
Bates  and  Holmes, — the  latter  gentleman  being  the  agent.  Be 
sides  the  forge,  there  are  on  the  dam  a  saw  mill,  a  grist  mill,  a 
box  board  mill,  and  a  shingle  mill,  owned  by  the  same  company. 

We  learn  from  Mr.  Bates,  that  five  hands  are  usually  employed 
in  the  forge,  and  from  fifty  to  sixty  tons  of  anchors,  with  wrought 
iron  bars,  &c.,  are  made  at  the  works. 

The  three  forges  above-named, — viz  :  those  of  George  Curtis, 
John  Silvester,  and  Messrs.  Bates  and  Holmes,  are  old  establish 
ments, — among  the  oldest  in  Plymouth  County  ; — and,  by  a  glance 
at  the  dates  given,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  town  of  Hanover  may 
justly  claim  to  have  borne  its  part  in  this  highly  useful  branch 
of  industry  ;  and  these  works  have  not  only  added  to  the  wealth, 
but  to  the  prosperity  of  the  town,  and  the  promotion  of  its  out 
ward  interests. 

To  the  eastward  of  the  works  of  Messrs.  Bates  and  Holmes 
stands  the  foundry  of  Mr.  Joshua  Barker,  erected  about  the  year 
1830,  at  which  stoves,  hollow-ware,  and  machinery  of  different 
kinds  are  cast. 


SAW  AND   GRIST  MILLS.  145 

An  old  fulling  mill  formerly  stood  near  this  spot,  improved, 
many  years  ago,  by  Messrs.  Bailey,  Hatch,  and  others. 

The  tack  works  of  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond,  are  on  the  Third  Her 
ring  Brook,  and  at  the  spot  where  the  "  Stockbridge  mill  "  for 
merly  stood.  This  mill  was  erected  as  early  as  1677,  by  Charles 
Stockbridge ;  it  descended  to  his  sons  ;  and,  in  1692,  Thomas 
Stockbridge  sold  one-half  of  the  mill  to  John  Bryant,  and  Samuel 
Stetson.  In  1729,  Thomas  Stockbridge,  son  of  the  first  Thomas, 
sold  "  one-fourth  of  the  saw-mill"  to  Jonah  Stetson,  whence  the 
name  of  Jonali's  Mill ;  Samuel  Stetson  having  sold  his  fourth  of 
tho  "  corn  mill,"  to  the  said  Jonah  Stetson,  in  1726. 

The  mill  was  afterwards  the  property  of  Recompense  Tiffany, 
and  was  called  the  Tiffany  mill. 

Tack  works  were  erected  on  the  premises  about  1880,  and 
were  conducted,  for  some  years,  by  Capt.  Zephaniah  Talbot,  and  by 
John,  and  William,  brothers  of  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond.  The  latter 
gentleman  has  conducted  the  works  since  1838,  uses  about  sixty 
tons  of  tack  plates  per  year,  employs  fifteen  male  hands,  and  five 
females,  and  runs  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  machines. 

Tolman's  mills  are  near  Winslow's  bridge,  on  the  Third  Her 
ring  Brook,  but  the  proprietor  is  a  resident  of  Scituate. 

The  tack  business  was  commenced  in  Hanover  at  an  early  date, 
and  tack  machines  were  invented  here  by  Col.  Reed ;  so  that  we 
feel  as  if  our  town  could  claim  some  credit  on  the  score  of  useful 
inventions,  and  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  branch  of  indus 
try  opened  by  these  inventions. 

SAW   AND    GRIST   MILLS. 

We  cannot  devote  much  space  to  the  history  of  the  saw  and 
grist  mills  in  the  town. 

Eliab's  mill,  so  called,  or  the  Studley  mill,  stood  on  Pleasant 
street,  and  the  site  is  now  occupied  by  the  shingle  mill  of  Mr. 
Nahum  Stetson.  The  privilege  has  been  improved  since  the 
middle  of  the  last  century. 

Tradition  says,  that  an  old  saw  mill  formerly  stood  near  Ellis' 
bridge,  which  was  burnt  by  the  Indians  in  1676,  and  the  erec 
tion  of  a  new  mill  on  the  spot,  at  whose  raising  cold  water,  instead 
of  spirituous  liquors,  was  furnished  as  a  beverage,  gave  rise  to 


146  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

to  the  term  "  Drinkwater,"  so  frequently  occurring  on  the  Town 
records. 

As  early  as  1723,  a  saw  mill  was  erected  on  Curtis  street, 
where  the  mill  of  Deacon  John  Brooks  now  stands.  The  latter 
mill  was  erected  in  1851,  and  is  the  third  which  has  stood  on  the 
dam.  Mr.  Brooks  has  been  connected  with  this  mill  for  seventeen 
years,  and  saws,  on  an  average,  from  eighty  to  one  hundred 
thousand  feet  of  inch  and  half-inch  pine  boards,  annually,  be 
sides  pine  and  oak  plank,  joist,  and  timber. 

In  the  woods,  west  of  the  mill  of  Mr.  John  Brooks,  stands  the 
shingle  and  box  board  mill,  built  by  Joseph  Brooks,  about  1820, 
and  which  was  occupied  as  a  grist  mill  until  1883.  Here,  the 
iron  work  of  Mr.  Prouty's  ploughs  was  polished.  Cedar  and  pine 
shingles  are  now  sawed, — the  material  being  obtained  from  the 
forests  of  Hanover,  and  the  adjoining  towns. 

An  old  grist  mill  formerly  stood  on  North  street,  where  the 
brook  crosses  the  street,  at  the  bridge,  and  was  owned,  many 
years  ago,  by  Caleb  Mann.  It  was  built  by  his  father,  Benjamin 
Mann,  and  was  an  old-fashioned  mill,  with  a  large  wheel,  requiring 
a  great  quantity  of  water  to  turn  it. 

The  mill  of  the  Messrs.  Jacobs,  stands  on  the  Third  Herring 
Brook,  and  is  on  the  bounds  of  Hanover  and  South  Scituate, — 
the  saw  mill  being  in  South  Scituate.  This  was  erected,  proba 
bly,  about  the  year  1700. 

The  old  Curtis  mill,  also  on  the  Third  Herring  Brook,  is  now 
in  the  possession  of  T.  J.  Gardner,  Esq.,  and  was  erected  about 
the  year  1692. 

The  Clapp  mills,  are  also  on  the  Third  Herring  Brook,  not  far 
from  Mr.  Gardner's,  but  belong  to  South  Scituate,  as  does  the 
mill  of  Mr.  Gardner.  Large  quantities  of  lumber  are  sawed  at 
all  these  mills,  annually,  for  the  trunk  and  box  factories  in  South 
Scituate  and  Hanover,  and  for  building  purposes. 

A  small  grist  mill  was  early  erected  by  the  Curtis  family,  on 
Hugh's  Cross,  now  Silver  Brook,  and  is  yet  standing,  though  but 
little  used. 

The  late  saw  mill  of  Messrs.  Cobb  &  Gushing,  burnt  in  1852, 
stood  near  Teague's  Bridge,  in  Hanson,  and  was  formerly  known 
as  Hatch's  mill. 


MANUFACTURE  OF   PLOUGHS.  147 

PLOUGH   BUSINESS. 

About  the  year  1811,  Mr.  David  Prouty,  a  native  of  Scituate, 
came  to  Hanover,  settled  on  the  place  -which  had  been 
owned  by  Mr.  Thomas  Hatch,  and  lived  in  the  house  built  by 
Mr.  H.  Here  he  found  a  farm,  rough,  and  hard  to  cultivate, 
especially  to  one  in  his  feeble  health.  In  connexion  with  his 
farm,  he  opened  a  store,  and,  with  his  trading,  joined  the  business 
of  weaving  cotton  cloth.  This  cloth  was  made  from  yarn  obtained 
at  the  factories  in  Dedham,  Dorchester,  and  Marshfield,  and  was 
put  out  by  Mr.  Prouty  to  females  in  his  neighborhood  ;  furnishing, 
to  a  large  number,  a  source  of  steady,  and,  for  a  season,  profitable 
income.  This  business  was  continued,  until  the  system  of  weaving 
by  power-looms  was  introduced,  which  caused  hand-weaving  to  be 
soon  abandoned. 

Mr.  P.  was  then,  for  about  two  years,  engaged  in  manufacturing 
black  morocco  shoes,  with  Major  Wm.  Morse ;  which  he  pursued  with 
Ins  usual  zeal  and  earnestness.  The  business,  however,  was  not 
conducted  by  him  very  extensively, — but  six  hands  being  em 
ployed  in  the  shop ; — and,  on  its  relinquishment,  we  find  him 
contemplating  a  visit  to  New  York  State,  with  a  view  to  a  perma 
nent  settlement.  Whilst  in  that  State,  his  attention  was  called  to 
the  ploughs  used  by  agriculturists  at  that  date  ;  and  though  we 
cannot  confidently  say,  that  he  was  the  first  inventor  of  the  cast 
iron  ploughs,  which  have  since  given  to  his  name  a  world-wide  ce 
lebrity,  yet  patents  were  early  obtained  by  him  for  their  manufac 
ture,  on  principles  whose  discovery  must  be  attributed  to  him  ; — 
he  was  a  pioneer  in  the  business ; — and,  to  the  close  of  his  useful 
life,  he  gave  all  his  energies  to  its  prosecution,  and  hisv  efforts  were 
crowned  with  a  success,  not  only  gratifying  to  him 'personally,  but 
eminently  beneficial  to  the  community,  reflecting  honor  upon  his 
genius,  and  attesting  the  fertility  of  his  resources. 

At  the  time  Mr.  Prouty  commenced  the  manufacture  of  the 
ploughs  which  still  bear  his  name,  the  implements  then  in  use  by 
farmers,  were  of  a  far  different  stamp  from  those  seen  at  the 
present  day,  as  may  be  seen  from  the  annexed  cuts.  That  part 
of  the  instrument  which  performs  the  labor,  was  of  wood,  strapped 
with  iron  bars  ;  and  the  form  and  durability  were  far  below  the 


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ploughs  of  Mr.  Prouty's  construction.  But  it  was  no  easy  matter 
for  him,  at  the  outset,  to  convince  the  puhlic  of  the  superior  value 
of  his  invention.  He  had  not  only  hereditary  prejudices  to 
encounter  ; — that  spirit  of  conservatism,  too  much  of  which  still 
exists  among  the  yeomanry  of  New  England, — but  also  the  idea 
which  prevailed,  that  pot  metal,  as  it  was  termed,  was  too  brittle 
a  substance  to  stand  the  rough  use  to  which  the  plough  is  sub 
jected.  But,  by  practical  demonstrations  of  the  strength  of  his 
implements,  he  silenced  this  objection,  and  vanquished  those  pre 
judices. 

Deacon  John  Brooks,  of  Hanover,  well  recollects  when  the  first 
plough  made  by  Mr.  P.  was  put  in  operation.  It  was  taken  to  a 
gravel  knoll,  on  the  highway,  near  the  present  residence  of  Mr. 
Samuel  Brooks,  Main  Street,  and  many  were  the  prophecies,  that 
as  soon  as  the  oxen  were  attached,  and  an  attempt  was  made  to 
break  up  the  almost  impenetrable  surface,  it  would  at  once  be 
shattered,  and  found  worthless.  But  Mr.  P.,  who  had  all  confi 
dence  in  his  success,  held  the  plough  himself,  guided  its  operations , 
and,  as  the  team  moved  on,  and  the  furrows  were  turned,  the  pro 
phecies  of  failure,  vanished  as  the  dew  before  the  morning  sun. 

Not  long  after,  as  a  farther  test  of  their  strength,  Mr.  P. 
caused  one  of  his  ploughs  to  be  taken  to  a  piece  of  land  on  Wal 
nut  street,  almost  covered  with  rocks ;  and  here,  it  was  freely 
prophesied,  that  his  instrument  would  be  broken ; — but  here,  as 
before,  it  worked  admirably,  and  the  triumph  of  Mr.  P.  was 
final  and  complete. 

The  establishment  of  Mr.  Prouty,  in  Hanover,  was  not  on  so 
extensive  a  scale,  as  was  that  conducted  by  him  subsequent  to  his 
removal  from  the  town.  About  one  thousand  ploughs,  per  year, 
were  made,  and  from  three  to  four  hands  employed  in  the  shop. 
There  was  a  blacksmith's  shop  attached  to  his  premises,  also  a 
building  in  which  was  machinery  for  sawing  plough  beams,  £c., 
by  horse-power. 

Mr.  Prouty  left  Hanover  about  the  year  1833,  and  established 
himself  in  Boston,  where,  in  company,  with  Mr.  John  Mears, 
and  Mr.  Lorenzo  Prouty,  and  under  the  firm  of  Prouty  and  Mears, 
the  business  of  manufacturing  ploughs,  and  other  agricultural  im- 


MANUFACTURE  OF  PLOUGHS.  151 

plements,  was  carried  on  until,  the  decease  of  Mr.  Prouty,  and  is 
now  conducted  by  Mr.  Lorenzo  Prouty,  and  Mr.  John  Mears,  jr.,  at 
their  extensive  warehouses,  on  North  Market,  and  Clinton  streets. 

It  would  be  agreeable  to  us,  did  our  limits  permit,  to  quote  a 
few  of  the  many  testimonials  which  have  been  published,  in  favor 
of  the  value  and  excellence  of  Mr.  Prouty's  ploughs,  and  the  import 
ance  of  his  invention  to  the  agricultural  community.  Not  only 
at  most  of  the  Fairs  in  the  different  Counties  of  Massachusetts, 
have  premiums  been  awarded,  but  similiar  premiums  have  been 
bestowed  at  the  Fairs  of  other  States,  and  even  at  the  World's  Fair. 
Indeed,  the  fame  of  the  inventor  has  spread  farther  than  that  of 
many  a  warrior,  and  many  a  statesman  ;  and  it  will  endure  so 
long  as  the  community  can  appreciate  the  worth  of  those  who 
have  been  the  benefactors  of  the  laboring  classes. 

The  light  in  which  his  invention  has  been  viewed  by  practical 
farmers,  may  be  seen  from  the  following  note,  from  the  pen  of  the 
lamented  Elias  Phinney. 

LEXINGTON,  Mass.,  February  25th,  1846. 
To  Mr.  James  Pedder, 

Dear  Sir :  —  You  ask  my  opinion  of  the'  "  CENTRE 
DRAUGHT  PLOUGH."  I  give  it  freely,  and  in  few  words. 
If  my  opinion  of  its  merits,  will,  in  any  measure  induce  my  bro 
ther  Farmers  to  adopt  this,  in  preference  to  any  other  plough 
now  in  use,  I  shall  feel  that  I  have  rendered  an  important  ser 
vice  to  the  public,  and,  at  the  same  time,  contributed  my  share 
toward  the  discharge  of  the  debt  of  gratitude  due  to  the  Inven 
tor  of  this  invaluable  improvement,  in  an  implement  of  so  great 
importance  to  Agriculture. 

I  have,  for  twenty-five  years  past,  personally  superintended 
my  own  estate,  part  of  which  I  have  annually  had  under  the  plough. 
I  have  tried  English,  Scotch,  and  every  variety  of  American 
ploughs,  and  presume  I  shall  be  excused  for  saying,  that  I  con 
sider  myself  a  competent  judge  of  their  relative  value  in  the  hands 
of  farmers.  The  application  of  the  "Centre-Draught"  principle 
to  the  plough,  by  Messrs.  Prouty  &  Mears,  is,  unquestionably, 
the  greatest  improvement  that  has  been  made  in  the  Implement 
since  its  first  invention.  The  remedy  for  the  long  existing  evil  of 
having  the  whole  resistance  on  one  side  of  the  line  of  draught, 
and  the  necessity  of  placing  the  centre  of  resistance  exactly  on 
the  line  of  draught,  first  suggested  itself  to  the  philosophical  mind 
of  DAVID  PROUTY. 


152  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

Mr.  Prouty  was  a  practical  farmer,  lie  saw  the  objections 
to  the  old-fashioned  plough — his  ingenious  mind  set  about  devising 
means,  whereby  the  power  of  draught  might  be  greatly  lessened, 
the  liability  to  wear,  in  certain  parts  more  than  others  obviated,  the 
labor  of  managing  greatly  diminished,  and,  at  the  same  time,  doing 
the  work  infinitely  better ;  and  well  has  he  done  it.  And  when 
his  improvement  shall  be  generally  adopted  by  farmers,  and  its 
merits  justly  appreciated,  Mr.  Prouty  will  be  ranked  among  the 
greatest  benefactors  of  his  age.  And  although  some  of  his  con 
temporaries  may  injure  him  by  unjustly  interfering  with  his  rights, 
and  appropriating  to  themselves  some  of  the  fruits  of  his  ingenuity — 
they  can  never  rob  him  of  his  well-earned  fame — Posterity  will 
do  justice  to  his  memory.  And  the  approbation  and  magnificent 
testimonial  of  one  of  the  most  powerful  and  enlightened  Monarchs 
of  Europe,  is  but  a  foretaste  of  what  he  may  expect  from  his  own 
countrymen,  when  the  merits  of  his  invention  shall  be  rightly 
appreciated. 

I  am  aware  that  my  strong  convictions  of  the  vast  utility  to  farm 
ers  of  this  improvement  in  the  Plough,  may  lead  me — in  the  minds 
of  some — to  speak  in  extravagant  terms  of  the  merits  of  the  In 
ventor.  But  you  have  known  Mr.  Prouty ;  you  have  been  familiar 
with  the  operations,  and  can  fully  appreciate  the  benefits  of  his 
invention ;  and  by  you,  I  presume,  I  shall  not  be  charged  with 
bestowing  unmerited  praise,  in  saying,  that  if  the  farmers  of  his 
own  state  should  appropriate  to  that  object,  but  a  single  tithe  of 
what  this  improvement  in  the  Plough  has  saved  them,  in  the  cul 
tivation  and  better  condition  of  their  farms,  it  would  raise  a  monu 
ment  to  his  memory,  which  would  not  be  transcended  in  beauty, 
in  grandeur  and  durability,  by  any  that  have  been  erected  to  the 
memory  of  the  greatest  benefactors  of  mankind. 
With  great  respect, 

I  am,  my  dear  sir, 

Very  truly  and  sincerly  yours, 
E.  PHINNET. 

Mr.  Prouty  is  remembered,  in  Hanover,  with  much  respect,  by 
those  best  acquainted  with  him ;  and  probably  few  have  done 
more  for  the  prosperity  of  the  town,  and  the  advancement  of  its 
interest,  than  did  that  gentleman,  whilst  he  resided  here. 


OTHER  BRANCHES  OF  INDUSTRY.  153 


OTHER  BRANCHES  OF  INDUSTRY. 

Of  the  other  branches  of  industry  in  the  town,  we  shall  be 
obliged  to  speak  briefly. 

The  carriage  manufactory  of  Mr.  Thomas  Turner,  is  on  Broad 
way,  who  conducts  this  business  in  all  its  branches;  the 
wood  work,  iron  work,  painting,  trimming,  and  even  harness- 
making,  being  all  done  on  his  premises.  His  buildings  were 
erected  in  1850,  at  which  date  Mr.  Turner  came  to  Hanover 
from  South  Boston,  where  he  had  been  previously  engaged  in 
the  same  calling.  He  employs  ten  hands,  and  builds  about  forty 
carriages  per  year. 

On  Washington  street,  stands  the  wheelwright  shop  of  Mr. 
Robert  Eells,  and  near  it,  the  blacksmith  shop  of  Mr.  Warren 
Wright. 

On  the  easterly  side  of  the  street,  is  the  shop  of  Mr.  John 
P.  Eells,  who  is  a  painter  by  trade. 

At  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Washington  streets,  is  the  car 
riage  trimming  shop  of  Mr.  Henry  Chandler. 

In  this  vicinity,  thoro  were  formerly  several  blacksmiths  shops, 
when  ship  building  was  in  its  prime,  conducted  by  Robert  L., 
Robert,  and  Joseph  Eells,  and  by  the  Dillmghams,  and  others. 

Mr.  Haynes,  a  few  years  since,  had  a  harness  manufactory,  in 
Wood  &  Torrey's  store. 

In  the  days  when  there  were  no  carriages  owned  here,  the 
saddle  business  was  a  prominent  branch  of  enterprise,  and  was 
conducted  by  Benjamin  Stockbridge,  at  the  Four  Corners,  and  by 
the  family  of  Estes,  on  what  is  now  Plain  street,  and  perhaps  by 
others. 

There  have  been  many  blacksmiths  shops  scattered  around  in  the 
town,  at  different  periods,  on  Washington  street,  Centre  street, 
Broadway,  Main  street,  &c.  The  only  ones  now  in  operation, 
besides  Mr.  Wright's,  are  Mr.  McFarland's,  at  Snappet,  and  Mr. 
Judson  Bates',  on  Centre  street. 

We  have   heard  John  Jacobs,  Walter  Rogers,    Lemuel  Curtis? 
Joshua  and  Elisha  Simmons,  Benjamin  Stetson,  Bela  Mann,  Charles 
Mann,  Ezekiel   Hatch,  and   Richard  Estes,    named   as    black- 
10 


154  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

smiths  in  years  past ;  and  there  were  probably  many  others,  whose 
names  we  have  not  learned. 

Of  traders,  we  have  had  many ;  and  we  dare  not  attempt  to 
give  the  names  of  all  who  have  engaged  in  trade.  The  principal 
establishments,  at  present  in  the  town,  are  the  Messrs.  Blanchards, 
at  Snappet ;  and  John  B.  Bates,  Isaac  M.  Wilder,  and  Stephen 
Josselynn,  at  the  Four  Corners.  Messrs.  Wood  &  Torrey,  have 
just  relinquished  the  business  conducted  by  them  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Josselynn,  and  the  Messrs.  Blanchards,  are  extensively 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  shoes,  and  this  is  one  of  the  promi 
nent  branches  of  industry  in  the  town  ;  a  large  number  of  males 
being  engaged  in  making  boots  and  shoes. 

Mr.  Edward  Y.  Perry  recently  had  a  store  on  Broadway,  near 
Silvester's  Forge,  which  is  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Howland. 

Formerly,  the  clock  and  watch  making  business  was  conducted 
by  John  Bailey,  and  Calvin  Bailey,  on  Curtis,  now  Main  street,  and 
at  the  Four  Corners  ; — also  by  David  Studley,  and  by  Benjamin 
D.  Torrey.  There  is  now  nothing  done  here  at  this  business. 
The  Messrs.  Bailey,  as  well  as  the  others,  were  ingenious  work 
men  ;  and  there  are  still  to  be  found,  in  several  houses,  the  large, 
old-fashioned,  eight-day  clocks,  with  a  "  full  moon  "  on  the  face, 
made  by  "  John  Bailey." 

The  town  has  had  the  usual  complement  of  carpenters,  masons, 
&c.,  and  there  are  several  yet  engaged  in  these  branches. 

The  tannery  of  Messrs.  Seth  and  Edwin  Rose,  is  on  Hanover 
street ;  and  that  of  Mr.  William  Church  is  on  the  same  street ; — the 
former  at  the  westerly,  and  the  latter  at  the  easterly  part  of  the 
street.  Mr.  Simeon  Curtis  had  tan-works  some  years  ago,  on 
Silver  street,  the  old  pits  being  yet  visible. 

Messrs.  Daly  &  Co.  have  a  tailor's  shop  at  the  Four  Corners  ; 
and  there  is  a  stove  shop  on  Broadway,  in  the  old  Academy 
building. 

The  only  tavern  now  in  operation,,  is  that  that  of  Mr.  Joseph 
Pocorny,  at  the  Four  Corners. 

In  former  years,  when  spirituous  liquors  were  freely  used  and 
sold,  taverns  were  common  ;  so  much  so,  that  as  early  as  1747, 
the  town  "  voted  not  to  set  up  any  more  taverns  " ;  and  also 
"  voted  that  there  is  too  many  taverns  in  town  already  "  ;  and 


OTHER   BRANCHES   OF   INDUSTRY.  155 

"  voted  tliat  one  tavern  is  sufficient  for  this  town."     We  have 
never  heard  of  breweries  or  distilleries  in  the  town. 

Bricks  were  made  sixty  years  ago,  at  Walnut  Hill.  Mr 
Joseph  Sylvester  is  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  soap,  on 
Broadway. 

We  dare  not  affirm  that  the  foregoing  sketch  is  complete.  On 
the  contrary,  we  doubt  not  some  omissions  will  be  discovered  ;  but 
these,  we  trust,  will  be  attributed,  not  to  intentional  neglect  on 
the  author's  part,  but  to  his  limited  knowledge,  and  the  difficulty 
of  obtaining  information  concerning  the  past. 


CHAPTER    XI. 


SHIP  BUILDING. 

"  To  mark  the  ship  in  floating  balance  held, 
By  earth  attracted  and  by  seas  repelled ; 
Or  point  her  devious  track  thro'  climes  unknown, 
That  leads  to  every  shore  and  every  zone."         FALCONER. 

Former  and  present  state  of  the  art  of  Ship-building  in  America  —  Materials  for  the 
construction  of  vessels — Massachusetts  Enterprise  —  Ship-building  on  the  North 
River  —  Yards  in  Pembroke  —  Yards  in  Hanover — The  Barstows,  Sylvesters, 
Sampsons,  Clarks,  Perrys,  Eells,  Paiges,  Baileys,  Smiths,  Kingmans,  Wings, 
Stockbridgcs,  &c.  —  Obstructions  in  the  River  —  Petitions  to  Congress  for  their 
removal —  Decline  of  the  business  —  Present  condition  of  the  village. 

The  history  of  ship-building  in  New  England,  could  it  be  faith 
fully  written,  would  present  to  us  memorable  instances  of  the  tri 
umphs  of  genius  over  contending  obstacles,  and  striking  proofs  of 
the  degree  of  perfection  to  which  this  art,  which,  two  centuries 
ago,  was  but  in  its  infancy,  has  been  carried  by  the  persevering 
skill,  and  industrious  application,  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race. 


SHIP-BUILDING.  157 

Compare  the  pictures  of  the  small,  ill-shaped,  and  clumsily- 
rigged  vessels,  which  bore  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  to  this  land  in 
1620,1  with  those  sumptuously  furnished,  and  palace-like  "  ocean 
monarchs," — faultless  models  of  beauty  and  elegance, — of  from 
sixteen  hundred  to  two  thousand  tons  burthen,  which  may  be  seen 
in  all  the  great  harbors  of  our  country,  spreading  their  sails  to 
every  breeze,  and  conveying  our  hardy  sailors  to  the  Polar  Circle, 
in  pursuit  of  the  whale,  or  to  the  East  Indies,  and  the  ports  of 
Europe,  swelling  our  commerce,  increasing  our  comforts,  and 
augmenting  our  wealth. 

If  OLD  ENGLAND  is  "  mistress  of  the  seas,"  in  the  weight  of  her 
armament,  and  tho  amount  of  her  shipping,  she  must  yield  the 
palm  to  NEW  ENGLAND,  in  excellence  of  structure,  beauty  of  finish, 
exquisiteness  of  proportion,  and  those  fast  sailing  properties  which 
have  already  borne  off  the  prize  for  NEW  YORK  on  the  theatre  of 
the  WORLD'S  FAIR,  held  in  her  own  metropolis,  and  on  the  waters 
of  the  seas  washing  her  own  shores  ! 

The  facilities  for  procuring  materials  for  the  construction  of 
vessels  of  the  largest  class,  from  the  forests  of  this  State,  are  not 
so  great  as  formerly.  The  giant  oaks,  which  once  spread  their 
shadows  over  the  land,  have  almost  entirely  disappeared.  In  the 
western  counties  they  are  most  abundant. 

Yet,  for  centuries  to  come,  so  extended  is  our  republic,  and  so 
expansive  are  its  resources,  American  skill  will  continue  to  com 
pete  with  the  most  enterprising  of  the  Old  World,  and  the  superi 
ority  of  our  naval  architecture,  already  acknowledged  and  felt,  will 
not  soon  be  cast  into  the  shade,  or  suffered  to  dimmish. 

The  oaks  and  pines  in  the  forests  of  Michigan,  and  all  over  the 
Western  States,  and  even  upon  the  Pacific  Coast,  will  furnish 
a  supply  for  generations  to  come  ;  and  when  our  iron-arms, 
Briareus-like,  shall  be  spread  out  to  embrace  the  whole  of  those 
now  distant  regions,  the  rich  harvest,  which  has  been  accumulating 
for  ages,  will  pour  in  its  treasures  upon  us,  to  stimulate  to  higher 
attainments  and  prouder  triumphs. 

Massachusetts,  one  of  the  earliest  settled  of  the  New  England 
States,  has  ever  borne  her  part  in  the  promotion  of  our  country's 
prosperity.  Her  citizens,  some  of  whom  are  in  the  ship  yards  of 

i.  See  the  Wood-cut  annexed. 


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SH-IP-BUItDING-  159 

Maine,  and  New  Hampshire,  and  others  peopling  the  prairies  of 
the  Mississippi  Valley,  and  the  shores  of  the  Pacific,  carry  with 
them  those  habits  of  industry  and  thrift,  for  which  she  has  ever 
been  famed,  and  maintain  her  ancient  power,  and  present  dignity, 
unstained,  wherever  they  are  found. 

'Here  has  been  educated  an  army  of  shipwrights  ;  and,  when  bu 
siness  has  been  wanting  at  home,  they  have  scattered  abroad,  and 
are  the  principal  mechanics  at  many  of  the  yards  where  ship 
building  is  largely  conducted,  along  the  Atlantic  sea-board. 

The  North  River,  in  Plymouth  County,  which  forms  the  bound 
ary  between  Hanover  and  Scituate,  on  the  one  side,  and  Pembroke 
and  Marshfield,  on  the  other,  is  a  comparatively  small  stream,  not 
over  twenty  miles  in  length,  never  with  a  great  depth  of  water,  but 
a  few  rods  in  breadth,  and  very  tortuous  in  its  course,  with  shoals  at 
the  bends,  and  sand  bars  at  its  mouth.  Standing  on  the  bridge, 
beyond  the  Four  Corners,  and  looking  first  above,  and  then  below, 
as  far  as  the  eye  can  reach,  and  noting  the  quietness  which  seems 
usually  to  reign  over  the  spot ;  or  walking  along  the  banks  of  the 
stream,  across  the  fairy-like  bridge  of  plank,  worn  by  the  tread  of 
human  feet  for  many  years,  and  spanning  the  Third  Herring 
Brook,  which,  from  its  shape,  is  expressively  called  the  RAINBOW 
BRIDGE  ; — and  thence  over  Fox  Hill,  and  past  where  Seabury's 
point  stretches  off  to  the  right,  until  the  old  Brick-kilns  appear  in 
sight ;  one,  who  did  not  know  what  busy  scenes  had  been  enacted 
here  in  past  times,  would  hardly  imagine  that,  from  1660  to  1835, 
or  for  more  than  a  century  and  a  half,  the  business  of  ship-building 
was  carried  on,  probably  to  a  greater  extent,  than  on  any  other 
river,  of  the  same  size,  anywhere  in  the  State  !  Not  only  on  the 
Hanover  side,  were  the  yards  compacted  together,  in  close  prox 
imity  one  to  another,  but  on  the  Pembroke  side,  below  Rocky 
Reach,  and  at  Seabury's  point,  yards  were  established  by  George 
and  Thomas  Turner,  and  Nathaniel  Cushing  ;  and,  on  the  banks  of 
the  stream,  near  the  "reach,"  by  the  bridge,  the  indentation,  or 
hollow,  where  the  saw  pit  stood,  is  distinctly  visible,  and  the  old 
wharf  yet  projects  its  rocky  piers  into  the  stream  below. 

On  the  Hanover  side,  before  the  present  bridge  was  built,  ship 
yards  existed,  above  and  below  the  old  bridge.  The  banks  of  the 


160  HISTORY   OP  HANOVER. 

stream  here,  for  some  distance,  present  peculiar  facilities  for  this 
•business,  being  sloping,  and  somewhat  abrupt,  though  not  precipi 
tous  ;  so  that,  whilst  the  bou's  of  the  vessels  were  near  the  water, 
the  sterns  were  on  the  hill  sides,  and  easy  of  access  by  the  aid  of 
a  few  plank,  without  the  necessity  for  those  lofty  stagings  which 
are  indispensable  in  many  yards. 

From  the  top  of  these  banks,  stretches  back  a  large  tract  of 
rough,  rocky,  pasture  land,  also  easy  of  access  from  the  travelled 
ways,  where  timber  was  landed,  brought  from  the  surrounding 
country,  in  such  quantity,  that  the  whole  surface  of  the  tract  was 
covered  at  times. 

Above  the  old  bridge,  on  the  Hanover  side,  is  a  small  ravine, 
or  gorge,  on  the  land  of  Seth  Barker,  Esq.,  just  wide  enough  to 
admit  the  hulk  of  one  of  the  small  craft  built  in  those  days,  and 
sloping  towards  the  river,  at  such  an  angle  as  to  afford  a  fine  op 
portunity  for  launching,  were  it  not  for  the  bridge.  The  site  is 
visible  from  the  present  bridge,  being  but  a  few  rods  above  ;  and 
the  scenery  around  has  that  wildness  of  aspect,  which  renders  it 
quite  romantic.  Here,  James  Barstow  built  one  vessel,  previous 
to  the  Revolution,  which,  it  is  said,  was  launched  directly  across 
the  road.  But  the  existence  of  the  bridge  presented  too  formida 
ble  an  obstacle,  to  encourage  the  building  of  many  vessels  at  this 
spot ;  and  the  yard,  accordingly,  was  soon  abandoned. 

Just  below  the  old  bridge,  and  in  the  space  intervening  between 
its  piers,  and  the  piers  of  the  present  bridge,  was  another  ship 
yard,  first  improved  by  William  Barstow,  and  his  descendants  for 
two  generations.  It  was,  probably,  established  near  the  year 
1660.  The  vessels  built  at  this  yard,  by  the  Barstows,  were 
mostly  small  ones,  and  their  sides  rose  higher  than  the  piers  of  the 
present  bridge,  their  bows  reaching  up  the  bank,  into  the  door 
yard  of  the  present  residence  of  Mr.  Barker.  It  is  said  that  the 
Barstows  abandoned  this  yard,  because  of  the  difficulty  experi 
enced  in  launching  their  vessels,  in  consequence  of  their  impinging 
frequently  against  the  rocky  ledge,  on  the  opposite  shore. 

After  they  left  the  yard,  about  1745,  it  was  improved  for  a 
period  of  from  twenty  to  thirty  years,  by  Nathaniel  Silvester,  fa 
miliarly  known  as  "  builder  Silvester,"  who  was  born  in  1718, 


SAMPSON'S  AND  CLARK'S  YARDS.  161 

and  died  in  1781,  at  the  age  of  sixty-three.  He  built  the  house 
occupied  by  Rufus  Farnum,  on  "Washington  street,  just  above  Mr. 
Barker's,  and  nearly  opposite  Mr.  Sylvanus  Percival's. 

His  son,  Nathaniel,  afterwards  occupied  the  house,  and  improv 
ed  the  ship  yard,  until  his  removal  to  Winchendon.  The  vessels 
built,  both  by  father  and  son,  were  small,  seldom  exceeding  two 
hundred  tons  burthen,  and  were  mostly  schooners. 

After  the  Silvesters,  the  yard  was  improved  by  Jonathan 
Sampson,  from  1795  to  1820,  he  residing  in  Pembroke,  just  over 
the  bridge,  on  the  hill,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Sumner 
Stetson,  which  has  been  a  tavern  stand. 

Mr.  Sampson  built  many  vessels  for  the  Cod  Fishery  at  the 
Grand  Banks  ;  and  some  ships,  of  from  two  hundred  and  fifty 
to  three  hundred  tons  burthen,  for  residents  of  Duxbury  and  Cape 
Cod,  for  citizens  of  Boston,  and  for  Nathaniel  Gushing,  of  Hanson. 
These  ships  were  for  the  Southern  trade,  for  the  West  Indies,  and 
for  different  ports  in  Europe ;  and  their  stern-posts,  it  is  said, 
stood  quite  up  to  the  old  road,  and  some  of  the  staging,  for  build 
ing  the  projecting  part  of  the  stern,  was  actually  over  the  road, 
which,  at  this  place,  was  but  about  two  and  one-half  rods  wide. 

The  yard  next  below,  and  close  by  the  present  bridge,  was  im 
proved  by  the  Clarks, — Nathaniel  and  Belcher, — sons  of  John 
Clark,  of  Scituate.  The  former,  Nathaniel,  lived  on  "Washington 
street,  in  the  low  and  ancient  building  now  occupied  by  Mr.  Henry 
Bates,  and  died  in  1814,  aged  seventy-three.  The  latter,  Belcher, 
lived  in  a  house  which  stood  where  stands  that  of  Mr.  Samuel  Sal- 
mond,  and  died  in  1826,  aged  eighty-four.  The  yard  improved 
by  these  brothers,  is  said  to  have  been  occupied  by  their  father 
before  them.  It  was  probably  established  as  early  as  1736,  but 
no  vessels  were  built  there  after  the  year  1800.  Zebulon, 
the  son  of  Belcher,  born  in  1780,  recollects  when  his  father  built, 
while  he  was  a  lad. 

The  next  yard,  a  small  one,  was  mproved  for  a  time  by  Dea. 
Isaac  Perry ;  but  seems  not  to  have  been  occupied  by  him  long, 
as  we  subsequently  find  him  building  at  a  yard  farther  down  the 
stream. 

Mr.  Perry  is  spoken  of  as  a  man  of  unblemished  integrity,  and  of 


162  HISTORY    OP   HANOVER. 


high  moral  excellence.  He  was  born  in  1736,  and  died  in  1825, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-nine.  He  lived  on  Washington  street,  and 
his  house  stood  where  stands  that  of  Mr.  Josiah  Winslow,  near  the 
corner  of  Hanover  street. 

The  next  yard  was  at  a  little  distance  farther  down,  and  its  site 
is  marked  by  a  work-house,  yet  standing,  and  by  two  gigantic 
oaks,  of  venerable  appearance,  at  least  three  centuries  old,  which 
were,  of  course,  of  goodly  size  when  the  Pilgrims  landed  !  Against 
these  trees,  still  lean  the  logs,  forming  the  frame  work  of  the  old 
saw  pit,  and  around  the  spot  is  a  vast  deposite  of  decaying  vege 
table  matter,  accumulated  in  the  yard,  black,  spongy,  and  appa 
rently  valuable  for  the  compost-heap,  which  might  be  profitably 
carried  off  to  add  its  enriching  materials  to  the  stercorary  of  the 
owner  of  the  land. 

This  yard  was  improved  by  Thomas  Barstow,  the  father  of  Col. 
John  B.  Barstow,  of  this  town  ;  and  by  Capt.  Robert  Lenthal 
Eells,  who  was  an  extensive  landholder  ;  one  of  the  wealthiest 
citizens  of  his  day  ;  a  man  whose  chief  greatness  consisted  in  the 
greatness  of  his  soul ;  of  unbounded  hospitality  ;  charitable ;  kind 
to  the  poor  and  the  suffering  ;  devoted  to  every  thing  public  spir 
ited  ;  eminently  patriotic  ;  an  able  officer  in  the  war  of  the  Revo 
lution  ;  who  opened  his  doors  cheerfully  and  widely  to  all  who 
were  engaged  in  that  struggle ;  and  whose  daughters,  evinced 
their  zeal  for  Liberty,  in  ministering  to  the  wants  of  the  soldiers, 
and  in  manufacturing  cartridges  for  the  use  of  the  companies 
enrolled  in  the  town. 

This  yard,  which  was  established  about  the  year  1755,  was  im 
proved  by  Messrs.  Barstow  and  Eells,  for  about  thirty  years  ;  the 
former  having  the  superintendence  of  the  wood  work,  and  the 
latter  furnishing  the  iron  work, — his  blacksmith  shop  standing 
near  the  hay  scales,  by  the  Four  Corners. 

No  very  large  vessels  were  built  by  this  firm,  as  previous  to  the 
Revolution,  the  burthen  seldom  exceeded  two  hundred  tons  ;  but 
after  that  period,  and  especially  after  the  opening  of  the  present 
century,  by  their  descendants,  and  by  others,  vessels  of  from  three 
hundred  to  four  hundred  tons  burthen  were  built,  from  1810  to 
1834. 


YARDS  OF  DBA.  PERRY,  AND  THE  SMITHS.        1G3 

Mr.  Barstow  died  in  1797,  aged  sixty-five  ;  and  Mr.  Eells  in 
1800,  aged  sixty-eight ; — both  being  born  in  the  same  year,  1732  ; 
and  in  the  same  month,  Februray  ; — the  former  on  the  27th,  and 
the  latter  the  17th  !  Companions  in  life,  and  cousins,  they  dwelt 
in  harmony,  and  their  business  was  conducted  successfully  and 
prosperously. 

A  few  years  previous  to  the  death  of  Mr.  Barstow,  his  son, 
John  B.,  was  concerned  in  ship-building  at  this  yard,  Avith  his 
father ;  in  which  business  he  was  afterwards  joined  by  his  brother 
Elijah,  and  they,  together,  improved  the  yard,  until  1817,  when 
they  went  to  a  site  still  farther  below,  which  presented  greater 
facilities  for  launching.  This  firm  built  many  ships  for  Nantucket 
and  New  Bedford,  for  the  whaling  business,  of  from  300  to  350 
tons  burthen  ;  also  many  merchant  ships,  among  which  were  five, 
built  for  the  sons  of  John  B.  Barstow,  Avho  were  at  that  time  in 
business  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Next  to  the  yard  of  the  Barstow's,  was  one  called  Paige's  yard, 
which  was  afterwards  occupied  by  Dea.  Isaac  Perry,  and  occa 
sionally  by  Albert  and  Josiah  Smith,  when  they  had  a  small 
vessel  to  build,  and  when  their  other  yard  was  occupied. 

Next  below,  was  the  yard  of  Col.  John  Bailey,  whose  master 
workman  was  Joseph  House.  This  yard  was  not  long  improved 
by  Mr.  B.,  he  being  personally  engaged  in  other  business  ;  and  it 
was  afterwards  occupied  by  Albert  and  Josiah  Smith,  sons  of  Jo_ 
siah  Smith,  of  Pembroke,  who  married  sisters,  —  daughters  of 
Capt.  Robert  L.  Eells,  himself  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  a  ship 
builder  in  connection  with  Thomas  Barstow. 

Capt.  Albert  Smith,  in  early  life,  followed  the  seas,  as  a  ship 
master,  being  in  the  Baltimore  trade  for  some  time,  and  making 
several  voyages  to  Russia,  during  the  reign  of  the  Emperor  Paul. 

About  the  year  1790,  he  settled  in  Hanover,  residing  on  Broad 
way,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Martin  Stetson,  which  he 
bought  of  Joseph  Josselynn  ;  and,  forming  a  partnership  with  his 
brother  Josiah,  he  carried  on  the  business  of  ship-building  for 
about  ten  years,  from  1798  to  1808,  fitting  for  sea,  on  an  aver 
age,  three  vessels  a  year,  of  from  800  to  400  tons  burthen,  for 
himself  and  others,  for  Liverpool  and  other  European  ports.  The 


164  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

descsndants  of  Capfc.  Smith  are  now  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States ;  his  oldest  son,  Joseph,  being  a  Commodore  in  the  United 
States  Navy,  and  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Docks  and  Yards  ;  and 
Albert,  Esq.,  being  an  eminent  lawyer  in  Vfashington  city. 

After  the  Smiths,  Edward  and  Samuel  Eells  built  a  few  vessels 
at  this  yard  ;  and  subsequently,  it  was  improved  by  John  B.  and 
Elijah  Barstow,  from  1817  to  1835  ;  and  then  by  Elijah  Barstow, 
Jr. ;  the  latter  of  whom,  in  connection  with  Capt.  Thomas  Water 
man,  is  still  engaged  in  the  business,  at  their  yard  in  Scituate, 
below  Fox  hill. 

The  last  yard,  on  the  Hanover  side,  was  that  of  David  King- 
man,  who  built  the  tavern  stand  at  the  Four  Corners,  now  occu 
pied  by  Mr.  Joseph  Pocorny.  Isaiah  Wing  built  one  vessel,  very 
near  this  yard,  about  the  time  of  the  last  war ;  and  also  Benjamin 
and  Martin  Stockbridge.  Dea.  Perry  built  one  vessel  at  this 
yard,  about  55  years  ago;  —  a  ship  of  some  300  tons  burthen. 

Nearly  all  the  above  yards  were  on  the  land  of  Mr.  Benjamin 
Stockbridge,  and  were  comprised  within  the  space  of  one  third  of 
a  mile  from  the  bridge  ;  from  which  their  compactness  and  juxta 
position,  may  be  easily  judged. 

Previous  to  the  year  1795,  the  business  demand  was  principally 
for  vessels  of  a  small  size,  such  as  could  be  easily  launched  on  the 
river,  and  taken  down  the  stream  without  much  difficulty,  from 
the  bars.  During  the  Revolution,  Mr.  Thomas  Barstow  built 
several  small  privateers, — some  for  Mr.  Derby,  of  Salem.  Towards 
the  close  of  the  last  century,  vessels  of  a  larger  size  were  in  de 
mand,  besides  the  small  fishing  and  coasting  vessels ;  and  this  call 
continued,  until  business  was  suspended  by  the  war  with  Great 
Britain,  in  1812. 

The  occurrence  of  that  war,  just  as  the  business  was  in  its  most 
prosperous  state,  was  a  serious  shock  to  those  who  were  engaged 
in  it ;  but  they  re-commenced  in  1815,  after  peace  was  declared  ; 
though  the  growing  scarcity  of  timber,  and  the  obstruction  of  the 
channel  of  the  river  with  rocks  and  sand  bars,  which  rendered  it 
tedious  and  expensive  to  get  large  ships  down[the  stream,  and  over 
the  bar  at  the  mouth,  caused  the  business  to  decline,  until  now, 
in  Hanover,  it  has  entirely  ceased.  The  process  of  moving  large 


PALMY  DATS   OF   SHIP-BUILDING.  165 

ships,  was  by  attaching  the  scows  called  gundaloes,  (a  corruption 
of  gondolas  ?)  two  to  the  stern,  and  two  to  the  stem  ;  which  were 
lashed  down  at  low  water,  so  as  to  lift  the  ship  as  the  tide  flowed. 

Several  attempts  have  been  made  to  obtain  aid  from  the  Na 
tional  Government,  for  the  improvement  of  the  navigation  of  the 
North  River;  but  hitherto,  with  but  little  success.  In  1839, 
Col.  J.  B.  Barstow,  Joseph  S.  Bates,  and  Elijah  Barstow,  jr., 
were  chosen  a  committee  to  petition  for  the  appropriation  of  a 
small  sum  "  for  the  purpose  of  removing  sand-bars,  and  cutting  a 
channel  for  the  North  River  into  Massachusetts  Bay  ;  "  but  their 
prayer  was  not  favorably  answered. 

During  the  great  storm  of  April  16th  and  17th,  1851,  the  sea 
broke  completely  over  the  narrow  strip  of  beach  between  the  third 
and  fourth  cliffs,  near  Scituate  harbor,  at  the  very  point  where 
the  cutting  of  a  canal  has  been  thought  feasible. 

A  new  petition  for  aid  has  been  circulated  within  the  past  year  ; 
but  we  fear  its  fate  will  be  like  that  of  its  predecessors. 

The  palmy  days  of  ship-building,  in  Hanover,  were  from  1800, 
to  1808.  Then,  five  or  six  yards  were  in  active  operation,  and 
at  least  ten  vessels  were  annually  fitted  for  sea.  The  scene  on 
the  North  River,  was  one  of  animation  and  industry.  Every  morn 
ing,  the  carpenters  might  be  seen,  crossing  the  pastures,  or  walk 
ing  along  the  river  bank,  or  over  the  tiny  "  Rainbow  Bridge," 
to  the  place  of  their  daily  toil ;  and  the  stroke  of  the  axe,  the 
thump  of  the  maul,  the  cheerful  calls,  and  the  various  other  sounds 
always  heard  in  the  ship-yard,  constantly  saluted  the  ears  of  the 
passers  by. 

The  pasture,  too,  was  strewed  with  timber ;  and  teams  of  "  fat 
oxen,"  daily  brought  in,  from  the  forests  around,  their  loads  of 
round,  or  rough-hewn,  white  oak,  beech,  maple,  and  other  timber; 
and  oak  and  pine  plank,  for  sheathing,  and  for  the  decks,  &c. 
Then,  business  was  stirring.  All  were  active.  And  never  since,, 
has  the  village,  at  the  corners,  presented  so  cheering  a  spectacle 
of  thrift  and  prosperity.  That  village  is  beginning  to  rise  again  i 
and  though  the  character  of  its  business  has  changed,  yet  the  pro 
mise  is  fair,  that  ere  long,  if  a  liberal  policy  prevails,  it  will  be 
come,  once  more,  a  place  of  activity,  and  the  number  of  its. 
buildings,  and  the  advantanges  of  its  citizens,  be  greatly  increased 


CHATTER    XII. 

PROVISIONS   FOR   THE   POOR  —  TEMPERANCE    CAUSE  —  SLAVERY — • 
RESTING   PLACES   FOR   THE   DEAD  —  LONGEVITY. 

"  Epitomise  the  life  ;  pronounce,  you  can, 
Authentic  epitaphs  on  some  of  these, 
Who,  from  their  lowly  mansions  hither  brought, 
Beneath  this  turf'  lie  mouldering  at  our  feet. 
So  by  your  records,  may  our  doubts  be  solved  ; 
And  so,  not  searching  higher,  we  may  learn 
To  prize  tJtc  breath  we  share  with  human  kind,- 
And  look  upon  the  dust  of  man  with  awe." 

WORDSWORTH. 

Provisions  for  the  P6or  — Poor  kept  by  Friends  — Selectmen  to  provide  for 
them — Put  out  at  Auction  —  Establishment  of  an  Aims-House  —  Temperance 
Cause  —  Excise  Bill  of  1751  —  Rum  Trade  at  that  Date  —  Extracts  from  the 
Church  Records  Relative  to  the  Excise  Bill  —  Temperance  Society  formed  in 
18115  — Later  History  of  the  Cause  —  Slavery  in  New  England— Owners  of 
Slaves,  from  the  Church  and  Town  Records  —  Touching  Incident  —  Burial 
Ground  near  the  Centre  of  the  Town  —  Gifts  of  Land  by  David  Stockbridge, 
Esq.,  and  by  John  Barstow,  Esq.  — Burial  Ground  at  Snappet  — Table  of  Lon 
gevity. 

WE  group  together,  in  this  chapter,  a  few  subjects,  each  of 
which  morits  some  notice  in  a  work  like  the  present. 

PROVISIONS    FOR    THE    POOR. 

For  many  years  after  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  the  poor 
were  kept  in  the  families  of  their  friends,  an  annual  appropriation 
being  made  for  their  maintenance.  The  number  thus  aided  was 
small,  so  that  no  further  provisions  in  their  behalf  were  necessary, 
and  no  other  arrangement  could  have  been  more  generally  accept 
able  to  those  whom  misfortune  had  reduced  to  a  state  of  depend 
ence. 


SELECTMEN  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  POOR.        167 

Oct.  29,  1736,  "  Voted  to  "the  widow  Frances  Josselynn  £5 
old  tenor,  to  keep  Jean  Barron  from  Nov.  18,  1746,  to  Nov.  18, 
1747,  but  if  she  should  have  any  extraordinary  sickness  in  that 
time,  to  be  further  allowed  what  is  reasonable." 

Mar.  5,  1750,  "  Voted  to  give  Thomas  Curtis  31s.,  old  tenor, 
per  week,  for  boarding  Margaret  Young  one  year  in  sickness  and 
health,  the  town  finding  clothes,  and  paying  Doctor's  bills,  if  any 
there  be ;  and  he  agreed  to  keep  her  at  that  price." 

At  the  same  date,  "  Voted  £15  to  Benjamin  Woodworth,  for 
bringing  up  John  Loud's  (or  Ladd's)  daughter  to  the  age  of  18 
years  ;  and  <£24  for  bringing  up  the  said  Loud's  youngest  son  to 
the  age  of  21  years." 

This  course  continued  to  be  followed  even  after  the  Revolution, 
and  so  late  as  the  beginning  of  the  present  century ;  and  to  the 
selectmen  was  entrusted  the  general  oversight  of  those  thus  aided, 
to  see  that  they  were  properly  cared  for. 

Thus,  in  1782,  the  selectmen  were  instructed  to  provide  for  the 
poor,  and  to  supply  Job  Long's  family  with  the  necessaries  of 
life.  March  13, 1786  : — The  selectmen  and  Dea.  Timothy  Rob- 
bins  were  chosen  a  committee  "  to  agree  with  Mr.  Samuel 
Witherell,  to  maintain  his  father  during  his  natural  life,  by  the 
lump  or  by  the  week,  as  they  shall  agree,  and  pay  him  out  of  the 
town's  money." 

Oct.  17,  1796.  The  selectmen  were  instructed  "  to  provide 
for  the  poor  under  their  care,  and  call  on  the  Treasurer  for 
money  as  they  shall  want  it." 

About  the  year  1803,  we  find  the  first  notice  of  a  change  in 
this  mode  of  proceedure.  The  selectmen  were  then  chosen  a 
committee,  to  meet  a  committee  of  the  town  of  Pembroke,  "  to 
consult  on  the  expediency  of  building  a  work-house." 

In  1809,  a  donation  of  $278,  having  been  made  to  the  town 
by  Maj.  John  B.  Barstow  for  the  poor,  he,  with  the  selectmen, 
were  chosen  to  distribute  the  same. 

In  1814,  it  was  "  voted  to  raise  $110,  to  purchase  Mary 
Peterson's  house  and  land  for  a  poor  house  ;"  and  the  purchase 
was  made, — but  the  town  being  dissatisfied,  in  1816  the  building 
was  sold,  and  for  the  first  time  on  the  records,  it  was  voted  to  put 


168  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

out  the  poor  at  auction  to  the  lowest  bidder  ;  the  auction  to  be  at 
the  Central  Meeting  House,  on  Wednesday,  Jan.  31,  at  4  P.  M.; 
and  the  person  bidding  off  the  same  was  "  to  give  good  and  suffi 
cient  security  to  the  overseers  of  the  poor  that  .he  will  support 
them  well,  in  sickness  and  in  health,  and  furnish  them  with  good 
and  comfortable  clothing,  and  pay  all  expenses  for  physicians,  and 
to  receive  pay  for  the  same  at  the  end  of  the  year." 

But  this  policy,  though  adopted  by  many  towns  in  Massachu 
setts,  and  quite  common  twenty-five  years  ago,  was  soon  found  to 
be  exceedingly  defective,  and  liable  to  serious  evils.  Enough 
allowance  was  not  made  for  that  principle  or  maxim,  which  prompts 
men,  in  business  affairs,  to  trade  sharply,  and  to  make  the  most 
of  their  bargains,  of  whatever  character  they  may  be.  We  do 
not  deem  it  necessary  to  revive  the  controversies  which  grew  out 
of  this  system,  which,  notwithstanding  its  exceptionable  features, 
continued  to  be  followed  for  twenty  years.  We  need  only  say  that 
in  1836,  it  was  voted  to  establish  a  Poor  House,  and  a  Committee 
of  five,  consisting  of  Ebenezer  Simmons,  Turner  Stetson,  Benja 
min  Mann,  Levi  Curtis,  and  William  Morse,  were  chosen  to  look 
up  a  suitable  farm  ;  and  in  a  very  short  time,  the  present  estab 
lishment,  located  on  Washington  street,  in  the  North-easterly 
part  of  the  town,  was  purchased,  which  was  formerly  Nathaniel 
Jacobs'  place, — and  here  the  poor  have  since  been  kept  in  a 
manner  creditable  to  the  liberality  and  humanity  of  the  Town. 
The  expense  of  maintaining  the  poor  is  about  $600  per  annum, 
and  the  number  supported  for  some  years  past,  has  been  from 
eight  to  ten. 

TEMPERANCE     CAUSE. 

It  is  well  known  to  all  conversant  with  the  history  of  our  country, 
that,  until  within  a  comparatively  recent  period,  spirituous  liquors 
were  a  common  beverage  of  all  classes  in  the  community,  and  were 
freely  sold  and  freely  used  in  every  town  in  this  State.  True, 
the  evils  attendant  upon  intemperance  have  been  always  felt,  and 
always  acknowledged ;  and  efforts  have  been  made,  from  time  to 
time,  to  check  the  tide  which  threatened  to  overwhelm.  But  it 
is  only  within  the  past  twenty  or  thirty  years,  that  these  efforts 


TEMPERANCE   CAUSE.  169 

have  been  attended  with  any  signal  success.  And  even  now, 
such  is  the  selfishness  of  avarice  on  the  one  hand,  and  such  are  the 
cravings  of  appetite,  on  the  other,  that  the  temperance  cause 
has  attained  but  a  measurable  triumph,  and  much  remains  to  be 
done,  before  every  mind  will  be  actuated  by  right  motives,  and 
brought  under  the  influence  of  the  laws  of  moral  rectitude. 

That  great  good  has  been  accomplished,  however,  only  those 
interested  to  perpetuate  evil  can  deny.  The  evidences  of  im 
provement  are  too  palpable  to  be  mistaken.  The  thriftiness  of 
our  villages ;  the  decrease  of  native  pauperism ;  the  general 
sobriety  of  the  people ;  the  absence  of  loungers  at  the  bar-room 
of  the  tavern,  or  at  the  grocery  on  rainy  days  ;  and  the  rareness 
of  the  sight,  especially  in  the  country,  and  in  the  open  highway, 
of  men  lying  under  the  walls,  sleeping  away  the  effects  of  their 
deep  potations  ;  —  all  these  are  tangible  proofs  that  something  has 
been  done  ;  —  proofs  which  none  can  gainsay  ;  —  and  we  trust  the 
time  is  not  far  distant,  when  it  will  be  deemed,  throughout  our 
land,  beneath  the  dignity  of  any  one  claiming  the  attributes  of 
humanity,  to  taste  of  the  intoxicating  cup  ;  and  when  reason  shall 
Bit  firmly  on  its  throne,  and  all  who  are  made  in  the  image  of  God, 
shall  stand  erect  in  their  manhood,  not  victims  of  passion,  or  slaves 
of  appetite  ;  but  walking  the  earth  in  the  exercise  of  those  nobler 
qualities,  which  distinguish  us  from  the  brutes,  and  which  ally  us 
to  angels. 

Were  we  writing  a  treatise  on  temperance,  much  that  is  valua 
ble  in  the  history  of  the  cause  might  be  gathered  from  the  Laws  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  and  from  those  of  the  Massachusetts  Colony. 
But  however  interesting  these  extracts  might  be,  AVC  shall  be 
obliged  to  omit  them,  inasmuch  as  we  have  enough  from  the  re 
cords  of  our  own  town,  and  contemporary  annals,  to  fill  the  space 
we  propose  to  devote  to  this  subject. 

Although  the  law  passed  by  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts, 
and  called  "  the  Maine  Law,"  is  regarded  by  some  as  a  novel 
eature  in  human  legislation,  and  an  encroachment  upon  the  rights 
and  liberties  of  the  people,  yet  laws  embodying  similar  principles, 
or  partaking  of  a  similar  character,  were  passed  long  ago,  in  this 
country. 

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170  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

In  1754,  a  bill  called  the  "  Excise  bill,"  for  "granting  to  his 
Majesty  an  excise  upon  Avines  and  spirits  distilled,  &c.,"  was  intro 
duced,  and  taken  into  consideration  by  the  people  ;  and  the  town 
of  Hanover,  after  debating  it  for  some  time,  "  Voted,  that  the  said 
bill  is  disagreeable  to  the  minds  of  the  town,  and  Voted,  that  Da 
vid  Stockbridge,  Esq.,  representative  of  said  town,  be  desired  to 
use  his  endeavors  to  prevent  the  said  Bills  passing  into  an  Act." 

The  extent  and  character  of  the  traffic  in  spirits  at  this  time, 
and  the  course  of  argument  by  which  the  business  was  sustained, 
may  be  gathered  from  the  following  luminous  and  curious  state 
ment  from  Minot's  History  of  Massachusetts,  vol.  1,  pp.  155-161. 

"  A  great  part  of  the  inhabitants  of  Massachusetts  Bay  live 
chiefly  by  the  sea,  and  are  employed  in 

1.  Fisheries.  2.  Navigation.  3.  Building  and  providing 
materials  for  ships. 

By  these  employments,  they  depend  upon  Great  Britain  for 

1.  Clothes.  2.  Materials  for  furnishing  their  houses  of  many 
kinds.  3.  Cordage  and  sail  cloth  for  equipment  of  their  vessels. 
4.  Lines,  hooks  and  cables,  &c.,  for  the  fishery. 

They  are  dependent  on  the  northern  Colonies  for  bread  corn. 

RUM  is  their  chief  manufacture  ;  there  being  upwards  of 
15,000  hogsheads  of  rum  manufactured  in  the  Province  annually. 

This,  with  whai  they  get  from  the  English  islands,  is  the  grand 
support  of  all  their  trades  and  fishery ;  and  without  which  they 
can  no  longer  subsist. 

Rum  is  a  standing  article  in  the  Indian  trade,  and  the  common 
drink  of  all  the 

1.  Laborers.  2.  Timber-men.  3.  Mast-men.  4.  Loggers. 
,~),  Fishermen  in  the  Province. 

Those  men  could  not  endure  the  hardships  of  their  employments 
nor  the  rigor  of  the  seasons  without  it. 

Rum  is  the  merchandize  principally  made  use  of  to  procure 

1.  Corn.  2.  Pork  for,  I.  Their  fish3rmen,  and  2.  Other 
navigation. 

The  best  and  cheapest  provision  in  this  way  of  life  ! 

This  is  done  in  winter,  when  there  is  no  catching  fish,  nor  any 
other  employment  for  the  fishermen. 


RUM   TRADE,   1754-5.  171 

Then,  a  great  number  of  fishing  vessels  with  their  men,  go  to 
North  Carolina,  Virginia,  Maryland,  &c.  These  trade  with  rum 
and  molasses  for  corn  and  pork,  which  serves  for  a  supply  for  the 
next  season. 

Newfoundland  has  large  annual  supplies  from  Massachusetts 
Bay  of  rum,  molasses,  pork,  &c.,  without  which  they  could  not 
carry  on  the  fishery  to  so  much  advantage. 

Halifax  at  present,  and  for  some  years  at  least,  must  depend  on 
New  England  for  a  supply  of  those  articles  in  order  to  carry  on 
the  fishery ;  which  can  only  be  done  by  coming  at  those  com 
modities  at  a  moderate  price. 

The  rum  carried  from  Massachusetts  Bay,  and  the  other  north 
ern  Colonies  to  the  coast  of  Guinea,  is  exchanged  for  gold  and 
slaves.  The  gold  is  sent  to  London,  to  help  pay  for  their  an 
nual  supplies ;  and  the  slaves  are  carried  to  the  English  Sugar 
Colonies,  and  exchanged  for  their  commodities,  or  sold  for  bills  of 
exchange  on  Great  Britain. 

So  that  rum  is  useful  in  all  their  traffic,  especially  in  support 
ing  the  fishery  ;  not  only  as  it  is  the  common  drink  of  persons  in 
that  business,  but  in  being  a  means  of  employing  the  vessels  and 
men  at  a  season,  when  no  other  business  can  be  carried  on  by 
them ;  and  procuring  provisions  for  their  supplies,  which  otherwise 
they  could  not  have  but  by  their  labor  at  the  season  proper  for 
fishing. 

From  evidence  in  the  cause,  when  before  the  lords  of  trade,  it 
appeared  that  Jamaica  at  this  time  produced  about  12,000  pun 
cheons  of  rum,  of  110  gallons  each,  per  annum;  Barbadoes 
12,000;  Antigua  from  10,000  to  12,000;  St.  Christophers 
6,000  ;  Monsterrat  1,500 ;  amounting  in  the  whole  to  at  least 
41,500  puncheons,  or  4,565,000  gallons  !  !  ! 

But  the  excise  bill  was  passed ;  and  on  the  Church  Records  of 
Hanover  for  1755,  we  find  the  following  curious  documents  rela 
ting  to  the  Act :  — 

"Hanover,  Dec.  26,  1755.  Tho  following  persons  gave  in  their 
accounts,  as  follows,  viz. :  — 

These  may  certify  that  we  the  subscribers  have  not  expended  in 
Our  families  or  business,  any  spirituous  liquors  but  only  what  we 


172 


HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 


bought  of  Innholders  or  Retailers  in  this  Province,  in  less  quan 
tities  than  30  gallons,  since  December  26,  1754,  as  witness  our 
hands : — 


Joshua  Barstow, 
Benj.  Mann,  jr., 
Ebenezer  Wing, 
Nathaniel  Jbsselynn, 
Wm.  Whiting, 
Uriah  Lambert, 
Thomas  Palmer, 
Samuel  House, 
Benjamin  Curtis, 
John  Torrey, 
Joshua  Staples, 
Isaac  Lambert, 
Edmund  Silvester, 
Ralph  Chapman, 
John  Barker, 
Othniel  Pratt, 
Marlboro'  Turner, 
Thomas  Bardin, 
Ezekiel  Palmer, 
Jeremiah  Rogers, 


Isaac  Gross, 
Thos.  Barstow, 
Joseph  House,  jr., 
Thos.  Silvester, 
Job  Tilden, 
Lemuel  Curtis, 
Samuel  Harlow, 
Ebenezer  Right, 
Jesse  Torrey, 
Joseph  Soper, 
Melatiah  Dillingham, 
Edward  Dillingham, 
Benjamin  Mann, 
Seth  Stetson, 
Seth  Woodworth, 
Benj.  Stetson, 
Joseph  House, 
Thos.  Whiting, 
Caleb  Church, 


Nathaniel  Robbins, 
Joseph  Cornish, 
Benj.  White, 
Josiah  Curtis, 
Thos.  Rose, 
Amos  Silvester, 
Ezekiel  Turner, 
Benj.  Studley, 
Taylor  Brooks, 
Elisha  Palmer, 
Joseph  Curtis, 
Jere.  Stetson, 
John  House, 
Mordecai  Ellis, 
Isaac  Hatch, 
Thos.  Wilkes, 
Jacob  Silvester, 
Sam.  Barstow, 


Sam.  Curtis, 

Hanover,  Dec.  26,  1755.     The  following  persons  gave  in  as 
follows  :  To  David  Stockbridge,  Town  Clerk.     These  may  certify 
that  I  have  not  expended  any  spirituous  liquors  in  my  family  for 
this  year  past,  but  I  have  had  of  the  retailers,  as  witness  my  hand. 
Adam  Prouty,  Silvanus  Wing,  Caleb  Barker, 

John  Bray,  Robt.  Barker,  Matt.  Estes, 

Dec.  26,  1755.     I  have  had  no  rum,  wine,  or  other  spirits,  in 

ABNER  CURTIS. 
All  the  rum  I  have  had,  I  have  it  of  a  re- 

JEREMIAH  HATCH. 

Inform  the  Farmer  of  Excise  that  I  have 
not  expended  any  spirituous  liquors  in  my  family  or  business, 
from  the  4th  Dec.  1754,  to  the  26  Dec.  1755. 

ELIHAB  STUDLEY. 

These  lines  are  to  inform  you  that  I  have  not  bought  nor  sold 
no  strong  drink  since  this  famous  act  hath  been  made,  nor  con 
sumed  any  in  my  house  contrary  to  said  act. 

CALEB  ROGERS. 


the  year  past. 

Dec.  26,  1755. 
tailer  this  year. 

Dec.  26,  1755. 


EXCISE   LAW   OF   1754-5.  173 

Dec.  27,  1755.  Esq.  Stockbridge,  These  may  certify  you 
that  I  have  bought  no  rum  these  two  years  only  of  retailers  and 
inn  holders.  RECOMPENCE  TIFFANY. 

Hanover,  Dec.  2G,  1755.  These  may  certify  that  I,  the  sub 
scriber,  have  consumed,  in  my  private  capacity,  trade  and  busi 
ness,  from  the  26  Dec.  17 '54,  forty-two  yallons  and  three  pints  of 
rum,  &c.,  except  what  I  have  purchased  of  taverners  and  retail 
ers.  THOS.  JOSSELYNN. 

Hanover,  Dec.  26,  1755.  These  may  certify  that  I,  the  sub 
scriber,  have  expended  only  thirty  gallons  and  one  quarter  of 
spirituous  liquors,  taken  in  the  middle  of  Oct.  last  past,  the  rest  I 
expended  in  my  family,  business,  &c.,  I  bought  of  tavern-keepers 
and  retailers  in  this  province  in  less  quantities  than  thirty  gallons, 
within  one  year  past.  As  witness  my  hand. 

JACOB  BAILEY. 

Hanover,  Dec.  26,  1755.  These  may  certify  that  I,  the  sub 
scriber,  have  expended  in  my  family,  business,  &c.,  in  one  year 
past,  one  gallon  and  three  quarts  of  rum  only,  except  what  I 
bought  of  a  retailer  or  innholder  in  this  province,  in  less  quantities 
than  thirty  gallons.  As  witness  my  hand. 

JOSEPH  RAMSDELL. 

Jan.  6,  1756.  Clement  Bates  gave  in  his  account,  that  he  had 
expended  two  gallons  of  rum  only,  except  what  he  bought  of  tav 
ern-keepers  and  retailers  in  this  province,  since  Dec.  26,  1754, 
to  Dec.  26,  1755. 

And  at  the  same  time,  Shuble  Munroe  gave  in  his  account  of 
two  gallons,  as  said  Bates  did." 

We  presume  the  foregoing  extracts  give  us  the  names  of  nearly, 
if  not  quite  all,  the  legal  voters,  or  heads  of  families  in  the  town. 

From  another  source, — the  old  Justice  Records  of  David  Stock- 
bridge,  Esq.,  we  learn  that  all  who  violated  the  law,  were  prose 
cuted  and  fined  for  the  same  ;  and  actions  against  Adam  Rogers 
of Marshfield,  Bczaleel  Palmer,  Stephen  Otis,  Jr.  of  Scituate,  David 
Allen,  of  Middleboro',  Jesse  Thomas,  of  Pembroke,  Ebenezer 
Mann,  of  Pembroke,  are  recorded,  the  fines  being  generally  40s. 
for  eacho  ffence. 

About  the  year  1816.  a  society  for  the  suppression  of  intemper- 


174  HISTORY   OP  HANOVER. 

ance  was  formed  in  Hanover,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  Association, 
held  April  28,  1817,  an  address  was  delivered  by  the  Rev.  John 
Butler,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  Society,  which  was  printed, — a  copy 
of  which  is  in  our  possession.  It  is  a  plain  and  sensible  document, 
its  reasoning  being  straight-forward  and  cogent,  and  its  array  of 
arguments  clear  and  convincing. 

We  take  from  it  the  following  extract : — 

"  By  the  exertions  of  this  Association,  the  prevailing  practice 
of  intemperance  has  been  brought  into  public  view.  It  has  been 
taken  under  serious  consideration  by  many,  and  made  a  subject  of 
conversation  by  all  classes  of  people  among  us.  The  object  of 
this  society  has  been  proposed  for  consideration  to  the  selectmen 
of  the  adjacent  towns,  with  whom  it  has  been  favorably  received. 
The  respectable  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Scituate  have  felt  the 
importance  of  the  subject,  and  united  in  an  association  for  the  sup 
pression  of  this  public  vice.  The  several  retailers  in  the  town  of 
Hanover  have  been  respectfully  addressed  upon  the  importance  of 
observing  the  wise  and  good  laws  of  this  Commonwealth,  made 
expressly  for  the  regulation  of  their  conduct ;  and  measures  have 
recently  been  taken,  which  we  have  good  reason  to  hope,  will 
secure  obedience  to  these  laws." 

In  1830,  May  3,  the  town  voted,  "that  the  selectmen  be  re 
quested  not  to  license  any  retailer  or  innholder,  who  shall,  between 
this  and  August,  permit  spirituous  liquors  to  be  sold  and  drank 
in  and  about  their  premises,  and  engage  not  to  sell  after  that  time 
to  be  drank  in  like  manner." 

For  several  years  past,  a  temperance  committee  has  been  an 
nually  appointed  by  the  town,  to  take  cognizance  of  all  violations 
of  the  laws ;  and  though  we  do  not  affirm  that  no  ardent  spirits 
have  been  brought  into  the  place,  or  sold,  or  used  by  the  people, 
yet  no  one  can  doubt,  that  there  is  more  sobriety,  more  order,  and 
a  better  state  of  moral  feeling  in  the  community,  than  existed 
twenty-five  or  thirty  years  since. 

May  the  blessing  of  God  continue  to  rest  upon  this,  and  every 
other  cause  which  has  for  its  object  the  moral  elevation  of  our 
race,  and  the  deliverance  of  the  soul  from  the  dominion  of  lust  and 
destructive  appetites. 


SLAVERY.  175 

SLAVERY. 

It  may  seem  to  some  singular  to  find  anything  in  a  town  history 
in  Massachusetts,  relative  to  the  subject  of  human  slavery.  And 
yet,  it  is  a  well  known  and  undeniable  fact,  that,  previous  to  the 
Revolution,  slavery  existed  in  all  the  colonies,  not  even  excepting 
our  own ,  and  slaves  were  held  in  almost  every  family  wealthy 
enough  to  own  them.  The  minister,  the  deacon,  and  even  quiet 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  if  we  mistake  not,  held  slaves  ; 
and  justices  of  the  peace,  innholders,  proprietors  of  forges,  &c., 
all  sinned  after  the  similitude  of  the  same  transgression ! 

The  following  items,  which  we  have  gleaned  from  various 
sources,  may  be  interesting  in  this  connection,  and  present  as  full 
a  sketch  of  the  history  of  slavery  in  this  town,  as  we  are  able  to 
furnish. 

In  1754  there  were  eight  male  and  nine  female  slaves  held  in 
Hanover.1 

In  1764-5,  the  number  of  slaves  held  in  Scituate  was  107  !3 
The  number  in  Hanover  is  not  given.  At  the  same  date  there 
were  thirteen  Indians  in  Scituate  ;3  but  the  number  in  Hanover 
is  not  given. 

Not  only  were  blacks,  but  Indians,  were  held  as  slaves  ;  and  in 
termarriages  between  the  black  and  red  race  were  not  infrequent. 

We  do  not  know  that  we  can  give  the  names  of  all  who  held 
slaves  in  Hanover  ;  we  are  only  able  to  present  the  scattered 
notices  of  marriages,  births  and-  deaths,  which  occur  on  the  records 
of  the  town  and  church. 

These  are  as  follows  : 

Dick,  James  Bailey's  negro,  and  Daphne,  Col.  Barker's  negro, 
were  married  Dec.  25,  1741,  and  Boston  and  Margaret,  slaves  of 
Elijah  Gushing,  were  married  in  the  same  year.  Windsor  Jonas, 
and  Mercy  lied,  an  Indian,  were  married  March  9,  1749. 
Jack  and  Bilhah,  Job  Tilden's  servants,  were  married  Feb.  8, 
1751.  Tradition  says,  that  Mr.  T.  raised  slaves  for  the  market ! 
Newport  and  Kate,  slaves  of  Nathaniel  Silvester,  were  married 

1  Annals  of  the  Am.  Stat.  Ass.     Vol.  1. 

2  Ibid.     Vol.  1. 
*  Ibid.     Vol.  1. 


176  HISTORY    OF  HANOVER. 

May  25,  1700.  Caesar,  child  of  Deacon  Stockbridgo's  slave,  died 
June  14,  1728.  Joseph  Ramsdell's  negro  child  died  April  25, 
1733.  Deacon  Stockbridge's  negro,  Cuffy,  died  Jan.  18,  1736. 
Elijah  Gushing,  Esq.'s  negro  child  died  March  5,  1736.  A  negro 
of  Mr.  Dillingham,  died  Feb.,  1738.  Fred,  a  negro  of  Matthew 
Estes,  died  Feb.  13,  1739.  Phillis,  Captain  Josselynn's  negro, 
died  Feb.  9,  1742.  Captain  Cushing's  negro  child  died  July  30, 
1744.  A  negro  child  of  Uriah  Lambert's,  died  Sept.,  1746.  A 
negro  child  of  Elijah  Gushing,  Esq.,  died  Feb.,  1747.  Jupiter, 
Mr.  John  Curtis's  negro,  died  Dec.  1747.  Briton,  negro  child  of 
John  Studley,  died  January  23,  1749.  This  child  belonged  to 
Edward  Jenkins,  of  Scituate,  and  was  given  by  him  to  Mr.  S. 
soon  after  its  birth.  A  negro  child  of  Ensign  John  Bailey,  died 
August  7,  1751.  A  negro  child  of  Lieutenant  Job  Tilden,  died 
Dec.  25,  1754,  and  another  February  12,  1760.  Dinah,  negro 
servant  to  Mr.  Amos  Sylvester,  died  Feb.  1756.  Ben,  an  Indian 
slave  of  John  Bailey,  died  May,  1756.  Bilhah,  Joshua  Barstow's 
negro  woman,  died  May  21,  1757.  Jeffrey,  negro  of  Colonel 
Turner,  was  drowned  in  the  furnace  pond,  Aug.  29,  1765.  Dick, 
slave  of  Rev.  Samuel  Baldwin,  died  Feb.  3,  1762.  Phebe,  negro 
slave  to  David  Jacobs,  died  Jan.  8,  1769, — also  Jane,  a  negro  ser 
vant  of  David  Jacobs,  died  Feb.  28,1775.  Jesse  Boos,  negro  slave 
of  Rev.  Samuel  Baldwin,  died  Oct.  5,]J1775.  Daphne,  an  old  ne 
gro,  probably  Col.  Barker's  slave,  died  March  10,  1779.  Lon 
don,  negro  of  the  widow  Turner,  died  Jan.  15,  1786.  Dick, 
negro  of  Col.  Bailey,  and  husband  of  Daphne,  died  Jan.  20, 1786, 
aged  90.  Mingo,  negro  of  Capt.  Simeon  Curtis,  died  April  7, 
1791,  aged  70.  He  lived  on  Silver  street,  with  his  wife  and 
child,  and  gave  the  name  to  Mingo's  field.  Susannah,  negro  of 
Deacon  Bass,  died  May  2, 1791,  aged  73.  Bess,  negro  of  Rev. 
John  Mellon,  died  Sept.  20,  1793,  aged  36.  Mary,  negro  of 
Robert  Estes,  died  March  20,  1794,  aged  76.  Cuba,  a  negro 
woman  of  Deacon  Brooks,  died  March  25, 1795,  aged  84.  Cuffee 
Josselynn,a  slave  of  Col.  Joseph  Jossclynn,  died  in  the  almshouse, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  103,  in  1831.  He  was  out  in  the  Revolu 
tion  as  a  soldier,  as  the  rolls  show. 
It  is  related  of  one  slave,  held  at  the  Four  Corners,  that  he 


BURIAL   GROUNDS.  177 

earnestly  desired  to  be  free,  and  often  asked  his  master  to  give 
him  his  liberty,  who  put  him  off  with  the  promise  that  he  should 
be  made  free,  as  soon  as  all  the  water  in  the  North  river  had  run 
by ;  and  the  simple-hearted  creature  was  frequently  seen  looking 
wistfully  at  the  stream,  doubtless  hoping  daily  that  it  would  be 
come  dry ! — but  alas !  for  him,  slavery  knew  no  end  but  death. 
Heartily  do  we  rejoice  that  our  State  no  longer  labors  under  this 
terrible  curse ! — and  would  to  God  it  were  abolished  in  all  our 
land,  that  in  truth,  as  well  as  on  parchment,  all  were  free  and 
equal, — possessing  and  enjoying  their  inalienable  rights, — arid  that 
the  banner  of  freedom  might  wave  triumphantly  over  every  milo 
of  our  territory. 

BURIAL   GROUNDS. 

Of  our  burial  grounds,  the  oldest  in  the  town  is  that  near  the 
centre  meeting  house.  In  1727,  the  town  of  Scituate  made  a 
grant  of  ten  acres  of  land  to  Hanover,  for  a  "  training  field  and 
burial  ground  ;"  and  on  the  records  of  Hanover,  under  date  of 
June  17, 1727,  Benjamin  Curtis  and  Samuel  Barstow  were  chosen 
agents  to  attend  the  Surveyors  in  laying  out  the  same,  and  in  case 
they  could  not  agree  where  it  should  be  laid  out,  it  was  voted  that 
the  two  surveyors  should  lay  it  out  at  their  discretion. 

This  land  was  divided  into  two  lots,  one  of  seven  and  a  half 
acres,  for  the  training  field,  and  the  other  of  two  and  a  half  acres, 
for  the  burial  ground  ;  but  we  find  no  record  which  fixes  the 
original  bounds  of  either  lot.  The  former,  the  training  field, 
seems  to  have  been  exchanged  with  John  Rogers,  in  1730,  as 
June  15th  of  that  year,  Isaac  Buck  was  chosen  agent  to  give 
John  Rogers  a  deed  of  seven  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  the 
town's  behalf,  and  to  take  in  return,  a  deed  for  three  acres  ;  and 
at  the  same  time  it  was  voted  to  pay  Isaac  Buck  £  3  for  one  acre 
of  land.  We  incline  to  the  opinion  that  Buck's  acre  was  that 
on  which  the  meeting-house  was  built,  and  that  the  three  acre  lot 
of  Rogers  constituted  the  burial  ground.  In  1769,  we  find  on 
the  Scituate  records,  the  minutes  of  the  laying  out  of  the  ten  acres 
granted  in  1727;  —  one  of  the  pieces,  containing  nearly  eight 
acres,  being  near  the  residence  of  Mr.  Baldwin  ;  and  the  other,  of 


178  HISTORY    OF   HANOVER. 

two  acres  and  a  little  over,  is  described  as  "  lying  near  Captain 
John  Bailey's  new  house,  in  the  East  of  the  way  that  leads  to 
Deacon  Thomas  Roses's,  &c." 

In  1788,  David  Stockbridge,  Esq.,  "  for  and  in  consideration 
of  his  good  will  and  affection  to  the  town,  presented  a  piece  of 
land  containing  one  acre,  one  quarter  and  twenty-five  rods,  to  en- 
lage  the  present  burial  ground  ;  said  lot  lying  westerly  of  the 
former  lot/' 

In  1792,  £Q  were  voted  for  the  purchase  of  a  Pall,  and  in 
1804,  $103,55,  for  fencing  the  ground.  In  1808,  it  was  voted 
"  to  purchase  a  hearse,  and  build  a  house  for  the  same  on  the 
burying  ground,"  where  it  still  stands. 

A  gift  of  land  for  the  enlargement  of  the  burial  ground,  has  just 
been  received  from  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  of  Providence,  son  of  Col. 
J.  B.  Barstow,  of  Hanover,  on  which  occasion  the  following  votes 
were  passed  : 

"  Whereas  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,'a 
native  of  Hanover,  in  consideration  of  his  "  respect  to  the  birth 
place  of  his  ancestors  for  six  successive  generations,"  has  been 
pleased  to  present  to  the  Town,  as  a  token  of  his  good-will  and 
regard,  a  Deed  of  Two  Lots  of  Land  in  Hanover,  adjoining  the 
present  burial-place,  near  the  centre  meeting  house,  for  the  en 
largement  of  said  burial  ground,  which  lots  are  fully  described  in 
the  Deed  and  Plan  forwarded  by  him  ;  therefore  Voted,  that  the 
Town  accept  said  lots,  with  the  Proviso  attached,  in  reference  to 
driftways,  and  agree  to  improve  the  same  according  to  the  intents 
of  the  Donor. 

"  Voted,  that  the  Deed  of  said  lots  be  entered  at  large  upon 
the  records  of  the  Town,  in  token  of  our  acceptance  of  the  same, 
and  to  perpetuate  the  remembrance  of  the  liberality  of  the  Grantor. 

"  Voted,  that  the  Town  duly  appreciate  the  generous  motives 
which  have  prompted  this  gift;  and  that  the  filial  reverence 
therein  displayed  for  the  resting  place  of  the  Dead,  meets  our  cor 
dial  approbation,  and  our  hearty  sympathy. 

"  Voted,  as  a  token  of  our  respect  for  the  meirory  of  the  departed, 
and  of  our  desire  to  co-operate  with  the  generous  Grantor,  in  the 
laudable  object  which  he  had  in  view  in  said  gift,  that  the  Town 


BURIAL  GROUNDS-  AND  LONGEVITY.          179 

will,  at  their  earliest  opportunity,  take  such  measures  to  cause 
said  burial-ground  to  be  suitably  fenced,  and  otherwise  improved, 
as  may  render  the  spot  more  attractive  in  its  appearance,  and 
more  in  accordance  with  the  genial  spirit  of  our  holy  religion. 

Voted,  that  the  Town  Clerk  be  requested  to  forward  a  copy  of 
these  proceedings  to  Mr.  Barstow,  at  his  earliest  convenience  ;  and 
that  the  minutes  of  this  meeting  be  entered  on  the  records  of  the 
Town." 

We  trust  these  votes  will  soon  be  carried  into  effect ;  that  our 
ancient  burial  ground,  will  be  cleared  of  stones  and  bushes  ;  that 
trees  and  shrubbery  will  be  set  out  to  adorn  it ;  and  that  the  whole 
will  be  enclosed  with  a  good  and  substantial  fence. 

To  beautify  and  adorn  the  "  place  of  the  dead,"  is  one  step 
towards  embalming  their  memories  more  effectually  in  the  hearts 
of  the  living,  and  tends  to  cherish  a  purer  regard  for  the  spot 
where  our  fathers  sleep  in  peace. 

In  the  extreme  North-easterly  part  of  the  town,  or  in  the 
Snappet  neighborhood,  is  another  burial  ground,  owned  by  pro 
prietors,  who  reside  in  Hanover  and  South  Scituate.  This  was 
established  about  the  year  1789 ;  but,  like  the  lot  in  the  centre  of 
the  town,  it  needs  attention,  as  the  fences  are  fallen,  and  the 
ground  is  bare,  and  destitute  of  shubbery. 

We  present  the  following  table  of  longevity,  to  show  that  a  fair 
share  of  the  citizens  of  Hanover  have  lived  to  a  "  good  old  age," 
and  passed  the  bounds  of  three  score  years  and  ten,  and  even 
four  score  years,  allotted  to  man  as  the  term  of  his  earthly  pil 
grimage.  We  give  the  date  of  death,  and  the  age,  so  far  as  they 
can  be  learned  : — 

1730.  Henry  Jossclynn,  90.  1788.  Joseph  Ramsdell,  86. 

1743.  Robert  Stetson,  90.  1788.  Wid.  Hannah  Stockbridge,  95. 

1744.  Widow  Turner,  86.  1789.  Wid.  Abigail  Clark,  85. 
1748.  Elnathan  Palmer,  86.  1790.  Capt.  Joseph  Soper,  87. 
1761.  Widow  Joanna  Wing,  100.  1794.  Samuel  Curtis,  86. 
1773.  Widow  Sarah  Ramsdell,  91.  1794.  Wid.  Sarah  Church,  91. 
1773.  Dea.  Joseph  Stockbridge,  100.  1795.  Wid.  Mary  Stetson,  90. 
1775.  Elijah  Stetson,  89.  1796.  Benjamin  Sylvester,  87. 

1786.  Dick,  a  negro,  90.  1796.  David  House,  87. 

1787.  Joseph  Josselynn,  88.  1797.  Mrs.  John  Curtis,  86. 
178,7.  Sarah  Batch,  86.  1797.  Widow  Macoun,  90. 

1788.  Ezekiel  Palmer,  87.  1797.  Wid.  Eliab^  Studley,  90. 


180 


HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 


1798.  Wicl.  Hannah  Ford,  88.  1823. 

1798.  Michael  Silvester,  85.  1825. 

1799.  John  Curtis,  90.  1826. 
1801.  Deacon  Samuel  Barstow,  94.      1826. 
1801,  Wid.  Alice  Mann,  88.  1828. 
1803.  John  Torrey,  88.  1829. 
1805.  Caleb  Rogers,  88.  1829. 
1805.  AVid.  Ruth  Turner,  86.  1829. 
1807.  Wid.  Hannah  Bobbins,  86.  1830. 
1807.  Wid.  Lucy  Ramsdell,  89.  1830. 

1807.  Joshua  Simmons,  88.  1831. 

1808.  Rhoda  Rose,  90.  1831. 

1809.  Miry  Heyford,  92.  1821. 

1810.  Mordccai  Ellis,  93.  1831. 

1811.  John  Chapman,  105.  1831. 
1811.  Abigail  Hanmer,  93.  1831. 

1811.  Wid.  Molly  Silvester,  86.  1832. 

1812.  Wid.  Mary  Rogers,  89.  1834. 

1812.  Capt.  Joseph  Chaddock,  88.       1839. 

1813.  Lydia  Wright,  94.  1842. 

1814.  Teg  Peters,  87.  1842. 
1814.  Waitstill  Turner,  92.  1842. 
1814.  Wid.  Hannah  White,  94.  1843. 
1814.  Wid.  Mary  Munroe,  91.  1848. 
1816,  Joseph,  Bates,  88.  1848. 
1816.  Benjamin  Mann,  89.  1849. 

1820.  Isaiah  Wins,  89.  >(.  1851. 

1821.  Wid.  John'Bailey,  91.  1851. 
1823.  Mary  Wing,  86.  1852. 


Wrid.  Beulah  Estes,  88. 
Jabez  Studley,  86. 
Samuel  Barstow,  92. 
Wid.  Mary  Whiting,  95. 
Orpha  Hatch,  85. 
Samuel  Brooks,  87. 
Elisha  Barrell,  94. 
Capt.  Timothy  Rose,  86. 
Wid.  Samuel  Brooks,  89. 
Ruth  Bates,  92. 
Wid.  Elisha  Barrell,  95. 
George  Bailey,  90. 
Wid.  Joshua  Dwelley,  90. 
Wid.  Ruth  Eells,  94. 
Cufl'ee  Josselynn,  103. 
Ruth  Wing.  86. 
Wid.  Rosamond  Studley,  92. 
Hannah  Wing,  95. 
Clement  Bates,  88. 
Japhet  Studley.  85. 
Daniel  Barstow,  97. 
Experience  Curtis,  87. 
David  Stock  bridge,  88. 
Mrs.  Benjamin  Bates,  87. 
Caleb  Whiting,  87. 
Molly  Whiting,  94. 
Mrs.' Sarah  E.  Barstow,  92. 
Shuble  Munroe,  90. 
John  Curtis,  90. 


CHAPTER    XIII. 

HIGHWAYS  —  STREETS  —  BRIDGES  —  PONDS  —  STREAMS  —  AND 
LANDMARKS. 

The  details  of  the  laying  out  of  highways  are  usually  of  but  little 
interest  to  readers  in  general.  They  have,  however,  a  local  value, 
and  are  often  of  great  assistance,  in  fixing  the  residence  of  some, 
of  whom  we  could  otherwise  obtain  but  little  information.  We 
shall  make  our  sketch  as  brief  as  possible,  consistent  with  the 
omission  of  nothing  of  importance.  There  were  some  roads  laid 
out  before  the  incorporation  of  the  town,  and  whilst  it  formed  a 
part  of  Scituate.  The  "  Drinkwater  road,"  so  called,  was  one  of 
these,  also  the  "  country  road,"  from  Boston  to  Plymouth,  that 
from  the  Four  Corners  towards  Scituate  harbor,  and  others.  The 
following  are  from  the  town  records  :  — 

Mar.  29, 1729.  A  highway  laid  out  near  the  road  from  James 
Hatch's  to  the  saw-mill,  thence  to  the  S.  E.  corner  of  Amasa 
Turner's  ten  acre  lot ;  thence  to  a  marked  tree  in  James  Hatch's 
range  ;  thence  to  John  Cobb's  corner ;  thence  to  the  corner  be 
tween  John  Cobb  and  Bachelor  Wing ;  and  thence  to  Drinkwater 
road,  near  where  the  old  gate  stood  by  the  widow  Deborah 
Hatch's.  Vol.  1,  p.  375. 

Mar.  29,  1729.  A  private  way  laid  out,  from  Ebenezer  Cur- 
tis's  barn,  to  the  W.  end  of  Joseph  House's  house  ;  thence  to  Jo 
seph  Curtis's  lot;  thence  to  Benj.  Curtis's  lot;  thence  to  Timothy 
White's  great  lot ;  thence  to  Josiah  Curtis's  ten  acre  lot ;  thence 
to  the  N.  W.  corner  of  Joseph  Randall's  10  acre  lot ;  thence 
to  a  tree  at  the  corner  of  John  Rogers's  land,  which  the  town 
bought  of  the  said  Rogers  ;  and  thence  to  the  road  near  the  new 
meeting  house.  Vol.  1,  p.  375.  This  was  part  of  Curtis  street. 


182  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER. 

Mar.  29,  1729.  A  private  way  laid  out,  from  Abington  line? 
near  Michael  Wanton's  house,  where  Samuel  Staples  lives,  thence 
to  the  top  of  a  dug  hill ;  and  thence  to  the  county  road  beyond 
Elijah  Cushing's.  Vol.  1,  p.  375. 

Mar.  16,  1730.  A  driftway  laid  out,  beginning  at  the  gate 
near  the  widow  Deborah  Hatch's,  as  the  way  goes  down  the  dug 
hill ;  thence  to  Caleb  Barker's  line,  between  his  land  and  that  of 
Isaac  Hatch ;  and  so  on  to  the  way  to  the  furnace,  and  thence  to 
the  furnace  mill  dam.  Vol.  1,  p.  374. 

Mar.  16,  1730.  A  driftway  laid  out,  beginning  at  the  N.  side 
of  the  road  leading  to  the  furnace,  on  the  W.  division  of  widow 
Deborah  Hatch's  garden  to  her  son  ;  thence  to  Caleb  Barker's 
corner  ;  thence  to  Drink  water  dam  ;  and  thence,  being  a  private 
way,  running  to  the  line  of  the  8th  Pond  Lot ;  thence  to  Otis's 
corner  ;  thence  to  House's  corner ;  thence  to  the  corner  of  Otis's 
pond  lots  ;  thence  to  the  W.  end  of  Edward  Estes's  dam  ;  thence 
to  the  corner  of  Thomas  Rogers's  and  Charles  William's  lot ;  and 
thence  to  a  stake  in  the  line  between  Joseph  Ramsdell  and  Thomas 
Wilkes.  Vol.  1,  p.  374. 

Feb.  25,  1730.  A  private  way  laid  out,  from  the  way  from 
Barstow's  to  the  New  Forge,  in  the  range  between  James  and 
Nathaniel  Torrey's ;  thence  to  the  N.  E.  •  corner  of  Benjamin 
Hanmer's  field ;  thence  to  the  upper  end  of  Nathaniel  Torrey's 
lot ;  thence  to  the  corner  of  Benjamin  Stetson's  lot ;  and  thence 
in  his  range  and  Matthew  Stetson's  range,  to  Drinkwater  road. 
Vol.  1,  p.  272. 

Feb.  27,  1737.  A  private  way  laid  out,  fjom  a  corner  of  the 
lands  belonging  to  the  heirs  of  Capt.  Joseph  Barstow,  deceased, 
near  Matthew  Stetson's  shop,  to  the  highway,  from  Samuel  Eell's 
shop  to  Capt.  Joseph  Josselynn's  house.  Vol.  1,  p.  27. 

Oct.  24  1774.  A  highway  laid  out,  at  the  request  of  Matthew 
and  William  Estes,  beginning  at  the  top  of  the  hill  above  William 
Estes's  shop,  and  turning  N.  to  the  E.  side  of  said  Estes's  fence, 
to  Matt.  Estes's  line,  and  thence  to  Caleb  Barker's  fence  on  said 
Estes's  land,  till  it  comes  to  Matt.  Estes's  orchard  fence.  Vol. 
1,  p.  370.  Now  Plain  street. 

Mar.  21,  1749.     A  way  laid  out,  from  the  end  of  the  lane 


HIGHWAYS.  183 

leading  by  Capt.  Ezekiel  Turner's  house  ;  thence  to  the  W.  side 
of  a  brook  in  Dea.  George  King's  land ;  thence  to  Ridge  hill  ; 
thence  as  the  said  hill  goes,  to  the  most  convenient  place  of  com 
ing  off  the  s«me  into  the  way  that  goes  from  Ezekiel  Turner's  to 
the  county  road ;  and  thence  as  the  cartway  goes  to  said  county 
road.  Vol.  2,  p.  7. 

Mar.  5,  1750,  Accepted  the  highway  laid  out  from  Ezekiel 
Turner's,  to  the  way  leading  from  Elijah  Gushing,  Esq.'s  to 
Hatch's  mill.  Vol.  1,  p.  57. 

June  29,  1751.  A  way  laid  out,  from  the  way  from  David 
Jenkins's  to  Abijah  Stetson's,  near  the  S.  E.  corner  of  said  Stet 
son's  cornfield,  and  thence  by  a  cartway  cleared  out  by  said 
Stetson,  till  it  comes  to  the  way  at  the  foot  of  the  great  lots,  &c. 
Vol.  1,  p.  369. 

1756.  A  highway  laid  out  to  Abington,  through  land  of  John 
Bray  and  Benjamin  Studley. 

Feb.  27,  1758.  A  way  laid  out,  from  the  Beech  woods  saw 
mill  dam,  as  the  way  now  goes,  till  it  comes  to  the  W.  side  of  the 
cedar  swamp,  thence  to  John  Bray's  barn ;  and  thence  to  the  S. 
E.  of  Abington  way.  Vol  2,  p.  207. 

Feb.  27,  1764.  A  way  laid  out  from  the  land  of  Marlboro' 
Turner,  and  the  heirs  of  Joseph  Curtis,  late  of  Hanover,  deceased  ; 
thence  N.  as  the  way  now  lies  to  Samuel  Whiting's  and  James 
White's  land ;  thence  to  a  beech  tree  on  Joshua  Jacobs's  land  ; 
thence  to  the  S.  end  of  the  lane  between  the  land  of  Thomas  and 
William  Whiting ;  and  thence  N.  as  the  way  now  lies,  till  it  comes 
to  the  N.  bounds  of  the  town  of  Hanover.  Vol.  2,  p.  208.  Whi 
ting  street. 

Mar.  26,  1764.  A  way  laid  out,  from  the  S.  W.  corner  of 
Gideon  Randall's  land,  on  the  N.  side  of  the  way  that  leads  from 
the  furnace  to  the  meeting  house  ;  thence  to  Isaac  Hatch's  fence  ; 
thence  turning  W.  and  running  straight  to  the  way  that  leads 
from  Mordecai  Ellis's  to  the  meeting  house.  Vol.  2,  p.  208. 

April  17,  1782.  A  way  laid  out,  beginning  at  Scituate  line, 
at  the  South  end  of  the  highway  from  Captain  Thomas  Collamore's 
to'Hanover  meeting-house ;  thence  to  Job  Curtis's  corner  ;  thence 
to  Oles's  lot  thence  to  the  head  of  a  wall  between  Benjamin 


184  HISTORY   OF   HANOVER.  . 

Mann's  and  Thomas  Hatch's  ;  thence  to  the  head  of  a  wall  be 
tween  :  Thomas  Hatch's  and  Job  Curtis's ;  thence  by  Lemuel 
Curtis,  jr.'s  house  ;  and  thence  to  the  highway  heretofore  laid  out. 
Vol.  1,  p.  357.  Part  of  Curtis  street. 

April  25,  1791.  A  highway  laid  out  across  the  land  of  Richard 
Estes,  from  the  highway  leading  from  said  Estes's  dwelling  house 
to  the  old  furnace,  beginning  at  the  South-west  corner  of  his  farm, 
and  running  North  to  the  highway  opposite  the  dwelling  house  of 
Isaac  Hatch.  Vol.  1,  p.  368. 

Dec.  1,  1792.  Main  street  laid  out,  the  details  corresponding 
generally  to  those  already  given,  under  date  of  March  29,  1729, 
and  April  17,  1782.  Vol.  1,  p.  351. 

May  16,  1796.  A  way  laid  out,  from  the  North-east  corner- 
of  William  Stockbridge's  land,  by  the  highway  near  Charles 
Bailey's,  and  thence  West  to  the  highway  near  John  Bailey,  jr's. 
Vol.  1,  p.  355. 

Aug.  9,  1798.  A  new  road  petitioned  for  at  the  North-west 
part  of  the  town,  and  laid  out,  being  that  passing  through  Walnut 
and  North  streets. 

Oct.  20,  1800.  The  town  voted  against  the  road  from  Lemuel 
Curtis's  to  the  meeting-house,  and  not  to  accept  the  road  turned 
out  by  Joshua  Dwellcy  near  his  house. 

Oct.  12,  1801.     A  way  laid  out  across  Birch  bottom. 

1807.  The  road  widened  on  the  East  side  of  the  burying 
ground. 

Nov.  1819.  The  highway  near  Eleazer  Joselymvs,  past  David 
Studley's  shop,  widened  and  straightened. 

June  1820.  A  new  way  laid  out  from  Zaccheus  Estes's  to 
Paul  Perry's  being  part  of  Plain  street. 

May  5,  1823.  The  road  over  the  furnace  dam  repaired,  as 
per  agreement  between  the  town,  and  the  owners  of  the  works. 

Nov.  1832.  Alteration  of  the  road  over  land  of  Lewis  Litch- 
ficld  and  Joshua  Gates,  near  Ellis's  bridge. 

June  1834.  A  road  laid  out  below  Studley's  mill,  from  near 
the  house  of  Gridley  Studley,  over  his  land  to  the  mill  privilege, 
and  thence  to  land  of  Charles  Lane,  and  to  the  highway,  &c. 


HIGHWAYS.  18£ 

April  7,  1835.  The  road  past  the  house  of  George  Curtig 
altered,  and  that  portion  of  the  old  road  between  the  termini  dis 
continued. 

May  5,  1835.  A  road  laid  out  from  Charles  Dyer's  over  the 
driftway  to  the  old  forge,  across  land  of  Elisha  Bass,  John  B. 
Barstow,  and  Reuben  Rogers,  out  to  the  road  to  Pembroke. 

June  17,  1837.  A  road  laid  out  from  Charles  Dyer's  house, 
to  the  road  near  Nathan  Dwelley's,  on  the  road  from  Hanson  to 
the  Four  Corners.  At  the  same  date,  the  road  from  Hiram  Gard 
ner's  to  Scituate  line  was  widened. 

June  9,  1840.  The  road  from  Joseph  W.  and  Zebulon  Clark's, 
to  School-house  No  2,  widened  and  straightened. 

June  10,  1842.  Road  from  David  Mann's  to  Abington 
widened. 

The  roads  laid  out  since  the  last  date,  are  Pine  street ;  that 
part  of  Hanover  street  called  the  Pine  Island  road ;  and  a  road 
from  London  bridge  to  Benjamin  Mann's.  Several  alterations 
have  likewise  been  made  in  existing  roads,  and  new  locations  of 
portions  of  the  old  roads.  The  sum  expended  on  highways,  for  a 
few  years  past,  has  been  quite  large,  considering  the  population  of 
the  town,  and  the  extent  of  its  territory  ;  but  though  the  taxes 
have  been  high,  they  have  been  paid  with  commendable  prompti 
tude,  and  usually  with  but  little  complaint.  One  thing  we  think 
can  be  said  of  the  town  of  Hanover  with  truth  ; — that  what 
ever  differences  of  opinion  may  have  temporarily  arisen,  and 
however  warmly  party  feelings  may  have  been  enlisted  for  or 
against  certain  measures ;  these  feelings  have  never  resulted  in 
any  violent  outbreaks,  as  in  some  towns,  nor  have  they  produced 
alienations  in  families  or  neighborhoods,  which  have  been  lasting. 
We  do  not  claim  that  our  citizens  are  void  of  the  common  passions 
of  humanity  ;  but  a  spirit  of  forbearance  has  been  usually  exercised, 
worthy  of  all  praise. 

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186  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 


STREETS. 

All  the  streets  in  the  town  were  named  by  a  Committee  of  eight, 
one  from  each  School  district,  in  18-18,  and  are  as  follows : 

Back  Street :  from  Thomas  Barstow's,  to  the  widow  Magoun's. 
Birch  Street :  from  John  Dwelley's,  to  Gideon  Studley's. 
Broadway  ;  from  Teague's  Bridge,  to  the  Four  Corners. 
Cedar  Street:  from  Main  Street,  near   Benj.  Bailey's,  to  Whiting  Street. 
Centre  Street :  from  the  Meeting  House  to  Capt.  Tribou's  corner. 
Church  Street :  from  the  Old  Academy,  past  the  Episcopal  Church. 
Circuit  Street :  from  Edwin   Rose's,  past   Thos.  M.   Bates,'  to   Hanover 
Street.  .    . 

Cross  Street :  from  Abner  Wood's  to  Silvester's  works. 
East  Street:  from  Joseph   Silvester's  to  Scituatc  line. 
Kim  Street:  from  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow's  to  Pembroke  line. 
Grove  Street :  from  Timothy  Robbins'  to  Main  Street. 
Hanover  Street :  from  Washington  Street  to   Abington   Line,   past  the 
Centre  Meeting  House. 

King  Street :  from  Hanson  Line,  past  the  Forge,  to  Lewis  Litehfield's. 
Main  Street :  from  the  Centre  Meeting  House,  past  the   Baptist  Church, 
to  South  Scituate  Line. 

Mill  Street :  from  Hiram  Gardner's  to  South  Scituate  Line. 
North  Street:  from  David  Mann's  to  Joseph  Vining's. 

Pine  Street :  from  Washington  Street  to  Union  Street. 

Plain  Street :  from  Ethan  Perry's  to  John  Hatch's. 

Pleasant  Street:  from  Studley's  Mill  to  J.  W.  Estes'. 

School  Street :  from  David  CorthelPs  to  King  Street. 

Silver  Street :  from  the  Centre  Meeting  House  to  John  Curtis'. 

Spring  Street:  from  Elisha  Bass'  to  near  Studley's  corner. 

Summer  Street :  from  Circuit  Street  to  Abington  Line. 

Union   Street :  from  Joseph  Briggs,  jr's.  to  Josiah  Bonney's. 

Water  Street :  from  Curtis's  Forge,  past  Dyer's  Works  to  Broadway. 

Walnut  Street:  from  the  Baptist   Meeting  House  to  Assinippi  Hall. 

Washington  Street :  from   North  River  Bridge   to  South  Scituate   Line, 
'being  the  old  Plymouth  Stage  Road. 

Webster  Street :  from  Ezekiel  Turner's  to  Abington  Line. 

Whiting  Street:  from  J.  W.  Estes'  to  Abington  Line,  past  Benj.  Mann's. 

Winter  Street :  from  Circuit  Street,  past  Ozias  Perkins',  to  Broadway. 

New  Guide  Boards,  with  substantial  red  cedar  posts,  are  placed 
;at  the  corners  of  all  these  streets,  with  the  names,  and  suitable 
directions  to  the  neighboring  towns.  In  this  respect,  the  town  of 
.Hanover  has  not  only  fulfilled  its  legal  obligations,  but  has  set  an 


BRIDGES.  187 

example  which,  were  it  followed  by  every  town,  would  be  of  great 
assistance  to  the  stranger  and  traveller. 

It  is  bad  enough  to  journey  over  unknown  roads  with  guide 
boards,  but  where  there  are  none,  or  only  defaced  and  illegible 
ones,  it  not  only  occasions  great  perplexity,  but  is  often  a  serious 
detriment,  in  the  loss  of  time  and  distance,  besides  causing 
additional  fatigue  to  both  man  and  beast. 

BRIDGES. 

The  principal  bridge  in  the  town,  is  that  over  North  River, 
below  the  Four  Corners,  and  on  the  old  stage  road  from  Boston  to 
Plymouth.  The  first  bridge  was  erected  here  in  1656,  by  Win, 
Baratow,  of  which  we  have  already  given  an  account. 

In  1682,  the  Colony  Court  ordered  the  second,  or  a  cartlridge, 
to  be  built  over  the  North  River  at  Barstow's  bridge,  at  the 
expense  of  three  towns  ;  Scituate  to  pay  .£10,  Duxbury  <£5,  and 
Marshfield  £5.'  The  place  where  this  bridge  stood  is  still  visible, 
and  its  old  piers,  built  of  loose  stones,  yet  remain. 

The  present  bridge,  with  split  stone  abutments,  was  built,  by 
order  of  the  County  Commissioners,  in  1829,  and  is  a  substantial 
structure,  which  promises  to  last  for  many  generations. 

At  the  Curtis  forge  is  a  small  bridge,  across  the  Indian  Head 
River,  which  was  probably  built  as  early  as  1704,  the  date  of  the 
erection  of  Bardin's  Iron  Works.  Ludden's  Ford,  so  called,  is 
near  here,  over  which  Gov.  Winthrop  was  carried  upon  a  man's 
back,  on  his  visit  to  Plymouth  in  1632.* 

Above  this,  arid  in  the  neighborhood  of  Dyer's,  now  Perry's 
Tack  Factory,  there  was  formerly  a  bridge,  over  the  Indian  Head; 
but  it  has  been  gone  for  some  years. 

Still  farther  up,  at  Silvester's,  formerly  Barstow's  Forge,  is 
another  bridge,  built  as  early  as  1720,  when  the  "  new  forge'' 
spoken  of  on  the  town  records,  was  set  up. 

Teague's  bridge,  the  next  above,  which  unites  Hanover  with 
Hanson,  was  built  before  1740,  at  which  time  it  was  known  as 
Hatch's  bridge. 

1  Dcane's  Seitaate,  p.  15.  a  Ibid,  pp.  13  and  162. 


188  HISTOKY   OF  HANOVER. 

Following  the  stream  up,  which  now  has  the  name  of  Drink- 
water  river,  we  come  to  the  old  Furnace  Dam,  near  Daniel 
Barstow's,  where  MighilPs  works  were  erected  in  1710. 

Ellis's  bridge,  is  near  Abner  Magoun's,  and  was  built  as  early 
as  1678,as  an  old  saw  mill  then  stood  on  the  spot,  which  was  burnt 
by  the  Indians  in  that  year. 

On  the  third  Herring  Brook,  and  below  the  Four  Corners,  is 
Palmer's  bridge,  named  on  the  town  records  in  1742,  and  built 
by  John  Palmer,  of  Scituate,  in  1660,  who  covenanted  with  John 
Bryant  and  Humphrey  Johnson,  to  build  a  logway  and  bridge,  and 
cover  it  with  gravel,  from  firm  upland  to  firm  upland.1  A  perma 
nent  bridge  of  stone  was  built  here,  by  vote  of  the  town,  in  1835. 

Above  this  is  Winslow's  bridge,  named  on  the  records  in  1765, 
and  probably  built  as  early  as  1676,  at  which  date  the  mill  of 
Cornet  Stetson,  which  was  burnt  by  the  Indians,  stood  near  this 
spot. 

Still  farther  north,  is  the  bridge  covering  the  stream  between  the 
mills  of  T.  J.  Gardner  (formerly  the  Curtis  mill,)  and  that  of  John 
Clapp.  This  was  built  as  early  as  1690. 

At  South  Scituate  line,  is  the  dam  connected  with  Jacobs' 
mills. 

There  are  other  small  bridges  over  our  brooks,  which  have  local 
names. 

PONDS    AND    STREAMS. 

There  are  no  natural  ponds  of  any  size  in  Hanover.  Almost 
all  the  mill  privileges,  however,  have  formed  artificial  ponds,  some 
of  which  are  of  considerable  extent.  The  largest  is  at  the  forge 
near  Daniel  Barstow's,  covering  a  portion  of  Drinkwater  swamp. 

North  River,  the  principal  stream,  received  its  name  before 
1633,  probably  from  the  circumstance  that  its  general  course  is 
from  North  to  South.2  It  is  very  winding, — its  length,  from  North 
River  bridge  to  the  mouth,  being  over  eighteen  miles,  and  the  tide 
rises  at  the  bridge  from  three  to  five  feet, — there  being  a  percep 
tible  tide  some  distance  higher  up. 

Its  three  chief  sources  are  the  Namatakeese,  and  Indian  Head, 

1  Deane,  p.  15.  l  Deane,  p.  15. 


PONDS   AND   STREAMS.  189 

which  flow  from  the  Mattakeesett  Ponds  in  Pembroke ;  and  the 
Drinkwater,  which  has  its  source  chiefly  in  Abington,  flows  into 
the  Pond  by  Bates  &  Holmes'  Anchor  Works,  thence  by  a  general 
southerly  course,  being  a  stream  of  some  size,  into  Cobb  &  Gush- 
ing's  Pond  at  Hanson,  and  thence  easterly,  forming  the  boundary 
line  between  Hanover  and  Hanson,  past  Silvester's  Works,  and 
Perry's  Tack  Factory,  into  Indian  Head  River. 

Though  hardly  within  our  scope  to  describe  this  river  through 
out  its  course,  its  mouth  being  in  another  town,  yet  the  views 
which  it  presents  are  often  so  beautiful  and  picturesque,  that  we 
can  scarce  resist  the  temptation  to  give  them  a  passing  glance,  at 
the  risk  of  being  accused  of  deviating  slightly  from  the  beaten  path 
in  which  historians  usually  tread.  Suppose,  then,  we  go  down  to 
the  "  landing"  at  the  bridge,  and  step  on  board  one  of  these 
"  gundaloes"  or  flat  barges,  used  by  our  farmers  for  transporting 
their  salt  hay  from  the  marshes  below.  Shall  ours  be  a  moonlight 
excursion,  with  the  workmen,  starting  thus  early  to  be  in  season  for 
the  morrow  ?  or  shall  we  choose  rather  to  glide  down  the  stream 
by  daylight  ?  The  former  is  certainly  the  time  which  the  poet 
•would  choose  ;  the  silvery  beams  of  "  night's  chaste  queen,"  then 
shimmering  upon  the  waters,  and  reflecting  upon  their  placid 
bosom  the  trees  which  border  its  banks,  flitting  like  shadows  by  as 
we  move  on,  without  oar,  without  sail,  impelled  only  by  the  silent 
current ; — anon  passing  a  ship  yard,  where,  in  silent  grandeur, 
looms  up  the  hulk  of  some  half-finished  bark,  which  will  soon  be 
sailing  upon  the  mighty  deep,  perhaps  to  distant  climes ; — and 
then  opening  upon  an  expanse  of  meadow,  winding  through  which) 
like  a  thread  of  silver,  the  stream  may  be  seen,  far  beyond  us* 
What  stillness  reigns!  How  quiet !  Not  a  sound  of  life  is  heard 
around  us  !  Who  can  resist  the  feelings  of  reverence  which  such 
a  scene  is  calculated  to  inspire  ! 

The  trip  by  day,  though  not  possessing  all  the  enchantment  of 
that  by  night,  is  still  beautiful,  especially  if  taken  when  the  leaves 
are  changing,  and  our  forests  are  robed  in  their  autumn  hues  !  It 
is  certainly  delightful,  on  a  clear  October  morning,  when  the  air  ig 
just  cool  enough  to  brace  the  nerves,  and  invigorate  the  lungs,  to 
move  noiselessly  down  with  the  tide,  viewing  the  scenery  on  either 


190  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 

bank,  with  the  landings,  and  ship  yards,  the  old  "  brickilns," 
"  Cornet's  rocks,"  and  "  gravelly  beach,"  and  noting  the  mean- 
derings  of  the  stream,  sometimes  almost  doubling  upon  itself,  and 
the  fine  farms  -which  are  passed,  and  the  broad  meadows,  with  the 
hills  at  a  distance,  and  the  sloping  plains,  until  we  arrive  at  the 
"  New  harbor  marshes."  Here,  as  Deane  truly  observes,  "  the 
scenery  is  on  a  sublime  scale,  when  viewed  from  Colman's  hill,  or 
from  the  fourth  cliff.  The  broad  marshes  are  surrounded  by  a 
distant  theatre  of  hills,  and  the  river  expands,  and  embraces  many 
islands  in  its  bosom.  Here  it  approaches  the  sea,  as  if  to  burst 
through  the  beach,  but  turns  almost  at  right  angles  to  the  East, 
and  runs  parallel  with  the  sea  shore,  for  nearly  three  miles  before 
it  finds  its  outlet,  leaving  a  beach  next  the  sea  of  twenty  rods 
in  width,  composed  chiefly  of  round  and  polished  pebbles,  except 
ing  only  the  fourth  cliff,  a  half  mile  in  length,  which  comprises 
many  acres  of  excellent  arable  land."1 

The  author  has  looked  upon  this  broad,  marshy  tract,  from 
Coleman's  hill,  after  a  severe  storm,  and  seen  the  whole  cov 
ered  with  water,  like  a  mimic  sea,  with  Will's  Island  standing  out 
in  the  midst,  like  an  oasis  in  the  desert.  The  contrast  between 
the  smooth  expanse  here  spread  to  view,  and  the  turbulent  waves, 
fretting  the  beach  beyond,  is  exceedingly  grand. 

The  town  owns,  near  the  mouth  of  the  river,  a  body  of  flats, 
formerly  quite  valuable,  the  produce  of  which  was  annually  rented 
for  a  considerable  sum  ;  but  the  depreciation  in  value  of  all  fresh 
and  salt  meadow  land  within  the  last  fifty  years,  renders  these 
now  comparatively  worthless. 

Deane  asserts2  that  salmon  were  formerly  taken  in  the  North 
river,  and  that  bass  were  once  abundant  in  the  winter  season. 
Shad  and  alewives  are  still  taken  ;  and  in  the  early  history  of  the 
town,  the  alewive  fishery  was  a  subject  of  interest  and  contention, 
but  has  latterly  ceased  to  attract  much  notice.  Pembroke,  Scit- 
uatc,  and  Marshfield  derive  the  most  profit  from  this  fishery. 

The  principal  brooks  are  the  following :  — 

1.  The  Third  Herring  Brook,  which  forms  the  boundary  line 

between  South  Scituate  and  Hanover,  rises  in  Valley  Swamp, 

* 
1  Deane,  p.  20.         a  Scituate,  p.  21. 


BROOKS.  191 

towards  Hingham,  and  empties  into  the  North  river.  This  is  a 
valuable  water  privilege,  which  was  early  improved  for  saw  and 
grist  mills,  and  to  which  have  since  been  added  tack  factories. 
Alewives  formerly  passed  up  this  brook  as  far  as  Valley  Swamp. 

2.  Silver,  formerly  Hughs'  Cross  brook,  rises  near  the    central 
meeting  house,  and  runs  parallel  to  Silver  street  throughout  its 
course,  forming  a  small  pond  at  the  Curtis  family  mill,  and  emp 
tying  into  the  Third  Herring  brook. 

3.  Trout  brook,  rises  in  Randall  Swamp,  west  of  Washington 
street,  and  flows  southerly  past  Church's  Tannery,  emptying  into 
North  river. 

4.  Torrey's  brook,  rises  near  Rose's  Tannery,  on  Circuit  street, 
and  runs  in  a  south-westerly  direction,  emptying  into  Drinkwater 
river. 

5.  Beaver  dam  brook,  rises  in  the  low  ground  east  of  the  house 
of  Zacchcus  Estes,  on  Plain  street,  and  runs  westerly,  emptying 
into  Longwatcr  brook. 

6.  Stetson's  brook,  rises  in  Hell  swamp,  back  of  Church's  Hill, 
and  west  of  Washington  street,  crosses  Union,  Main,  and  Cedar 
streets,  and  empties  into  Bailey's  brook. 

7.  Bailey's  brook,  rises  in  the  low  ground  east  of  Main  streetj 
which  it  crosses,  flowing  Southerly  until  it  receives  Stetson's  brook, 
and  then  westerly,  emptying  into  Longwater  brook. 

8.  Longwater  brook,  rises  in  South  Scituate,  near  Accord 
Pond,  and    flows  south-easterly,  crossing   North  street  beyond 
David  Mann's,  at  a  spot  where  formerly  stood  an  old  grist  mill, 
thence  forming  the  pond  by  Brooks'  lower  mill,  and  thence  flowing 
southerly,    crossing  Cedar,  Hanover,  and    Circuit  streets,  and 
emptying  into  Drinkwater  river. 

9.  Studlcy  mill  brook,  rises  in  Abington,  and  flows  South 
easterly,  crossing  Webster  and  Pleasant  streets,  forming  near  the 
latter  a  pond  of  considerable  extent  in  the  winter  season,  and 
emptying  into  Long-water  brook. 

10.  Iron-mine  brook,  rises  in  the  low  ground  near  Broadway, 
and  flows  south-westerly,  emptying  into  Drinkwater  river. 

There  are  other  small  streams  in  the  town,  dry  in  the  summer 
season.  Those  that  we  have  named  are  permanent,  and  some  of 
them  copious. 


392  HISTORY   OF  HANOVER. 


LANDMARKS. 

The  locations  of  many  of  the  ancient  landmarks  are  given,  in 
different  parts  of  oar  work,  and  these  we  do  not  deem  it  necessary 
to  repeat.  The  following  have  not  been  alluded  to. 

Bank  Land — In  the  woods,  near  Oren  Josselynn's.  Said  to  have  been 
so  called,  because  paid  for  in  bank  bills. 

Beech  Woods — West  of  King  Street,  towards  Abington.  A  famous  place 
for  early  whortleberries. 

Brisco's  Plain — Near  Gideon  Studley's. 

Candlewood  Plain — Near  the  Centre  Meeting  House. 

Chapman's  Landing — On  Wampum's  Swamp,  near  Rose's  Tannery. 
There  is  another  place  of  the  same  name  on  North  River,  where  hay  is 
landed. 

Cuffs  Field — At  the  corner  of  Grove  Street. 

Gushing  Lot  Dam     By  Brooks'  upper  mill. 

Dug  Hill — On  Silver  Street. 

Harden  Hill— On  land  of  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow. 

Halifax  Road — From  Brook's  upper  mill  towards  Abington. 

King  Stone  Hill— North  of  Richmond  Winslow's. 

Little  Cedar  Swamp — Near  Indian  Head  River. 

London  Bridge — On  North  Street. 

Mingo  Field — On  Silver  Street. 

Oles'  Lot— Between  Washington  and  Main  Streets. 

Park — On  Broadway,  near  David  Hersey's. 

Peg's  Swamp — Back  of  Charles  Winslow's. 

Pond  Lots — Near  the  Widow  Joshua  Dwelley's. 

Project  Dale— Near  Charles  Dyer's. 

Purr  Cat  Lane — Now  Spring  Street. 

Ridge  Hill— From  Main  to  Grove  Street. 

Strawberry  Hill — West  of  Spooner  Ellis's. 

Shuble's  Ridge — Crosses  Centre  Street,  near  E.  Thayer's. 

Share  Lots — From  the  old  highway  on  Walnut  Hill,  towards  Abington. 

Tumble-down  Hill — Near  John  Hatch,  jr's. 

Turkey  Plain — Near  Indian  Head  River. 

Wolf  Trap,  or  Wolf  Rock.— On  land  of  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow. 

Walnut  Hill. — South  of  Walnut,  and  West  of  Washington  Street. 

Woodward  Hill — Between  the  Four  Corners,  and  the   Centre  Meeting 
House. 


FAMILY  GENEALOGIES. 


PAET  II. 


FAMILY    GENEALOGIES. 

In  the  following  pages,  we  have  endeavored  to  give  notices  of 
all  the  families  at  present  settled  in  the  town,  so  far  as  records 
could  be  obtained,  with  extended  sketches  of  several  of  those 
early  settled  on  its  territory,  and  now  widely  scattered  abroad, 
throughout  the  country.  We  do  not  claim  that  these  notices  are 
perfect  or  complete.  Every  one  who  has  had  any  experience  in 
such  matters,  knows  the  difficulty,  and  even  the  impossibility,  of 
attaining  to  absolute  perfection.  The  author  expects  some  errors 
will  be  discovered,  but  he  trusts  none  of  great  consequence.  No 
pains  have  been  spared  to  obtain  reliable  information ;  authentic 
records  have  been  consulted  wherever  they  could  be  found  ;  and 
traditions  have  never  been  given  as  authority,  without  first  endea 
voring  to  verify  them  from  different  sources. 

The  author  ventures  to  hope  that  a  little  indulgence  will  be  ex 
tended  to  him,  when  the  variety  and  multiplicity  of  details  and 
dates  here  presented  are  considered.  It  may  be  that  some  of 
these  sketches  are  not  so  extensive  as  the  families  themselves 
might  desire.  But  all  that  has  been  learned  of  these  families  is 
published  ;  and  want  of  materials,  not  of  inclination,  is  the  reason 
why  more  has  not  been  said.  The  author  has  endeavored  to  do  as 
equal  justice  as  possible  to  all  whose  names  are  presented.  He 
has  published  as  cheerfully  minutes  of  one  family  as  of  another. 
And  according  to  the  interest  the  parties  themselves  have  taken, 
and  the  fulness  of  the  information  they  have  furnished,  will  the 
sketches  be  found. 


196  FAMILY   GENEALOGIES. 

The  brief  memoirs  of  individuals  scattered  throughout  this 
part,  are  such  as '  have  been  obtained  from  letters,  and  the  re 
collections  of  those  who  knew  the  persons  alluded  to ;  and  it  ia 
believed  they  will  be  found  to  be  courteous  and  respectful,  at 
least.  The  names  of  all  who  have  ever  lived  in  the  town  are 
not  entered.  Some  were  but  transient  residents.  Others, 
•who  had  descendants  for  two  or  three  generations,  finally  removed, 
and  are  settled  in  different  places.  To  have  recorded  all  of  these, 
would  have  enlarged  the  size  of  the  volume,  but  probably  not  its 
interest.  Enough,  however,  is  given  here  to  satisfy  reasonable 
minds.  Liberal  criticism  will  never  be  deprecated.  A  candid 
judgment  is  all  that  is  asked. 

Trusting  that  this  part  of  the  work  will  prove  acceptable  to 
those  for  whom  it  was  prepared,  and  not  lacking  in  value  as  a  fam 
ily  memorial,  and  a  contribution  to  the  general  fund  of  genealogi 
cal  knowledge,  it  is  sent  forth,  in  the  belief,  that  though  not  free 
from  errors,  it  contains  much  that  is  correct,  and  perhaps  as  few 
inaccuracies  as  most  books  of  the  kind. 


PLAN  OF  THIS  PART. 


The  plan  adopted  in  the  following  pages,  is  simple,  and  will 
be  easily  understood  by  all  familiar  with  genealogical  tables. 
But  for  the  information  of  such  as  have  not  this  acquaintance,  we 
deem  it  necessary  to  remark,  that  the  figures  which  precede  the 
names  of  individuals,  denote  their  place  in  the  series,  and  the 
figures  which  follow,  point  back  to  the  place  in  the  series  where 
the  paternal  ancestor  is  to  be  found.  For  instance,  in  the  first 
family,  the  Bailey's,  we  read,  "  21.  Benjamin,  s.  Charles  14." 
The  figure  21, "denotes  that  this  is  the  twenty-first  family  described  ; 
and  the  figure  14  refers  back  to  the  fourteenth  family,  in  examin 
ing  which  we  find  that  Benjamin  was  born  Feb.  24,  1797.  By 
observing  this  rule,  it  will  be  easy  to  trace  any  family  back  to  the 
first  ancestor. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 


The   following  table   explains  the 

used  in  this  part, 

ab. about. 

Abn.  Abington. 

Adm.  Administration. 

ae.  aged. 

acc't.  account. 

acs.  acres. 

Am.  Tr.  Ass.  American  Tract  Associa 
tion. 

A.  M.  Master  of  Arts. 
Acad.  Academy. 
Asst.  Assistant. 

b.  born, 
bap.  baptised, 
betw.  between. 
Brigd'r.  Bridgewater. 
bro.  brother. 

B.  U.  Brown  University. 
Bos  n.  Boston. 

Camb.  Cambridge. 
ch.  children. 
Ch.  Church. 
Chasn.  Charlestown. 
Co.  Company. 
Ct.  Connecticut. 
Col.  Colony  or  Colonel. 
Cong.  Congregational. 
Cont.    Estab.    Continental    Establish 
ment. 

Cant'y.  Canterbury. 
Capt.  Captain. 
Clk.  Clerk. 
Const'n.  Constitution. 
Cal.  California, 
d.  died. 

das.  daughters, 
decsd.  deceased, 
descts.  descendants. 
Dux.  Duxbury. 
Dea.  Deacon, 
denom.  denomination, 
ca.  each. 
Eng.  English. 
Est.  Estate, 
fa.  father, 
freem.  freeman, 
grad.  graduated. 
gr.  s.  grandson, 
gr.  gr.  s.  great  grandson, 
gent,  gentleman. 
II.  Hanover. 
II.  C.  Harvard  College. 
Hm.  Ilingham. 
Hn.  Hanson. 

Ham.  Coll.  Hamilton  College, 
husb.  husband. 
Inv'y.  Inventory 
Ills.  Illinois, 
inf.  infant. 


meaning  of  most  of  the  abbreviations 

Ky.  Kentucky. 

Letts.  Letters. 

m.  married. 

Me.  Maine. 

Mfd.  Marshfield. 

mos.  months. 

mfr.  manufacture. 

Matt't.  Mattapoisctt. 

mo.  mother. 

Md.  Maryland. 

Meth.  Methodist. 

Misso.  Missouri. 

M.D.  Physician. 

Miss.  Mississippi, 

Mass.  Massachusetts. 

memb.  member. 

N.  II.  New  Hampshire. 

N.  Bed.  New  Bedford. 

ord.  ordained. 

off.  office. 

p.  page. 

Pass.  Passenger. 

Past.  Pastor. 

Pemb.  Pembroke. 

Plym'h.  Plymouth. 

prob.  probably. 

Prob.  Rec.  Probate  Records. 

Prov.  Cong.  Provincial  Congress. 

Philad.  Philadelphia. 

Pa.  Pennsylvania. 

Ports'h.  Portsmouth. 

pub.  published. 

Prov.  Providence. 

Rec.  Records. 

rccom.  recommended. 

Rev'n.  Revolution. 

Rox'y.  Roxbury. 

R.  I.  Rhode  Island. 

Regt.  Regiment. 

Roch'r.  Rochester. 

Rep.  Representative. 

rec'd.  received. 

s.  son. 

Scit.  Scituate. 

Sen.  Senior. 

Sett.  Settled. 

Scot'd.  Scotland. 

Sab'li.  Sabbath. 

Supt.  Superintendent. 

Stud.  Studied. 

Theol.  Theology. 

nnm.  unmarried. 

Va.  Virginia. 

w.  wife. 

Wat'n.  Watcrtown. 

Wcy'li.  Wey mouth. 

wid.  widow. 

wks.  weeks. 


BAILEY  FAMILY. 

Arms  :  Az.,ninc  estoilcs,  three,  three, 
two,  and  one,  ar. 

Crest :  A  morning  Star,  ppr. 


See  No.  6. 


Seo  No.  11. 


See  No.  12. 


See  No.  13. 


See  No.  20. 


BAILEY,  an  ancient,  and  common  English  name,  represented 
in  this  country  by  the  descendants  of  several  persons,  who  came 
oarly  to  N.  Eng.  and  left  posterity.  Thomas  was  of  Bos'n.,  1643, 
and  with  his  w.  Ruth,  was  prob.  of  Wcy'h.,  1661,  and  was  prob. 
fa.  of  John,  of  Scit. 

1.  John,  according  to  Deane,  came  from  Wey'h.  to  Scit.  in  1670, 
and  was  tenant  to  Capt.  Jno.  Williams,  at  Farm  Neck.     He  m. 
1.  Sarah  White,  Jan.  25,  1672,  and  2.  Ruth  Clothier,  Dec.  9, 

1699,  and  d.  1718,  leaving  a  will,  (Deane.)     ch. :  1.  John,  Nov. 
5,  1673.     2.  Sarah,  Oct.  1675.     3.  Mary,  Dec.  1G77,  m.  Jas. 
Perry,  Jan.  1,  1701.     4.  Joseph,  Oct.  1679,  m.  and  left  descts. 
in  Scit.     5.  Benjamin,  Ap.  1682.     Moved  to  Marlboro',  Mass., 
ab.  1712,  m.  and  left  descts.     6.  William,  Feb,  1685,  m.  Judith 
Booth,  Jan.  1714,  and  left  descts.  in  Scit.     7.  Hannah,  Jan. 
1687-8,  m.  Jas.    Briggs,  Dec.    24,  1716.      8.  Samuel,  Aug. 
1690.     Supposed  by  Deane   to   have  moved   after  his  father's 
decease.     Was  there  another  da.  Elizabeth  ?  who  m.  Wm.  Barrell, 
July  2,  1706. 

2.  John,  s.  John  1,  m.  Abigail,  da.  Dea.  Saml.  Clapp,  Feb.  19, 

1700,  and  d.  in  II.  in  June,  1752,  and  his  wid.  Mar.  2,  1753. 
He  was  Selectman  from  1735-37,  and  a  man   of  influence  in  the 
town.     ch. :  1.  Jane,  June  30,  1700.     2.  John,  May  23,  1703. 
3.  Jacob,  Dec.  13,  1706.     4.  Capt.  Israel,  May  13,   1708,  m. 
Keziah  Perry,  Nov.  12, 1730,  and  left  descts.  inBrigd'r.  and  Scit. 
5.  Timothy,  March   20,  1709.     6.  Abigail,  Feb.   4,  1712-3,  m. 


200  BAILEY. 

John  Bates,  May  21,1733.  7.  Sarah,  1714,  m.  Thos.  Jenkins, 
Mar.  4,  1731.  8.  Deborah,  1717,  m.  Jere.  Rogers,  1738. 
9.  Hannah,  1719.  10.  Rachel,  1719.  m.  Jas.  Rogers,  1741. 
11.  Naomi,  1722.  m.  Benj.  Curtis  1741. 

3.  John,  s.  John  2,  m.  Elizabeth   Cowen,  Ap.   11,  1723,  and 
lived  on  what  is  now  Main  st.,  nearly  oppo.  the  present  residence  of 
Lebbeus  Stockbridge.     His  w.  d.  Ap.  12,  and  he  Sept.  28,  1778. 
He  was  Selectman  in  1744,  and   a  man  of  business  talents,  and 
considerable   enterprise,     ch. :  1.  Elizabeth,  Aug.  15,  1727,  m. 
Dr.  Jere.  Hall,  Dec.  22,  1748,  first  of  II.,  who  sett,  in  Pemb.  ab. 
1764,  was  a  distinguished  physician,  and  a  member  of  the  Prov. 
Cong,  in  1775.     2.  John,  Oct.  30,  1730.     3.  Joan   or  Jane, 
Jan.  20,  1732,  m.   Thos.  Hubbard,  or  ffobart,  of  Abn.,  July  5, 
1750.     4.  Seth,  July  5,  1789. 

4.  Jacob,  s.  John  2,  m.  1.  Ruth  Palmer,  June  10, 1728,  and  2. 
a  Hatch,  and  had  1.  Jacob,  Jan.  20,  1729.    Moved  to  Me.,  m.  a 
Tirikham  ?  and  had  ch.     2.  Ruth,  Jan.  10, 1731  ,m.  Geo.  Ster 
ling,  of  Eng'd,  May  13,  1788,  who  d.  Dec.  24,  1791,  and  she 
June  12,  1804.     His  grave-stone,  a  curiosity  in  its  way,  stands  in 
the  old  burial  ground,  near  the  Centre  Meeting-house.     3.  Charles, 
Ap.  2G,  1734.     4.  Stephen,  Feb.  27,  1737.     5.  Hannah,  June 
29, 1739,  m.  Saml.  House  of  Pemb.    6.  George,  Aug.  2, 1741. 

5.  Timothy,  s.  John  2,  m.  1.  Sarah  Buck,  May  27,  1731,  who 
d.  Oct.  9,  1740,  and  2.  Hannah  Curtis,  June  7,  1742,  and  with 
his  w.,  was  recom.  to  the  Church  in  N.  Yarmouth,  Me.,  whither 
he  moved,     ch. :  1.  Olive,  May,  1735,  d.    May  20,  1736.     2. 
Tim'y.,1  June,  1737,  d.  young.     3.  Sarah,  Mar.  13,  1739.     (By 
2d.)     4.  Delight,  June  12, 1745.     5.  Olive,  bap.  May  15,  1748. 
6.  Tim'y.,  bap.  Oct.  13,  1751. 

6.  John,  s.  John  3,  m.  Ruth  Randall,  Oct.  18,  17oO,  and  d. 
Oct.  27,  1810,  and  his  wid.  June  3,  1820,   ae.  90.     He  was  Lt, 
Col.  of  the  Rcgt.  of  Col.  John  Thomas,  of  Kgsn.,  which  marched 
to  Rox'y.  in  Ap.  1775,  and  when  Col.  T.  was  commis.  as  a  genl. 
off.  in  May,  Mr.  B.  had  charge  of  the  Regt.,  and  the  next  year 
•was  chief  Col.  of  a  Regt.  in  the  Cont.  Estab.,  and  held  that  rank 
during  the  war,  having  the  reputation  of  a  brave  and  attentive 
officer.     Towards  the  close  of  his  life,  he  kept  a  Tavern,  on  Curtis 


BAILEY.  201 

St.,  near  where  Abisha  Soule  resides.  He  was  Selectman  from 
1768-71.  ch.:  1.  John,  May  6,  1751.  2.  Luther,  Sept.  14, 
1752.  3.  Ruth,  Nov.  8,  1754,  m.  Wm.  Stockbridge,  Oct.  9, 
1774.  4.  Lucinda,  Feb.  20,1757,  m.  Jas.  Lincoln,  of  Taunton, 
June  20,  1774.  5.  Calvin,  1760  ?  6.  Lobbeus,  moved  to  N. 
Yar'h.,  Me.,  m.  a  Myrick,  and  leftch.,of  whom  the  Rev.  Rufas  W. 
is  in  Va.  7.  Sage,  m.  Dr.  Gad  Hitchcock,  of  Pemb.,  July  9. 
1778.  8.  Betsey,  m.  1.  Rev.  Eben'r.  Dawes,  June  25,  1789, 
who  grad.  II.  C.  1785,  was  ord.  at  Scit.  1787,  and  d.  Sep.  29, 
1791 ;  2.  Jno.  Lucas,  Esq.,  of  Brookline,  Mass.;  and  3.  the 
venerable  Dr.  Williams,  ofDeerfield,  Ct.,  where  shed.  She  is 
spoken  of  as  a  "  lady  of  pleasing  personal  accomplishments." 

7.  Seth,  s.  John  3,  m.  1.  Lydia  Barstow,  Feb.  11,  1762,  who 
d.  Sep.  17,  1767;  and  2.  Alice  Neal,  July  28,  1768,  and  d.  Oct, 
12,1796,  and  his  wid.  was  recom.    to  the  Church  in  Froeport, 
Me.,  1  800,  and  moved  there  with  her   family.     Mr.  B.  lived 
first  on  Curtis  st..   in  his  father's  house,  and  then  on  Union  st. 
where  John  Dwelley  now  resides,  and  there  d.     He  was  Select 
man  in  J  781-82.     ch. :  1.  Seth,  bap.  Dec.  12,  d.  Dec.  14, 1762. 
2.  Marg't.,  bap.   Ap.  8,   1764.     3.  Seth,  bap.  Dec.  8,  1765. 
(By  2d.)  4.  Alice,  bap.  May  27,  1770,  and  d.  the  same  year. 
5.  Alice,  bap.    Nov.    18,   1770,  d.   Mar.  1,  1796.     6.  Lydia. 
1772?  d.  Jan.  13.  1794,  ae.  22.     7.  Joseph,  bap.    Sept.  5,  d. 
Oct.  9,  1773.     8.  Joseph,  bap.  Oct.  2,  1774.     9.  Rebecca,  bap. 
Mar.  10,  1776,  d.  July  15,  1778.     10.  Abigail,  bap.  June  1, 
1776,  d.  July  11, 1778.     11.  James ;  12.  Israel ;  13.  Rebecca  ; 
14.  Abigail ;  and  15.  Lucy; — all  bap.  Oct.  24,  1790.     Lucy  and 
Israel  are  now  in  II. 

8.  Charles,  s.  Jacob  4,  m.  Betsey  Palmer,  ab.  1768,  and  d.  in 
Boston,  Oct.  27,  1810,  being  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  chimney,  as  he 
was  passing  through  the  street.     Lived  on  Curtis  st.,  near  Benj. 
Bailey's,     ch.  :  1.  Charles,  1769  ?     2.  Ezekiel,  m.  Hannah,  da. 
Stephen  Bailey,  and  wid.  of  Ezek'l.  T.  Hatch,  and  moved  to  the 
West,  leaving  a  da.  Sarah,  in  H.,  who  m.  Capt.  Thos.  B.  Donnell, 
Jan.  13,  1850.     3.  Rebecca,  m.  Isa.  Wing,  July  4,  1802,  and 
moved  to  Ohio.     4.  Sally,  m.  Eliph't.   Smart,  of  Me.,  Sept.  20, 
1795.      5.  Betsey,   m.   a   Gilbert?   of  Me.      6.  Polly,   m.    a 

13 


202  BAILEY. 

Whiting?  of  Me.     7.  Martha,  m.  Saml.  Gilbert,  of  Me.,  Mar.  6 
1785. 

9.  Stephen,  s.  Jacob  4,  m.  Abigail  Turner,  and  d.  in  H.  Aug. 
10,  1806.      He  was    Selectman    from  1790-93,  and  lived  on 
King  st.     ch. :  1.  Abigail,  m.   Reuben  Curtis,  Nov.   23,  1801- 
2.  Hannah,  m.  1.  Ezek'l.  T.  Hatch,  May  8,  1788,  and  2.  Ezk'l- 
Bailey,  Mar.  28, 1802,  and  d.  at  the  West.     3.  Ruth,  d.  Dec.  3> 
1795,  ae  20.     4.  Deborah,  m.  Robt.  Barker,  Feb.  4,  1798.     5. 
Stephen,  1780. 

10.  George,  s.  Jacob  4,  m.  Rebecca  Ellis,  and  lived  on  King 
st.     His  w.  d.  May  30,  1820,  and  he  Nov.  12,  1831.     He  was 
Selectman  in  1787-88.     ch. :  1.  Geo.  W.,  Nov.  22,  1777.     2. 
David,  Nov.  1779.     3.  Lucy,  1781  ?  m.  Robt.  t  ilvester,  Nov. 
8,  1796.     4.  Gad,  July  29, 1784. 

11.  John,  s.  John  6,  m.  1.  Ruth  Ellis;  2.  Mary  Hill,  who  d. 
Oct.  29, 1792  ;  and  3.  Tabitha  Olney,  of  R.  I. ;  and  d.  Jan.  23, 
1823,  andhiswid.  Dec.  30,  1827,  ae.  77.     Mr.  B.  was  a  natural 
mechanic,  a  man  of  great  ingenuity,  and  a  successful  inventor. 
He  was   a  clockmaker  by   trade,   and  a  manufacturer  of  com 
passes.     Many   of  his   clocks   still  exist  in   the  town,  and   are 
creditable   specimens  of  his    skill.      He    was   an   upright  and 
zealous   member  of  the   Society    of    Friends,   and    a   minister 
among  them,  travelling  into  different   States   to  speak  as   the 
spirit  moved.      He    was  an   honest  man ;    of  great   simplicity 
of  character ;  a  worthy  citizen ;  and  eminently  a  peace  maker. 
He  resided,  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  near  the  Four  Corners,  in 
the  house  occupied  by  Wm.  Dawes,  and  built  by  Robert  Silvester. 
ch. :  1.  Joseph,  went  off,  and  d.  unm.    2.  Mary,  m.  Danl.  Newell? 
of  Lynn,  and  is  d.      3.  John,  Mar.   13,  1787.     4.  Ruth,  m. 
Horatio  Gushing,  Esq.,  May  10,  1811.     He  died,  and  she  moved, 
with  her  ch.,  to  Hartford,  Ct.     (By  2d.)     5.  Amy,  m.  1.  Ed 
ward,  s.  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow,  Sept.  2,  1821,  and  2.  Wm.  Dawes,  and 
lives  in  H. 

12.  Luther,  s.  John  6,  m.  Silvester  Little,  Oct.  21,  1784,  who 
d.  June  27, 1788,  ae.  35,  and  an  inf.  da.  Aug.  15,  ae.  7  weeks- 
An  older  ch.,  Sylvia,  d.  May  17,  1792,  ae.  6.     Mr.  B.  d.  in  H- 
May  12, 1820,  ae.  68.    He  served,  with  his  fa.,  in  the  Rev.  as 


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• 

Adjt,  was  aft.  made  Capt.,  and  finally  Major.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  education,  ranked  high  as  an  officer,  and  was  generally 
esteemed  as  a  citizen. 

13.  Calvin,  s.  John  6,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Col.  John  Jacobs,  of  Scit., 
and  d.  in  Bath,  Me.,  in  1835,  and  his  wid.  in  H.  Nov.  24,  1846, 
ae.  82.     He  was  a  clockmaker  by  trade,  and  an  ingenious  work 
man,  like  his  brother  John.     He  was  also  upright  in  his  dealings 
with  others,  and  a  man  of  integrity  and  honesty,     ch. :  1.  Lucinda, 
July  11,  1794,  m.  Stephen  Curtis,  of  Scit.  June  16,  1816,  and  d. 
in  1818.     2.  Calvin  B.,  May  IT,  1796.     3.  Capt.  Edwin,  May  7 
1798,  m.  Ann  T.  Ingraham,  of  Port'd.,  Me.,  in  May,  1825,  had  1 
ch.,  wh.  d.  in  1828,  and  he  in  Aug.  1828.     4.  Luther,  and  5.  Mar 
tin,  Aug.  29,  d.  Sep.  and   Nov.,   1793.     6.  Capt.   Henry,    Aug. 
2,  1801,  m.    Sarah  Gardner,  of  Hm.,  Jan.  16,  1832,  and  lives  in 
Quincy.     7.  Eliza,  July  5,  1803.     8.  Sarah,  Aug.  20,  1805,  m. 
Lemuel  Dwelley,  jr.,  of  II.,  and  lives  on  Union  st. 

14.  Chas.,  s.  Chas.  8,  m.  Chloe  Mann,  Oct.  28,  1792,  and  lived 
on  Main  st.,  in  his  father's  house,  where  he  d.  June  11,  1820,  arid 
his  wid.  Feb.  2,  1844,  ae.  73.     He,  and  his  bro.  Ezk'l.,  were  own 
ers,  for  a  time,  of  the  fulling,  saw,  and  grist  mills,  on  King  st 
ch. :  1.  Chas.,  May  25,  1793.     Moved  to  Indiana,  and  m.  there- 
2.  Chloe,  Feb.  23,  1795,  m.  Paul  Perry,  Sept.    23,  1813.     3. 
Benj.,  Feb.  24,  1797.    4.  Betsey,  Feb.  6, 1799,  m.  Josh.  Dwelley, 
Nov.  30,  1823.     5.  Barker,  Jan.  22,  1801.     6.  Luther,  Dec.  23, 
1803,  d.  Aug.  27, 1804.     7.    Martin,  May  4,  1807,  d.  Mar.  20, 
1844.     8.  Mary,  May  24,  1809,  m.  Ensign  Crocker,  Dec.  24, 
1828,  and   is  d.     9.  Marcia,  m.  Albert  Holbrook,  Nov.  3,  1830. 

15.  Stephen,  s.' Stephen  9,  m.  Ruth  Hatch,  June  9,  1803,  lives 
on  King  st.,  and  is  a  Farmer,     ch. :  1.  Ruth,  Jan  8,  1804,  m. 
Julius   House,  Jan.   13,  1825.     2.  Lucy,   Dec.   17,   1805.     3. 
Stephen,  Mar.  8, 1810,  m.  Sylvia  W.  Bates,  May  6,  1834,  lives  on 
King  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  Edwin,  Ap.  4,  1835  ;  Laura 
A.,  March   20,   1838  ;  Stephen  W.,  Dec.  1840;  and  Albert  W., 
Dec.  22,  1844.     4.  Amos  H.,  Mar.  6,  1815,  not  m. 

16.  Geo.  W.,  s.  Geo.  10,  m.  Asenath  Curtis,  Jan.  1,  1801,  lives 
on  King  st.,  and  is  a  Farmer,     ch. :  1.  George,   Sep.   13,  1802- 
2.  Asenath,  Dec.  2, 1804,  m.  Thos.  Stetson,  of  Hn.,  Dec.  10, 1827, 


204  BAILEY. 

and  d.  July  21,  1849.  3.  Kezia,  Jan.  15,  1807,  m.  Josh. 
Dwelley,  Jan.  16,  1827.  4.  Melzar  C.,  m.  Charlotte  C.  Water 
man,  Aug.  1,  1833,  and  d.  Sept.  29, 1843,  having  had  Melzar  C., 
Aug.  17,  1839,  and  Saml  W.,  Dec.  31,  1841,  d.  Nov.  5, 
1843.  5.  Priscilla,  May  18,  1813,  m.  Joseph  Wilder,  and  lives 
with  her  fa.  6.  Lucinda,  May  19,  1816,  m.  Hiram  Gardner,  of 
H.  7.  Sally  E.,  June  3,  1819,  d.  Feb.  7,  1851. 

17.  Dr.  David,  s.   Geo.  10,  m.  Joanna  Curtis,  Nov.  7,  1801, 
Settled  as  a  Physician  in  Scit.,  and  there  d.  Jan.  13,  1836,  ae.  56, 
and  his  wid.  Ap.  4,  1846,  ae.  61.     Mr.  B.  was  successful  in  his 
practice,  and  esteemed  as  a  citizen,  ch. :  1.  David,  Nov.  16, 1802, 
m.  Debo.,  da.  Amos  Dunbar,  Ap.  24,  1833,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  is  a 
shoemaker,  and  had  1  ch.  wh.  d.  young.     2.  Joanna,  Dec.  13, 
1804,  d.  July  14,  1813.     3.  Rebecca,  Nov.  27,  1807,  m.  Hiram 
Gardner,  June  5,  1831,  and  is  d.     4.  Elizabeth,  June  12, 1810,  m. 
Alfred  Loring,  of  Hm.,  Nov.  15,  1827,  no  ch.  5.  Joanna,  June  1, 
1813,  m.  Albert  Loring  of  Hm.,  Mar.  19,  1837,  and  has  ch.     6 
Luther,  Feb.  1#,  1816,  not  m.     7.  Lucy,  Sept.  11,  1818,  m. 
Edward  Stowell,  Jan.  29,  1848,  and  has  Lucy  JJJ.,  and  Helen  M. 
8.  Jeremiah,  Aug.  12,  1822,  a  Carpenter,  of  Wey'h.,m.  Elizabeth 
G.  Dunbar,  and   has  Helen  (7.,  Ap.  1846;   Chas.  H.,  Nov.  1847, 
d.  ae.  2  mos  ;  and  Greo.  A.,  Oct.  1850. 

18.  Gad,  s.  Geo.  10,  m.  Thankful  Loring,  of  Hm.,  and  lives  on 
Kingst.  ch. :  1.  Maria,  Aug.  20, 1810,  m.  Nahum  Stetson,  of  Hn., 
Mar.  3,  1831.  2.  Sarah  A.,  Jan.   21,  1813,  m.  Ira  Josselynn,  of 
H.     3.  Lydia  L.,  Nov.  11,  1814,  m.  Jno.  S.  Fogg,  of  S.  Wey'h. 
Oct.  28,  1838.     4.  Gad   J.,  Ap.  13,  1817,  m.  Lydia  B.  Clark, 
June  1841,  lives  on  King  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  had  Helen  jE"., 
Oct.  30,  1844,  d.  Nov.  1849.      5.  Eliza  J.,  Mar.  24,  1819,  m. 
John  Waterman,  of  Carver,  Nov.  26,  1846. 

19.  John,  s.  John  11,  m.  Ann,  da.  of  John  Taber,  of  Port'd.  Me., 
29  d.  11  mo.  1810,  is  a  clockmaker  by  trade,  and  resides  in  Lynn, 
Mass,     ch :  1.  Catherine,  9  d.  11  mo.  1811,  d.  3  d.  8  mo.  1817. 
2.  Miriam  H.,  5  d.  12  mo.  1813,  m.  Wm.  Gifford,  jr.,  of  Falmouth, 
in  1834,  and  resides  in  Peoria,  Ills.     3.  John  T.,  17  d.  12  mo. 
1815,  sailed  fr.  N.  Bed.  in  1831,  in  the  ship  Mentor,  Capt. 
Barnard,  on  a  whaling  voyage,  was  wrecked  in  the  Straits  of  Ti- 


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mou,  and  he,  with  9  others,  who  took  to  a  boat  to  escape,  were 
dashed  upon  the  rocks,  and  all  perished  within  50  yds.  of  the  ship. 
4.  Ann  M.,24  d.  12  mo.  1817.  5.  Joseph,  23  d.  12  mo.  1819, 
m.  Abby,  da.  Jas.  Ingraham,  of  N.  Bed.,  in  1844,  had  a  da.  Ca 
roline  A.,  and  sailed  fr.  N.  B.,  in  1860,  as  Master  of  the  Ship 
Champion,  and  d.  in  1852,  in  Hong  Kong,  China.  6.  Wm.,  27  d. 

8  mo.  1821,  d.  22  d.  10  mo.  1822.    7.  Wm.,  2  d.  8  mo.  1823,  m. 
Frances  Kelley,  in  1846,  and  has   Geo.  R.  F.,  1850.     The  fa. 
sailed  fr.  N.  Yk.  in  1852,  in  the  ship  Red  Rover,  for  Cala.  and 
thence  to  Canton,  &c.     8.  Mary  N.,  9  d.  7  mo.  1825,  m.  Chas. 
C.  Folger,  in  1845,  and  has  2  sons,  Chas.,  and  John  B.     9.  Ca 
therine,  10  d.  8  mo.  1828.    10.  Elizabeth,  15  d.  8  mo.  1830,  d.  9d. 

9  mo.  1830.  11.  Geo.  II.,  18  d.  6  mo.  1832,  d.  27  d.  1  mo.  1834. 
12.  George,  21  d.  11  mo.  1833,  d.  31  d.  8  mo.  1834. 

20.  Calvin  B.,  s.  Calvin  13,  moved  to  Bath,  Me.,  in  1815,  m. 
Jane  B.  Donnell,  May  21, 1820,  and  yet  lives  in  B.,  being  a  man 
of  successful  business  enterprise,  and  a  somewhat  extensive  ship 
owner,     ch. :  1.  Sarah  J.,  Feb.  1821,  m.  George  Davis,  in  1841. 
2.  Col.  Samuel  D.,  July  1825.     3.  Lucinda,  May  1829. 

21.  Benja.,  s.  Chas.  14,  m.  Rachel  Dwelley,  Ap.  4,  1822,  lives 
on  Main  st.,  and  is  a  farmer,  ch.  :  1.  Benj.  W.,  Feb.  11,  1823,  m. 
Ruth  Thomas,  in  Jan.  1850,  lives  on  Main  st.,  in  the  house  built 
by  hi  ir.  self  in  1849,  and  has  Ada  J/.,  Jan.  15,  1851.     2.  Joshua 
D.,  Aug.  20,  1824.  3.  John  Q.,m.  Lydia  A.  Curtis,  and  has  Wm. 
JE.,  Oct.  1850,  and  a  son  b.  1852,  and  his  w.  d.  in  1852.     4.  Ra 
chel  J.  D.,  d.  May  15, 1839.     5.  Maria  E.,  May  20,  1833.     6- 
Rachel,  d.  Sep.  24,1848. 

22.  Barker,  s.  Chas.  14,  m.  Alice  Ayres,  Feb.  20,  1825,  lives 
in  Chas'n.,  Mass,  is  a  shipwright  by  trade,  and  has  1.  Alice  B., 
b.  June  29,  1826,  m.  Jno.  Viall,  June  4,  1846,  Leather  dealer, 
Bos'n.,  and  has  John  B.,  May  10,  1849.     2.  Charles,  b.  Mar.  29, 
1828,  unm.     3.  Ellen  J.,  Dec.  24,  1838.     4.  Andrew  J.,  July 
18,  1840. 

23.  George,  s.  Geo.  W.  16,  m.  Olive  Bates,  June  20,  1824,  and 
d.  Mar.   29,  1835.     His  wid.  survives,  and  lives  on  King  st- 
ch  :  1,  Geo.  C.,  Oct.  25,  1824,  m.  Julia  A.  Thomas, lives  in  Hn., 


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BALDWIN — BARKER. 


and  had  1  ch.,  wh.  d.  2.  Olive  W.,  Aug.  24,  1826.  3.  Calvin 
S.,  July  27, 1828,  m.  Lucy  F.  Stetson,  June  1852.  and  lives  in 
Hn.,  shoemaker.  4.  Elbridge,  Aug.  28,  1829.  5.  Reuben  C., 
June  24,  1831.  6.  Horatio  N.,  July  17,  1833,  d.  Jan.  1834. 
7.  Horatio  N.,  July  23,  1834. 


THE   BALDWIN   HOUSE. 


BALDWIN,  Rev.  Saml.,  2d  Pastor  of  the  1st  Church  in  H., 
(s.  David,  of  Sud'y.,  gr.  s.  of  Henry,  and  gr.  gr.  s.  of  Henry,  of 
Devonshire,  Eng'd.,,  who  sett,  at  Woburn,  in  1650,)  grad.  II.  C. 
1752,  m.  Hannah,  da.  Judge  John  Gushing,  Jan.  4,  1759,  and  d. 
Dec.  1,  1784,  and  his  wid.  May  8,  1790. '  ch. :  1.  Abigail,  Nov. 
13,  1759,  d.  Dec.  22,  1831.  2.  Saml.,  Ap.  19,  1761,  d.  May  7, 
1762.  3.  Saml.,  Feb.  18,  1763,  d.  in  N.  Y.,  se.  ab.  20.  4- 
Hannah,  July  13, 1765,  d.  Nov.  2, 1789.  5.  Mary,  Nov.  25, 1768, 
m.  Robert  Salmond,  Nov.  1,  1787,  and  d.  Aug.  12,  1847.  6. 
Bethia  C.,  May  19,1771,  m.  Thos.  Young,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  Jan.  5, 
1792,  and  had  7  ch.  7.  Win.,  bap.  Mar.  20,  1774,  d.  umn.  in 
Bridg'r.,  ae.  ab.  70,  a  hatter  by  trade.  8.  Lucy,  Oct.  3,  1776, 
m.  Barzillai  Allen,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  had  5  ch.  9.  Fanny,  June 
8,  1780,  living  unm.  with  Mr.  Saml.  Salmond. 

BARKER,  Caleb,  a  Quaker,  s.  Lt.  Robt.,  of  Dux.,  was  in  II.  in 
1727,  and  lived  on  Plain  st.,  near  Zacchcus  Estcs'.  He  was 
Selectman  in  1735.  His  son,  Robert,  m.  Hannah  Turner,  and  had 


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Robert,  whose  descts.  are  in  Pemb.,  and  G-idcon  and  Joshua,  who 
were  furnaccmen,  and  whose  descts.  are  in  N.  Y.  The  das.  m. 
and  sett,  in  Pemb. 

NOTK.  Two  bros.,  Robert  andJolm,  were  of  Dux.,  ab.  1G32,  and  were  the 
ancestors  of  most  of  this  name  in  Plymouth  Co.  John  s.  John,  was  of  Scit., 
and  was  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the  Barkers  in  that  town. 

2.  Joshua,  s.  Bcnj.,  of  Hn.,  and  gr.  s.  of  Joshua,  of  Scit.,  m.  Dcbo. 
Sturtevant,  and  lives  on  King  st.  His  w.  is  dead.  Mr.  B.  is  the 
enterprising  conductor  of  the  Iron  Foundry  on  King  st.,  known  as 
Barker's  Foundry,  and  is  a  man  of  energy,  and  industry,  cli. :  1. 
Deborah,  May  22,  1834,  d.  Mar.  2,  1842.  Sarah  J.,  June  24, 
1836.  3.  Joshua,  Dec.  6,  183T.  4.  Eveline,  Nov.  8,  1840.  5. 
Jas.  M.,  May  25, 1843.  6.  Alfred,  Dec.  20, 1847.  7.  Mary,  July 
15,  d.  Sept.  14,  1849. 


RESIDENCE    OF     CAI>T.    SETII    BARKER. 

3.  Capt.  Seth,  s.  Josiah,  of  Pemb.,  m.  Harriet  S.,  da.  of  Isaac 
Mead,  of  Chas'n.,  Mass.,  in  1840,  and  lives  near  N.  River  bridge 
in  the  Judge  Whitman  house.  Has  one  da.,  Alice,  b.  June  19} 
1848.  Mr.  B.  was  a  shipmaster  for  many  years,  sailing  from  Bos 
ton  to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  to  the  N.  W.  Coast,  in  the  Fur 
Trade.  In  1838,  he  left  the  Seas,  and  in  1848,  sett,  in  II.  His 
fa.  was  for  many  years  a  Naval  Constructor,  at  Chas'n.,  in  the  em 
ploy  of  the  U.  S.  We  give  a  view  of  Capt.  B.'s  residence  above. 


208 


BARREL — BARRY — BARSTOW. 


BARREL,  Elisha,  b.  1735,  s.  Wm.,  gr.s.Wm.,and  gr.gr.  s.  of  Wm., 
who  d.in  Bos'n.,1639,  (Deane.)  m.  Mary,  da.  Jno.Collamore,and  d. 
in  H.,  Mar.  21, 1829,  ae.  94,  and  his  wid.  Jan.  8, 1831,  ae.  95.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Fr.  war,  and  built  the  house  now  occupied  by 
his  son  Elisha.  ch.:  1.  Mary,  Sep.  21,  1774,  m.  Levi  Burr,  of 
Hm.,  who  is  d.,  and  she  is  living  in  II.,  on  Walnut  st.  2.  Elisha, 
Mar.  7,  1777.  3.  Sarah,  Feb.  4, 1779,  m.  Calvin  D.  Wilder,  Jan. 
15,  1815,  and  d.  in  1845. 

2.  Elisha,  s.  Elisha,  Lt.  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  Capt.  of  the  H. 
Artil.  Co.,  in  1819,  m.  Lydia  Clapp,  of  Scit.,  June  11, 1806,  who  d. 
Oct.  17, 1849,  ae.  71.  He  yet  survives,  ch. :  1.  Harriet,  June  28, 
1808,  m.  Israel  H.  Gardner,  of  II.  2.  John,  Oct.  19,  1811,  d. 
Dec.  1817.  3.  Lydia  S.,  Dec.  13, 1818,  m.  Capt.  Benj.  N.  Curtis, 
Dec.  25, 1836,  and  d.  Mar.  24, 1840. 

BARRY,  John  S.,  s.  Wm.  and  Esther,  of  Boston,  b.  March  26, 
1819,  m.  Louisa,  da.  Lott  and  Kezia  Young,  of  Rox'y.,1  Ap.  8, 
1840,  and  sett,  in  H.  in  1841.  ch. :  1.  Caroline  L.,  Ap.  12, 1841. 
2.  Eliza  B.,  June  6, 1843.  3.  Henrietta  M.,  Jan.  1,  1848. 


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"  BARSTOW, 
Naburn  Hall,  York. 

Ermine,  on  a -fosse  sable,  three  crescents,  or. 
Crest,  a  horse's  head,  couped  ar." 


BARSTOW.  This  family  is  of  English  origin,  and  from  the 
West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  where  the  name  still  occurs.  Accord 
ing  to  Whittaker's  Ed.  of  Thoresby's  Hist,  of  Leeds,  "  Edmond 
Barstow,  Esq.,  J.  P.,  for  the  North  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  was  in 


BARSTOW.  209 

1816,  possessed  of  Hingerskil,  formerly  the  seat  of  the  Hoptons, 
being  the  second  husband  of  Ellinor  Ilopton,  of  the  ancient  and 
eminent  family  of  Ilopton  of  Ilopton,  by  whom  he  had  Edward, 
Thomas,  Mary,  Eleanor,  and  Henrietta.  He  was  the  son  of  Ed 
ward,  the  son  of  Thos.  Barstow,  of  N.Allcrton,  whose  da.  Elizabeth, 
m.  Darcy  Conyers,  Esq. ;  and  his  bro.  "Walter,  was  fa.  of  Mr.  Jere 
miah  Barstow,  of  Leeds,  who,  by  Alice,  da.  of  Mr.  John  Douglass, 
of  Anstrop  Hall,  had  issue  Jere.,  Esq.,  Mayor  of  Leeds,  1706,  Mi 
chael  of  Wakefield,  and  Wm.  of  Leeds.  The  oldest  son,  by  Elizabeth, 
da.  of  Mr.  Wm.  Brook,  of  Killingbrook,  had  issue  Jere.,  d.  unm., 
Wm.,  and  Hannah."1  We  find  in  London,  at  the  present  date, 
James,  and  Thos.  I.  Barstow,  Esqr's.,  barristers,  in  the  Temple, 
who  were  of  Yorkshire.  The  fa.  of  the  latter  is  also  a  lawyer,  in 
Yorkshire.  We  have  likewise  heard  of  the  Rev.  Francis  Barstow, 
of  Scalesboro'  Park,  who  d.  ab.  1830  ;  of  Mr.  Barstow,  of  Green 
Gate  House,  near  Leeds ;  and  of  Mr.  Barstow,  of  Headingly,  near 
Leeds,  —  a  man  of  property.2 

Four  brothers  of  this  name  came  early  to  N.  Eng.,  and  settled  at 
Cambridge,  Watertown,  and  Dedham.  These  were  George, 
Michael,  John,  and  William.  Of  but  two,  George  and  William, 
have  we  been  able  to  learn  when  and  how  they  came.  We  find 
that,  on  the  20th  Sept.  1635,  William  Barstow,  ae.  23,  and  Geo., 
ae.  21,  embarked  for  N.  Eng.,  in  the  Truelove,  John  Gibbs,  Master. 
The  place  from  which  they  came  is  not  given,  but  they  were  pro 
bably  of  Yorkshire. 

The  following  are  the  principal  minutes  which  we  have  obtained 
of  the  history  of  these  brothers. 

1.  George,  one  of  the  brothers,  according  to  the  Mids'x.  Prob. 
Eec.,  m.  Susan,  da.  Thos.  Marrit ;  had  land  granted  him  in  Ded 
ham,  in  1642  ;3  was  a  member  of  the  An.  and  Hon.  Art.  Co.,  in 
1644  ;4  a  householder  in  Scit.  in  1652,  and  a  member  of  the 
second  Church  ;5  and  d.  in  Camb.  18d.  6m.,  1652,  his  will  being 
on  file,  and  his  estate  being  appraised  at  ,£85  14s.  6d.6  His  wid. 

1  The  above  is  varied  slightly  from  the  original,  to  embrace  more  facts  in 
less  compass. 

2  Letter  of  Mr.  Henry  Barstow,  and  communication  from  Rev.  R.  Breare. 
8  Worthington's  Hist.   Dedham.        *  Hist.  An.   &  Hon.  Art.  Co. 

5  Scit.  Town  and  Church  liecs.         6  Prob.  Rec.  Mid. 


210  BARSTOW. 

Susan,  d.  at  Camb.  in  1654,  and  in  the  Invt.  of  her  Est.,  allusion 
is  made  to  a  "  steere  and  cow  at  Dedham,  and  two  young  hcffers 
at  Scituate"  and  Thos.  Marrit  is  called  her  father,  and  was  ap 
pointed  guardian  to  her  two  ch.1  This  Invt.  is  signed  by  John 
Bridge  and  Michael  Barstoiv.  The  names  of  the  ch.  were,  1., 
Margaret,  bap.  in  Scii,  Feb.  24,  1649-'50,  and  2.,  George,  bap. 
in  Scit.,  June  12,  1652,  his  father  being  then  decs'd.  These  ch. 
are  alluded  to  in  the  will  of  Michael,  of  Watn.,  in  1674,  and  to 
each  he  left  a  legacy.  Of  their  history  we  know  nothing  with 
certainty.  We  think  it  highly  probable,  however,  that  the  Bars- 
tows  of  Ilehoboth,  descended  from  the  son  George.  There  we 
find  that  Saml.,  s.  Creorg'e  and  Mary,  was  b.  May  1,  1705,  and  m. 
Mary  Mason,  Mar.  29,  1733  ;  and  this  Greo.,  seems  to  have  had  a 
son  Geo.,  b.  at  a  previous  date,  prob.  as  early  as  1690,  before  the 
fa.  sett,  in  R.  Greo.,  sew.,  d.  Ap.  6, 1726,  but  his  age  is  not  given. 
Geo.,  jr.,  m.  Martha  Mason,  Sep.  29,  1715,  and  d.  May  11, 1733. 
His  ch.  were,  1.  Martha,  b.  Ap.  16, 1716  ;  2.  Jno.,  b.  June  14, 1718, 
m.  Susanna  Carpenter,  Mar.  15,  1743,  and  is  prob.  the  one  al 
luded  to  in  letter  of  Eben'r.  B.,  of  Scot'd.  Ci,  who,  he  says,  was 
"  killed  in  the  famous  battle  at  the  heights  of  Abraham,  in  Que 
bec,  Canada,  ( 1759, )  leaving  3  ch.,  one  of  whom  was  Wm.  (  of 
Prov.,  m.  Bethiah  Bourn  ?  June  10.,  1773,)  whose  s.  John? 
now  resides  in  Killingly,  Ct.,  and  his  son  John  is  in  Scot'd.,  Ct., 
and  was  previously  of  Prov.,  R.I.";  3.  Hannah,  Ap.  2,  1721,  d. 
young ;  4.  Geo.,  Mar.  19,  1724,  m.  Abigail  Mason  ?  Mar.  14, 
1753  ;  5.  Hannah,  Feb.  7,  1726-7. 

NOTE. — Another  John,  called  John  the  3d.,  m.  Judith  Carpenter,  Feb.  18, 
1756  ?  and  had,  1.  Lucy,  Mar.  26,  1757  ?  d.  young.  2.  l)anl.,  July  25, 
1759.  3.  Abel,  Oct.  20,  1760.  4.  Huldah,  Jan.  26,  1762.  5.  Lucy,  Jan. 
26  ?  1 762,  6.  John,  Mar.  6,  1 765.  "  Joseph  Munroe,  of  Relioboth,  m.  Sarah 
Barstow,  June  9,  1782." 

2.      -     ,  brother  of  George,  was  made  free- 

man  of  Mass.  Mar.  3,  1635-6,  and 
possessed  in  Wat,  as  per  Rec.,  "  1. — 
a  homestead  of  14  acs.  2. — 2  acs.  of  meadow  at  beere  brook.  3. — 2 
acs.  of  meadow  in  Plain  Meadow.  4. — 7  acs.  of  Plowland,  being 
the  10th  lot  in  the  further  plain.  5. — 7  acs.  of  meadow,  being  the 
10th  lot  in  the  remote  meadow.  6. — 12  acs.  of  upland  beyond  the 

arrob.  Rec.,  vol.  1,  p.  73. 


BARSTOW.  211 

farther  plain,  being  the  29th  lot.  7. — a  Farm  of  129  acs.  of  up 
land,  in  the  5th  division,  and  8. — 50  acs.  of  land,  being  a  great 
dividend  in  the  4th  div.  and  9th  lot."  lie  was  a  man  of  note  in 
the  hist,  of  the  town,  his  name  often  occurring  on  its  records,  and 
he  being  Selectman  in  1652,  Rep.  in  1653,  and  often  on  the  Jury 
of  trials.1  From  the  disposition  made  of  his"  property,  we  in- 
for  that  ho  left  no  family.  Ho  was  prob.  m.,  and  his  w.  Grace,  d. 
July  20,  1671. — 3  years  before  his  own  decease.  No  ch.  are 
named.  His  will  is  dated  June  23,  1674,  and  in  it,  he  gives 
legacies  to  Rev.  Jno.  Sherman,  of  Wat. ;  to  the  Church  of  Christ 
in  Wat. ;  and  to  Dea.  Thos.  Hastings,  and  Dea.  Henry  Bright, 
whom  he  names  as  his  executors.  The  bulk  of  his  property  was 
disposed  of  as  follows : — "  To  Hannah  Barstow,  alias  Prince,  one 
great  bible,  and  the  debt  due  to  me  in  my  booke,  which  her  first 
husband,  Wm.  Barstow  was  indebted,  &c. ;  to  Elizabeth,  w.  of  Win. 
Randall,  of  Scit,  <£5 ;  the  same  to  Susan,  w.  of  Wm.  Perry,  of 
Mfd. ;  to  Michael,  son  of  John  Barstoiv,  deceased,  a  lot  of  upland, 
&c.  in  Wat.  ;  and  to  John  and  Jeremiah,  ch.  of  the  aforesaid  John 
Barstoiv,  decs' d.,  to  ea.  £15.  The  rest  of  the  est.,  after  paying 
debts,  &c.  to  be  divided  into  10  shares,  2  of  wh.  parts  or  shares 
were  given  to  the  ch.  of  his  bro.  Geo.  B.  decs' d.,  and  8  to  the  ch.  of 
his  bro.  Wm.  decs'd."  His  cst.  was  appraised  at  £273  18s.  3d. ' 
3.  John,  although  not  expressly  called  so,  was,  we  have  no  doubt, 
bro.  of  George  and  Michael,  and  resided  in  Camb.,  where  he  died  in 
1657,  the  Inv.  of  his  Est.  being  entered  the  20  d.  12  mo.  1057, 3  and 
consisting  chiefly  of  farming  utensils.  In  this  Inv.,  mention  is  made 
of  a  widow,  who  appeared  before  the  governor,  Feb.  25,  1657-8 
and  testified  to  that  being  a  true  Inv.  of  the  Est.  of  her  husb.  &c 
As  no  will  exists,  we  find  no  ch.  named  ;  but  if  he  be  the  one 
alluded  to  in  the  will  of  Michael,  above,  he  had  3  sons,  Michael, 
John,  and  Jeremiah  ; — and  if  this  Michael  be  the  one  who  testified 
in  the  case  of  a  complaint  vs.  Susanna  Woodward  et.  al.  1671,  3,  6,4 
where  he  is  called  Michael,  jr.,  and  said  to  be  ae.  ab.  17,  he  was 
b.  ab.  1654.  We  find  that  John,  the  father,  instituted  a  suit  vs- 

1  Middlesex  Court  Files,  passim.  2  Mid.  Prob.  Rec.  4.  1G8. 

3  Mid.  Prob.  Rec.  1,  143.  *  Mid.  Court  Rec.,  An.  1C71. 


212  BARS  TOW. 

Ann  Hibbins,  Relict  and  Exec,  of  Wm.Hibbins,  desc'd.,  in  1656, 3, 
29,1  which  was  but  about  a  year  before  his  decease.  The  name  of 
his  wid.  we  have  not  learned.  Michael,  the  son,  m.  Rebecca 
Thaire  or  Thayer,  Jan.  12,  1676,  and  d.  Dec.  2,  1698,  leaving 
an  only  da.  Hannah.2  He  owned  "  a  homestall  containing  6  acres 
of  upland  and  meadow,  with  a  mantion  house,  and  barn,  orchards* 
and  cyder  mill,  &c." 

The  history  of  the  other  sons, — John  and  Jeremiah, — is  involved 
in  a  little  obscurity.  There  was  a  John  Barstow  in  Scit.  in  1678i 
who  is  called  by  Deane  a  son  of  Wm.,  formerly  of  Dcdham,  and 
who,  he  says,  was  prob.  b.  in  Dedham.  There  was  also  a  Jeremiah 
in  Scit.,  who  was  "  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1676,"  and  whose  wid- 
Lydia  m.  Richard  Standlake,  1677.  This  Jeremiah  is  also  called 
by  Deane  a  son  of  Win.  of  Dedham.  But  as  there  is  no  actual 
record  of  the  birth  of  such  sons  to  Wm.,  we  think  there  is  room  to 
doubt  the  correctness  of  Deane's  suggestion.  It  is  certain  that  John 
of  Camb.,  had  sons  Jno.  and  Jere.,  but  not  certain  that  Wm.  had 
such.  We  think  it  most  probable,  therefore,  that  John  and  Jeremiah 
settled  in  Scituate,  and  were  sons  of  John,  who  d.  at  Camb.,  and 
not  of  Wm.  of  Dedham. 

Of  their  history,  and  descendants,  we  shall  speak  hereafter. 

4.  William,  the  fourth  bro.,  was  in  Dedham  in  1636,  and  signed 
the  Pet'n.  for  the  incorp'n.  of  that  town  under  the  name  of  Content 
ment.*  The  16  d.  12  mo.  1642,  grants  of  "  upland  ground  fit  for 
improvement  with  the  plough,"  were  made  to  him,  and  to  his  bro. 
George.  He  was  a  freem.  in  Scit.  1649,  and  the  first  settler,  of 
whom  we  have  record,  on  the  present  territory  of  H.  He  was 
prob.  m.  to  his  w.  Anne,  after  he  came  to  N.  Eng.,  but  we  have 
found  no  record  of  this  marriage,  and  cannot,  therefore,  give  her 
maiden  name  in  full.  Mr.  B.  was  a  noted  man  in  his  day,  as 
will  be  seen  from  Avhat  we  have  already  said  of  him.  He  was  also 
an  extensive  landholder,  a  man  of  high  respectability,  and  a 
worthy  and  enterprising  citizen.  He  d.  in  Scit.  in  1668,  ae.  56, 
leaving  no  will,  and  his  wid.  Anne,  admin,  on  his  Est."  In  the  will 

1  Mid.  Court  Rec.  an.  1656. 

2  Mid.  Prob.  Rec.  Vol.  9,  pp.  225-7. 
8  Worthington's  Hist.  Ded. 

4  Col.  Rec.,  3,  56. 


BARSTOAV.  213 

of  Michael,  his  bro.,  mention  is  made  of  "  8  ch.  of  his  bro.  Wm." 
We  have  succeeded^  in  learning  the  names  and  dates  of  birth  of 
but  5  of  these.  There  seem  to  have  been  but  2  sons ;  the  rest 
were  probably  daughters.  Their  names  were,  1.  Joseph,  b.  in 
Dedham,  6  d.  4  mo.,  1639.  2.  Patience,  b.  in  Dedham,  3  d.  10 
mo.,  1643,  m.  Moses  Simmons,  of  Scit.,  1662.  3.  Deborah  b.  in 
Scit.  in  Aug.  1650.  4.  Wm.  b.  in  Scit.,  in  Sep.  1652.  5.  Martha 
b.  in  Scit,  1655,  m.  Sam'l.,  eldest  son  of  Sam'l.  Prince,  1674,  who 
d.  bef.  1686.  (N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.  1851  p.  379.) 

NOTE. — It  would  appear,  from  the  will  of  Michael,  of  \Vatn.,  that  the  w. 
of  Mr.  B.  m.  a  Prince. 

5.  John,  s.  John  3,  is  prob.  the  one  who  was  a  householder  in 
Scit.  in  1678.     According  to  Deane,  "  a  consid.  tract  of  land  was 
laid  out  to  him  W.  of  the  So.  Meeting-house  common,  extending  to 
Jordan  Lane.     His  house  was  50  rods  south  of  the  present  road, 
and  was  afterwards  the  house  of  John  Ruggles,"  &c.     He  m. 
Lydia  Hatch,  Jan.  16,  1678,  da.  of  Wm.  Hatch,  who  moved  to 
Swansey,  and  had  1.  Job,  Mar.  8,  1679.     2.  Jeremiah,  Aug.  28, 
1682.     3.  John,  Feb.  15, 1684,  bap.  an  adult,  July  18, 1708,  and 
prub.  d.  unm.    4.  Jerusha,  Nov.  21,  d.  Dec.  18, 1687.    5.  Susanna, 
May  5,  1689.     6.  Abigail,  Mar.   8,  1692.     7.  Lydia,  Mar.  26, 
1696. 

6.  Jeremiah,  s.  John  8,  is  prob.  the  one  who  was  killed  by  the 
Indians,  with  Capt.  Michael  Pierce,  of  Scit.,  atRehoboth,  in  1676- 

He  m.  Lydia ,  and  she,  after  his  decease,  m.  Richard 

Standlake,  in  1677.     The  ch.  of  Mr.  B.  were,  1.  John,  and  2. 
Jeremiah,  and  of  these  the  wid.  Lydia  was  appointed   guardian, 
"  to  demand  and  recover  a  legacy  given  unto  each  of  them  by 
their  great  uncle,  Michael  Barstow,  late  of  Watn.  decsd.,  as  by  his 
will."       Lett's,  of  Adm.  were  granted  to  John,  1  ro.  of  "  Jeremiah, 
deceased,  so  he  keep  a  faire  accompt  thereof,  and  be  reddy  to 
shew  it  before  said  Court,  when  by  them  required."  '     According 
to  Deane,  Jeremiah,  the  youngest  of  these  sons,  was  a  captive,  for 
a  time,  amongst  the  Indians.3     We  have  no  knowledge  of  the  sub 
sequent  history  of  this  family. 

1  Col.  Rec.,  6,  15.  »  Ibid.  «  Hist.  Scit,  218. 


214  BARSTOW. 

7.  Joseph,  s.  Wm.  4,  m.  Susanna  Lincoln  of  Hm.,  May  16, 1666, 
(Urn.  Rec.)  and  d.  Ap.  17,  1712,  and  his  wid.  Jan.  31,  1730, 
being  very  aged.  For  some  acc't  of  his  life,  see  p.  18.  That  he 
was  an  extensive  landholder,  is  evident  from  the  large  grants  made 
to  him  by  the  Col.  Court,  which  embraced  many  hundred  acres,1 
now  lying  chiefly  in  Abington.  These  grants  were  in  the  vicinity 
of  the  grants  made  to  Cornet  Stetson,  with  whom  Mr.  B.  seems  to 
have  been  on  terms  of  intimate  friendship,  and  whose  will  he 
witnessed,  ch. :  1.  Susanna,  June  3,1667,  m.  Isaac  Randall,  Nov. 
19,  1684.  2.  Joseph,  Jan.  22,  1675.  3.  Benjamin,  Mar.  1, 
1679,  prob.  d.  young,  as  he  is  not  named  in  his  father's  will.  4. 
Deborah,  Dec.  26,  1681,  m.  John  Bryant,  jr.,  Jan.  1,  1707.  5. 
Samuel,  Jan  1,  1683. 

s.  Wm.  4,  m.  Sarah , 

and  is  called  a  Imsband- 
man*  He  occupied  his  father's  house,  and  probably,  also, 
to  some  extent,  followed  the  business  of  ship-building.  He  was 
owner  of  a  saw-mill,  and  of  other  property,  which  he  bequeathed  to 
2  sons  and  5  das.,  and  his  will  bears  date  1711.  ch. :  1.  Rebecca, 
Mar.  12, 1676.  2.  Martha,  1678,  m.  John  McFarland  ?  Dec.  25, 
1705.  3.  Anna,  June  26,  1681,  m.  Saml.  Curtis,  Sep.  11, 1707. 
4.  Wm.,  Nov.  23,  1684.  5.  Mary,  Feb.  21,  1687,  m.  Saml. 
Ilarlow,  Plym'h.,  Jan.  3,  1715-6.  6.  Benj.,  July  22,  1690.  7. 
Susanna,  Nov.  8,  1693,  m.  Benj.  Taylor,  Nov.  19,  1724. 

NOTE. — A  son  of  Win.  bap.  Nov.  7,  1G80,  prob.  d.  young. 

.9.  Job,  s.  John  5,  sett,  in  Norwich,  Ct.,  and  m.  Rebecca,  da. 
Joseph  and  Mary  Bushnell,  (formerly  a  Saffingwell,)  Mar.  2, 
1707-8,  she  being  19  yrs.  of  age.  He  d.  Sept.  14,  1767,  ac. 
84,  and  his  wid.,  May  7,  1782,  ae,  94,  (  as  per  records  from  Ct.  ) 
The  fa.  is  spoken  of  as  a  man  of  strong  intellect,  sound  judgment, 
unbending  integrity,  gentlemanly  deportment,  and  manners  pecu 
liarly  bland  and  conciliatory.  His  advice  and  counsel  were  often 
sought,  and  he  was  eminently  a  peace-maker,  and  a  healer  of 

1  Hobart'a  Abington.  pp.  18  and  19.         2  Prob.  Hoc.,  Plym. 


BAKSTOW.  215 

divisions  among  his  neighbors  and  friends.  The  mother  was  also 
intelligent  and  pious.  Ch. :  1.  Rebecca,  Dec.  18,  1708,  d.  Oct. 
1709.  2.  Jerusha,  Sept.  1,  1710,  m.  John  Gager,  of  Frank'n., 
Ct.,  had  G  sons  and  2  da's.,  and  d.  July  7,  1775.  3.  Jonathan, 
Dec.  26,  1712.  4.  Lydia,  May  27,  1715,  m.  1,  an  Edgerton,  ? 
and  2,  Bradford  Peck,  and  d.  May  7,  1767.  5.  Mary,  Dec.  16, 
1717,  m.  Alpheus  Wickwire,  had  2  da's,  and  1  son,  and  d.  Sep 
25,  1799.  6.  Ebenezer,  June  16, 1720.  A  baker  by  trade, 
lived  in  Norwich,  and  d.  unm.,  Sep.  30,  1755.  7.  Yetonce, 
July  17,  1722,  m.  Esther  Wood,  had  2  das.,  and  d.  Dec.  28, 
1799.  8.  John,  Dec.  31,  1724.  9.  Abigail,  Feb.  17,  1727,  m. 
1,  Danl.  Kingsbury,  and  had  3  das.,  and  1  son ;  and  2,  David 
Bottom,  and  had  1  son,  and  d.  ae.  83. 

10.  Jeremiah,  s.  John  5,  was  prob.  of  Marlboro',  Mass.,  and 
with  his  w.  Elizabeth,  ?  were  members  of  the  Church  in  1704.  He 
m.  Sarah  Howe,  perhaps  a  2d  w.,  "  ye  6  d.  10  mo.,  1711,"  and  had 
ch.  bap.  in  M.,  1.  Jeremiah,  and  2.  Elizabeth  bap.  26  d.  8  mo.,  1712. 
The  former  prob.  d.     3.  Dorothy,  25  d.  2  mo.,  1714.     4.  John, 
18  d.  1  mo.,  1716.     5.  Abigail,  10  d.  —mo.,  1718.      6.  Wm., 
21  d.  —mo.,  1719.     7.  Sarah,  3  d.  7  mo.,  1721.     8.  Lydia,  19  d. 
7  mo.,  1725.     9.  Jeremiah,  9  d.  5  mo.,  1727.     See  Church  Rec. 
Marlb.     This  is  all  the  information  I  can  obtain  of  the  family. 

11.  Joseph,    s.  Joseph  7,  called    Capt.  Joseph,   on  the    II. 

Rec.,  m.  Mary and    d.,  in  II.,   July  25,  1728.     The 

Inv.  of  his  Est.  speaks  of  J  of  a  sloop  ;    his  farm  of  70  acs. ; 
the  farm  of  40    acs.  on  which  Wm.    Stetson  lived,   in  Scit.  ; 
the  farm  of  the  wid.  Amy  Dwclly,  of  Scit.,  24  acs. ;  328  acs. 
called   the    Court   Grant,  between  land    of    Dea.    Stockbridge 
and  Saml.  Barstow  ;  32  acs.  of  cedar   swamp,  partly  in  said  grant ; 
70  acs.  joining  the  N.  side  of  Elij.  Cushing's  farm  ;  45  acs.  on 
the  S.  of  sd.  C's.  farm ;  6  acs.  fresh  meadow  ;  J  of  the  new  forge  ; 
5  £  acs.  by  Gershom  Stetson's  ;  6  acs.   adjoining  Chas.   Stock- 
bridge's;  1|  acs.  on  the  N.  side  of  the  road  to  Benj.  Perry's;  ^  of 
a  saw-mill  ;  184  acs.  of  land  in  Pemb.,  adjoining  the  new  Forge  ; 
14  acs.  in  Pemb.,  near  the  Major'sPurchase  ;  |  grist  mill  at  new 
Forge ;  £  ac.  by  N.  River  bridge  ;  and  a  negro   woman  named 


216  BARSTOW. 

Rose.  The  whole  was  appraised  at  £6,926,  —  a  large  sum  for 
those  days.  (Prob.  Rec.  Pljm.  5,  846-8.)  Mr.  B.  lived  on 
Broadway,  built  the  Barstow  Forge,  and  it  is  said,  built  the  house 
now  known  as  the  Salmond  Home.  His  wid.  m.  Thos.  Bryant,  of 
Scit.,  May  14, 1735.  Ch. :  1.  Elizab.,  Aug.  23, 1699,  m.  1,  Isaac 
Barker,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  Jan.  25,  1719,  and  2,  Elijah  Gushing, 

Esq., 1724.     (  See  her  father's  will. )     2.  Joseph,  Sep.  6, 

1701,  d.  Ap.  4,  1703.  3.  Joseph,  Jan.  10,  1704.  4.  Joshua, 
Sep.  8,  1706,  d.  young.  5.  Mary,  Feb.  21,  1709,  d.  young. 
6.  James,  Ap.  20,  1711,  d.  Jan.  16,  1733,  leaving  a  will.  (  Prob. 
Rec.  Plym. )  7.  Mary,  May  20,  1717.  8.  Joshua,  Sep.  8, 
1720.  9.  Abigail,  bap.  May  9,  1723. 
NOTE, — An  inf.  da.  bap.  Oct.  12,  1719,  prob,  d.  soon  after. 

12.  Samuel,  s.  Joseph  7,  m.  Lydia  Randall,  Mar.  17,  1708,  d. 
Oct.  23,  1730,  ae.  47,  and  his  wid.  m.  Thos.  Tracy,  of  Pemb. 
May  28,  1733,  and  moved  to  P.  with  her'ch.     Mr.  B.  prob.  lived 
near  the  centre  meeting-house,  in  which  vicinity,  and  in  the  wes 
terly  part  of  the  town,  he  was  the  owner  of  a  large  body  of  land, 
and  other  property.     His  est.  was  appraised  at  <£3,700,'an  d  was 
divided  into  9  shares,  2  of  wh.  were  left  to  his  son  Saml.,  1  to 
Debo.,  1  to  Lydia,  1  to  Job,  1  to  Michael,  1  to  Elizab.,  and  1  to 
Priscilla.    Lett,  of  Adm.  were  granted  to  Lydia,  relict,  &c.,  1731, 
and  in  1741,  she  is  called  Lydia  Tracy,  Adm'x.  on  Est.  Saml.  B. 
&c.,  and  rendered  her  final  acc't.     Mr.  B.  was  Selectman,  in  1729. 
ch. :  1.  Samuel,  Feb.  7,  1709.     2.  Deborah,  bap.  Oct.  5,  1712, 
m.  Sam'l.  Hatch  ?  Dec.  25,  1732.     3.  Lydia,  Ap.  1,  1717,  m. 
Ichabod  Brewster,*  of  Dux.,  June  3,  1735,  and  settled  in  Leba 
non,  Ct.     4.  Job,  bap.  Ap.  3,  1720.     5.  Michael,  Jan.  9,  1723. 
6.  Joseph,  bap.  June  13, 1725.     7.  Elizab.,  May  8,  1727,  prob. 
m.  Job  Young,  June  6,  1762.     8.     Priscilla,  Oct.  5,  1729. 

13.  William,  s.  Wm.  8,  m.  Sarah  Randall,  Dec.  20,  1709,  and 
d.  previous  to  1734,  in  wh.  year  his  Est.  was  sett,  His  wid.  Sarah, 
is  named,  and  Han'h.,  w.  Wm.  Ford,  and  a  da.  Sarah,  and  an  only 

1  Prob.  Rec.  Plym.  5,  814-16. 

2  Winsor's  Dux.     lie  says  Ichabod  B.  m.  Lydia  Brewster,  of  Pemb.     It 
should  be  Barstow. 


BARSTOW.  217 

son  Wm.  The  wid.  d.  May  13,  1738.  ?  ch.  :  1.  Hannah,  Aug. 
10,  1710,  m.  Wm.  Ford,  of  Mfd.,  Oct.  30,  1728,  (  N.  E.  Gen. 
Rec.,  1752.  )  2.  Sarah,  Oct.  2,  1712,  m.  Ezekiel  Lad,  of  H. 
(  See  old  deeds,  &c.  )  3.  Wm.,  Ap.  10,  1715. 


w'm  Z^W/Uu^  Bef™In>  s-  Wm.  8, 

JU  m.  1,  Mercy  Randall, 

Dec.  20,  1709,  (  Scit.  Rec.,)  who  d.  in  H.,  Dec.  17,  1728  ;—  2.  Sa 
rah  Barden,  or  Burden,  ?  of  Mid'o.,  May  15,  1729-30,  who  d.  ab. 
1738  ;—  and  3.  Wid.  Ruth  Winslow,  Nov.  22,  1738.  Mr.  B.  oc 
cupied  his  father's  house,  being  that  of  his  gr.  fa.  Wm.,  and  seems 
to  have  followed  their  trade,  being  a  shipwright,  and  having  his 
yard  near  the  N.  River  Bridge.  (See  the  chap,  on  Ship 
building.)  Tradition  says  that  he  had  21  ch.  in  all.  From  a  dili 
gent  search  of  the  Town  and  Church  Records,  of  Scit.,  Pemb.,  and 
Hanover,  I  find  the  following  19.  The  other  2  prob.  d.  young. 

I.  Benjamin,  Oct.  9,  1710,  prob.  d.  1715.     2.  Martha,  Jan.  20, 
1712,  prob.  d.  young.     3.  Martha,  bap.  Aug.  14,  1715,  m.  Eliab 
Turner,  May  12,  1731.  4.  Benjamin,  bap.  Sep.  2,  1716.  5.  Nath'l. 
bap.  Aug.  11,  1717.     6.  Caleb,  bap.  Mar.  20,  1719,  prob.  d.  young. 
7.  Mercy,  bap.  Aug.  19,  1722,  m.  Joshua  Thomas,  1747,  (Pemb. 
Rec.  )     8.  Margaret,  bap.  June  27,  1725.      9.  Rebecca,   bap. 
June  11,  1727.  10.  A  da.,  bap.  July  10,  1728,  being  sick  ;  prob.  d. 

II.  Gideon,  Feb.  14,  1728-9,  prob.  d.  young.     (By  2d.)  12.  Geo., 
bap.  Jan.  10,  1731.     13.  Thomas,  Feb.  27,  1732.     14.  James, 
Feb.  22,  1734.     15.  Jacob,  Feb.  15,  1736.     16.  Gideon,  Jan., 
1738.     (  By  3d.  )  17.  Caleb,     18.  Sarah,  May  5,  1741,  m.  Sil- 
vanus  Cook,  of  Kgs'n,  Mar.  22,  1764.     19.  Content,  m.  —  Bar 
low,  of  Rochester. 

15.  Jonathan,  s.  Job  9,  m.  Abigail  Hyde,  and  d.  Nov.  28, 
1747,  ae.  35.     ch.  :  1.  Abigail,  m.  Ebenezer  Hartshorn,  of  Frank 
lin,  Ct.,  and  had  9  ch.     2.  Betsey,  m.  Phinehas  Peck,  and  had 
several  children.     3.  Jonathan,  m.  Mary  Pettes,  lived  in  Tolland, 
Ct.,  and  had  Mary,  Jonathan,  Nancy,  Alvin,  and  Iloyal. 

16.  John,  s.  Job  9,  m.  Jerusha  or  Elizabeth  ?  Newcomb,  of 
Franklin,  Ct.,  ab.  1746,  and  sett,  in  Cant'y.,  Ct.,  ab.  1750,  where 
he  d.  Feb.  9,  1796,  ae.  71,  and  his  remains,  with  those  of  his  w., 

14 


218  BARSTOW. 

lie  "  in  the  old  grave  yard  in  "Westminister  parish." — "  They 
were  loved  and  respected  in  their  lives,  and  mourned,  not  only 
by  a  large  family,  but  by  the  community  among  whom  they 
lived."  ch.  :  1.  Alpheus,"l748.  2.  Samuel,  Jan.  1749.  3. 
John,  Oct.  2,  1751,  d.  young.  4.  John,  Dec.  21, 1752.  5.  Heze- 
kiah,  Feb.  28,  1755.  6.  Ebenezer,  Sep.  7,  1756.  7.  Anne, 
July  31, 1759,  d.  ae.  14.  8.  Job,  Mar.  5,  1760.  9.  Rebecca 
E.,'june  11,  1763,  m.  1,  Nath'l  Annable,  and  2,  Col.  Pierce. 
10.  Win.  A.,  Feb.  21, 1765.  11.  Jerusha,  Mar.  2,  1767,  m.  Na 
than  Palmer,  Esq.,  of  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  a  lawyer,  and  a  memb.  of 
the  Senate  of  Pa.,  for  4  jrs.  &c.  Their  ch.  were  :  1.  Sterne,  of 
Mt.  Holly,  Pa.,  Chief  Cl'k.  Farmer's  Bank,  m.  Mary,  da.  Jno. 
Palmer,  of  Monmouth  Co.,  N.  J.,  and  has  a  son,  Theodore,  in  Gala. 
2.  Strange  N.,  Ed.  of  the  Potrsville  Emporium,  and  fomerly 
Judge  of  the  C.  C.  P.,  m.  Jane  Moffat,  and  his  da.  m.  Rev. 
Abel  C.  Thomas,  of  Philad.  ;  a  da.,  m.  a  Potts,  of  Pottsville  ;  and 
his  son  Robert,  is  Dist.  Att'y,  &c.  3.  Volney  Barstow,  the  dis 
tinguished  and  enterprising  ADVERTISING  AGENT,  whose  offices 
are  in  Boston,  N.  York,  and  Philad., —  m.  Eliza  B.,  da.  Joseph 
Boyd,  of  Philad.,  and  has  M.  Julia,  Ella  V.  B.,  -Mary  11,  and 
C.  Lillie.  4.  Join,  of  Rye,  N.  Y.,  farmer,  m.  Harriet  Barker, 
and  has  3  ch.  5.  Eliza,  not  m.  6.  Gecrye. 

17.  Joshua,  s.  Joseph  11,  m.  Elizab.  Foster,  of  Scit.,  Ap.  21, 
1741,  and,  according  to  an  inscrip'n.  in  the  H.  grave  yard,  "  was 
drowned  at  the  Eastward,  Oct.  3,  1763,  ae.  44."  It  has  been 
said  that  he  owned,  for  a  time,  the  Gad  Bailey  place,  on  King-st. 
He  was  proprietor  of  the  Forge  built  by  his  father  in  1720,  (  see 
p.  20  ?  )  which  he  improved  until  his  decease,  and  probably  occu 
pied  his  father's  house,  ch.  :  1.  Joseph,  Nov.  13,  1742,  d.  May 
2, 1759.  2.  Mary,  June  6, 1743,  m.  a  Curtis,  ?  resided  at  Harps- 
well  Neck,  Me.,  and  had  a  large  family,  mostly  sons.  3.  James, 
Oct.  8,  1744.  4.  Barshaway,  Feb.  20,  1745,  m.  a  Merrill.  ? 
5.  Abigail,  Sep.  26,  1747,  d.  Oct.  24,  1749.  6.  Joshua,  June 
26,  (  T.  Rec., )  or  July  7,  (  Fam.  Rec.,  )  1749.  7.  Calvin,  Oct. 
7,  1750,  was  m.,  and  d.  in  Preston,  Ct.,  in  1826,  leaving  a  son, 
Jedediah,  of  Jewett  City,  Ct.,  who  was  m.,  and  d.  in  E.  Hampton, 
Ct.,  in  1846  ;  and  a  son,  Joshua,  of  Preston,  b.  Feb.,  1776,  who 
m.,  and  had  6  ch., — 4  are  living,  viz  :  a  son  in  Mich'n,  a  son  in  N. 


BARSTOW.  219 

York.,  a  da.  m.,  in  Preston,  and  the  youngest  son,  with  his  fa 

8.  Ezekiel,  June  7,  (T.  Rec.,)  or  July  7.,  (Fam.  Rec.,)  1752. 

9.  Abigail,  Sep.  29,  (  T.  Rec.,  )  or  Dec.  7,   (  Fam.  Rec., )  1753, 
m.  an  Ainsworth,  of  Portland,  Me.     10.  (  Timothy  ?  )  Hatherly, 
Feb.  22,  1755,  sett,  in  Port'd.,  Me.     11.  Foster,  Ap.  2,  1757. 
12.  Elizabeth,    Feb.  5,    1760.      13.  Joseph,  ?  sett,  in  N.  Yar 
mouth,  Me.,  was  first  a  blacksmith,  and  afterwards  a  saddler. 

Samuel,  s.  Sam'l. 
18t  ^>^..*/J/P-  o^Y-  12,  is  called  Dea. 

Sam'l.  on  the  II. 

Rec.,  and  was  for 

many  years  Dea. 
of  First  Ch.  He  m.  Margaret.,  da.  Dea.  Joseph  Stockbridge,  ?  Nov. 
26,  1731,  who  d.  Ap,  12,  1788,  ae.  80,  and  he  d.  Nov.  19,  1801, 
ae.  93.  He  was  Selectman  in  1745  and  6.  ch.  :  1.  Lusannah, 
Oct.  9, 1732,  m.  John  Ruggles,  jr.,  Scit.,  Mar.  11, 1755.  2.  Sam 
uel,  July  28,  1734.  3.  Lydia,  Mar.  14,  1736,  m.  Seth  Bailey, 
Feb.  11,  1762.  4.  Marg't",  Feb.  20,  1738,  d.  June  1,  1739. 
5.  Charles,  May  3,  1740.  6.  Seth,  June  15,  1742.  7.  Daniel, 
July  1,  1744.  8.  Marg't,  June  1,  1746,  d.  Jan.  24,  1757. 
9.  Grace,  May  27,  1748,  m.  Elisha  Foster,  jr.,  Scit.,  Oct. 
19,  1769. 

19.  Joseph,  s.  Sam'l  12,  with  his  sister  Lydia,  moved  to  Leba 
non,  Ct,  ab.  1735,  and  m.  wicl.  Mary  Webster,  formerly  a  Bliss, 
May  6,  1752,  who  d.  Mar.  4,  1770.     ch. :  1.  Job,  Mar.  17, 1753. 
2.  Michael,  May  24,  1754.     3.  Joseph,  Nov.  16, 1755.  4.  Molly, 
Jan.  12,  1757.     5.  Lydia,  Dec.  15,  1758,  m.  Jesse  Loomis,  of 
Lebanon,  Ct.,  and  sett,  in  Bennington,  Vt.,  where  she  is  yet  living, 
ae.  94  !     6.  Samuel,  Ap.  8,  1760.     7.  Elizab.  or  Betsey,  Jan  31. 
1762,  m.  Chas.  Wright,  of  Columbia,  Ct.,  "  was  loft  a  wid.  many 
years  ago,  and  now  resides  in  Canton,  Bradford  Co.,  Pa.,  with  her 
ch.,  retains  to  a  remarkable  degree  her  faculties  of  body  and  mind, 
and  is  able  to  walk  fro.n  house  to  house  with  a  quick  step,  while 
her  tongue  is  loosed  on  the  great  subject  of  religion.'"     8.  Mehi- 
tabel,   Dec.   14,  1764.     9."  Charles,  Ap.    15,  1766.     10.  Elias, 
Sep.  5,  1768. 

20.  George,  s.  Benj.  14,  m.  Asenath  Taylor,  Jan.  10,  1750-1. 


220  BARSTOW. 

It  is  said  that  he  lived,  for  a  time,  where  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow  re 
sides,  and  finally  moved  to  Me.,  where  he  d.  His  ch.  bap.  in  IL, 
were  1.  Isaac,  Sep.  20,  1761,  and  2.  Asenath,  Aug.  5, 1764. 

21.  Thomas,  s.  Benj.  14,  m.   Sarah,  da.  John   Studley,  and 
lived  in  Scit,  his  farm  lying  near  Palmer's  bridge,  by  the  third 
Herring  brook,  and  his  house  being  the  same  as  that  now  occupied 
by  his  grandson,  Elijah.     He  was  a  ship-builder  by  trade,  as  were 
his  ancestors  before   him,  and  occupied  the   yard  whose  site  is 
marked  by  the  two  venerable  white  oaks.     He  d.  Mar.  27,  1797, 
ae.  65,  and  his  wid.  Feb.  2,  1805,  ae.  74.     A  man  of  capable 
business  habits,  and  of  excellent  moral  character.     Ch. :  1.  Sarah, 
b.  1754,  bap.  Mar.  16,  1755,  m.  Sam'l  Woodward,  moved  to  Me., 
and  has  desc'ts.  there.     2.  Thos.,  b.  1756,  bap.  May  22,  1757. 
3.  Rebecca,  b.  1759,  bap.  Sep.  13,  1761,  m.  Nath'l  Church,  of 
Scit.,  and  moved  to  Me.,  where  she  d.  in  1812.     4.  Nath'l.  b. 
1761,  bap.  June  13,  1764.     5.  John    Burden,  b.  1764,    bap. 
June  17, 1764.     Jane  D.,  b.  1766,  bap.  Aug.  31.,  m.  Sam'l  Don- 
nell,  of  H.    7.  Mary,  or  Molly,  b.  1768,  bap.  Oct.  2,  d.  unm.,  June 
1/1850.     8..  Elijah,  b.  1771. 

22.  James,  s.  Benj.  14,  m.  Rhoda  House,  Feb.  23,  1758,  was 
a  ship-builder  for  a  time  in  H.,  and  moved  to  Dux'y.,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  same  business,  and  where  he  d.  in  1808,  and  his 
wid.  in  Pemb.,  Sep.' 5, 1819,  ae.  84.     ch.  ;  1.  James.     2.  Joseph. 
3.  Nabby,  m.  Asa  Keen,  of  Pemb.,  and  had  12  ch.     4.  William. 
5.  George,  Ap.  7, 1775.     6.  Ruth,  m.  Wm.  Standish,  of  P.,  and 
had  10  ch. 

23.  Jacob,  s.  Benj.  14,  m.  Kezia  or  Desire  Brattles,  Mar.  13, 
1760,  who  d.  in  Pemb.,  Sep.  28,  1793,  ae.  52.     His  death  was 
caused  in  a  singular  manner.     He  was  riding  on  the  beach,  by  the 
Brant  Rock,  in  Mfd.,  not  far  from  the  farm  of  the  Hon.  Daniel 
Webster,  when  his  horse,  being  either  frightened,  or  too  suddenly 
checked,  threw  him  into  the  surf,  and  stepped  on  his  breast,  killing 
him  instantly,  ch  :.  1.  Huldah,  Jan.  23, 1760-1,  m.  Alanson  Car 
ver,  of  Mfd.,  and  had  sev'l.  ch.,  of  whom  Barstow  Carver  is  yet 
living  in  M.     2.  Jacob,  Nov.  7,  1762.    3.  Burden,  June  11, 1768, 
d.  unm.     4.  Charles,  Sep.  1,  1771.     5.  Kezia,  Jan.  1,  1775.,  m. 
Sylvanus  Lapham,  of  Mfd.,  Ap.  12,  1795.     6.  Deborah,  m.  John 
Jones,  of  Mfd. 


BAKSTOW.  221 

24.  Gideon,  s.  Benj.,  14,  m.  1.  Jane  Wilson,  of  Chatham,  Mass., 
in  1759,  who  d.  April  1,  1816,  ae.  84,  and  2.  Tamar  Gushing,  of 
Pemb.,  Oct.  28, 1816,  and  d.  in  Mattapoisett,  Mar.  9, 1826,  ae.  88. 
He  was  a  ship-builder  by  trade  ;  a  man  of  enterprise  and  integ 
rity  ;  one  who  stood  high  in  the  esteem  of  the  people  among  whom 
he  lived  ;   and  who  gave  to  the  place  an  impetus  which  it  yet  feels, 
and  did  much  to  promote  its  prosperity,     ch. :  1.   Gideon,  Sep.  11, 
1760.     2.  Mary,  Nov.  15,  1762,  m.  Capt.  Nath'l.  Pope,  of  Fair- 
haven,  and  d.  in  June,  1851,  ae.  89.     3.  Wilson,  June  3,  1765. 
4.  Benj.,  Aug.,  26,  1767,  d.  unm.,  in  Ap.,  1847,  ae.  80.     5. 
Caleb,  and  6.  Sarah,  Feb.  1, 1770.     The  former  d.  Aug.  7, 1794, 
and  the  latter  Aug.  4,  1774.     7.  Lucy,  Mar.  25,  1772,  m.  NathT 
Hammond,  Esq.,  of  Matt.,  and  d.  Oct.  20, 1802.     8.  Sarah,  July 
1,  1777,  m.  Rev.  Geo.  Barstow,  Nov.  26,  1801.  and  is  yet  living 
in  S.  Bridg'r. 

25.  Caleb,  s.  Benj.  14,  m.  Sylvina  Magoun,  of  Pemb.,  Nov.  23, 
1770,  and  d.  in  Windsor,  Ct.,  Mar.  17,  1800,  and  his  wid.  in 
Matt.,  May,  1816,  ae.  67.     ch. :  1.  Caleb,  Sept.  1771,  m.  Alice 
McDaniell,  of  Johnston,  R.  I.,  moved  to  Marietta,  Ohio,  in  1807, 
and  d.  ab.  1835,  leaving  ch.     He  had  12  in  all,  of  whom  4  sur 
vive  ;  viz. :  Lydia,   Salvinia,  Maria,  and   Isaac.     2.  Benj.,  d. 
young.     3.  Sylvia,  Mar.,  1775,  d.  Oct.,  1791.     4.  Benj.,  and  5, 
Sarah,  Aug.  22,  1776.     The  latter  d.  Oct.,  1791.     6.  Mas,  July 
3,  1779.     7.  Achsa,  Mar.  17,  1781,  m.  Saml.  Snow,  of  Prov., 
R.  I.,  Oct.  17,  1798,  and  has  Richard  M.,  1799,  Caleb  B.,  1801, 
and  Sylvina,  1803.     8.  Isaac,  Oct.   1783,  m.  a   Walker,    and 
lives  in  Ohio.    9.  Wm.,Dec.,  1785.     10.  Nath'L,  Ap.  28,  1788. 

26.  Alpheus,  s.  John  16,  m.  Content  Carter,  and   lived   in 
Leyden,  Mass.     Had  5  das.  and  2  sons,  of  whom  a  son  John 
lives  in  L. 

27.  Samuel,   s.   John  16,  m.   1,  Mary  Adams  ;  ?  2,  Hannah 
Spaulding,  Ap.  11, 1779,  whod,  Mar.  9, 1788,  ae.  33,  and  3,  Amy 
Fitch,  of  Lisbon.  Ct.,  Ap.  16, 1790,  and  d.  in  Cant'y,  Ct.,  July  17, 
1822,  ae.  72,  and  his  wid.  Dec.  24, 1845,  ae.  92.  ch. :  1.  Curtis, 
Sep.  5,  1782.     2.  Simon,  Ap.  12,  1784.      3.  Orra,   Mar.  24. 
1786,  m.  Gad  Bulkley,  Esq.,  of  Canterbury,    (Merchant,  of  the 
firm  of  Tainter  and  Bulkley,)  in  1805,  and  has  4  ch.,  Adalinc, 


222  BARSTOW. 

Jno.  W.,  SairfL  B.,  and  /Simon  >S.  The  first  3  are  m.  and  have 
children.  4.  Spaulding,  Feb.  27,  1788.  (  By  2d. )  5.  Benj. 
F.,  Jan  10.  1792,  d.  at  S.  Amboy,  N.  J.,  Mar.  7,  1852,  from 
injuries  rec'd.  as  he  was  stepping  into  the  cars,  on  his  way  to  Md. 
His  home  had  been  in  Misso.,  where,  at  .the  time  of  his  death,  he 
held  the  off.  of  U.  S.  Marshall.  He  was  intelligent  and  gentle 
manly.  Notrn.  G.  ElishaP.,  Aug.  15,1793.  7.  John, Nov.  2, 
1795.  8.  Susan  P.,  Oct.  5,  1797,  m.  Isaac  Backus,  Esq.,  of 
Cant'y.,  Ct.,  Ap.  30, 1817,  the  sen'r  part'r  of  the  firm  of  Backus 
&  Barstow,  dealers  in  Hardware,  Ag'l.  Imp'ts.,  &c.,  in  Nor 
wich  and  Cant'y.,  Ct.  They  have  a  large  Foundry  and  Machine- 
shop  in  Cant'y. 

28.  John,  s  John  16,  m.  Susannah  Smith,  of  Cant'y.,  Ct.,  was 
Dea.  of  the  Church  there,  and  "  for  ab.  50  y'rs.  was  never  absent 
from  meeting  but  one  Sabbath.  His  minister  said,  "  I  can  set  my 
watch  correctly  when  I  see  Dea.  B.  coming  to  meeting."     For 
ab.  20  y'rs.  he  was  Selectman  of  Cant'y.     He  d.  Dec.^9,  1838, 
ae.  86,  and  his  w.  Sep.  14,  1829,  ae.   73.     ch. :  1.  Bethiah, 
m.Eph'm.  Palmer,  of  Scot'd,  Ct.,  had  3  ch.  who  are  m.  and  have 
ch.,  and  she  lives  a  wid.  with  her  only  s.  Alfred.     2.  Septimus, 
Dec.  16, 1781.     3.  Luther,  1785,  ?  grad.  B.  U.,  1807,  sett,  as  a 
lawyer,  in  Homer,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  Aug.  12,  1817,  ae.  33,  on  a 
visit  to  his  father's.     4.  Calvin.     5.  Ebenezer,  Sep.  12, 1788. 
6.  ZedekiahS. 

29.  Hezekiah,  s.  John  16,  m.  Olive  Bradford,  and  lived  in  Ct., 
on  the  old  homestead,  where  he  d.     ch.  :  1.  Olive,  m.  a  Robin 
son.     2.  Susan,  m.   a  Park.     3.  Sophia,  m.  Russell  Park,  and 
sett,  in  Pa.     4.  Elizab.,  m.    Samuel  Henry.     5.  Jerusha,  m. 
Judge  Lyon,  of  Cant'y.     6.  Hezekiah,  of  Cant'y,  lives  on  his 
father's  place.     7.  Polly  m.  a  Palmer.     8.  Anne,  m.  a  Morse, 
of  Cant'y. 

30.  Ebenezer,  s.  John  16,  lived  in  Shelburne,  Vt,  near  Lake 
Champlain,  m.  Esther  Owen,  of  Colchester,  and  d.  Mar.  30, 1834, 
having  had  ch. :  1.  Anna,  m.  Theodore  Catlin,  of  Burlington,  Vt., 
and  has  8  ch.     2.  Elisha,  m.  Betsy  Hollabird  ?  and  had  Martha, 
Mary,  and  an  inf.  son,  d.     8.  Herman,  m.  Laura  Lyon,  of  Shel 
burne,  Vt.,  and  has  Matilda,  Homer, Laura,  Hiram,  Marietta,  Les- 


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ter,  and  Rollin.  4.  John,  m.  Matilda  Grossman,  of  Burlington,  Vt., 
and  has  liufus,  Fayette,  George,  Matilda,  and  others.  5.  Sophia, 
m,  Ed.  Irish,  and  has  8  ch.  6.  Laura,  m.  Benj.  Irish,  and  has 

2  ch.     7.  Jarvis,  m.  Pamelia  Blin,  and  has  Cordelia,  Lemira,  and 
Samuel.     8.  Lucy,  m.  Dan'l  P.  Adams,  of  Colchester,  Vt.,  and 
has  2  ch.,  of  whom  the  son  grad.  at  the  Univ'y.  of  Vt.  9.  Jerusha, 
not  m.     10,  Ira,  is  m.,  has  ch.,  and  lives  in  Colchester,  Vt.     11. 
George,  is  in.,  and  lives  in  Burlington,  Vt. 

31.  Job,  s.  John  10,  m.  Lurania  Curtis,  lived  in  ,  and 

had  1.  Fred'k.  of  Hinsclale,  Mass.,  has  Andrew,  John,  and  Henry, 
all   in    Ohio.     2.  Job,   of  Williams ville,   Erie    Co.,  N.  Y.,  has 
Samuel  L.     3.  John  C.,  Mar.  1797,  Judge  of  Chester,  Meigs 
Co.,  Ohio,  is  m.   and  has  Levi  S.,  Joseph  D.,  and  Henry  P. 
Lost  3,  d.  young.     4.  Sam'l.  L.,  d.  ae.  12.     5.  Marcus  L.,  at 

Coolville,  Athens  Co.,  Ohio,  has  Marcus  P. There  were 

4  das.,  but  their  names  have  not  been  sent. 

32.  Wm.  A.,  s.  John  16,  m.  1,  Katharine  Spaulding,  and  2, 
Sally  Hall,  and  sett,  first  in  Plainfield,  Ct.,  and  then  in  Ohio,  where 
he  deleaving  ch.,  among  whom  was  a  son,  who  was  drowned  some 
years  since,  while  acting  as  Agent  for  removing  the  Indians  be 
yond  the  Miss'i.     We  understand  that  there  were  12  ch.  in  all, 
viz  :  7  sons  and  5  das. 

33.  Joshua,  s.  Josh.  17,  m.  Marg't.  Bonney,  of  Pemb.,  Sep.  23, 
1773,  and  conducted  the  Forge  known  as  Barstow's  Forge,  until 
his  removal  to  Exeter,  N.  H.,  ab.  1795,  where  he  d.  Dec.  22, 
1821,  ae.  73,  and  his  wid.  Oct.  26,  1825,  ae.  80.  ch. :  b.  in  H. 
1.  Ezek'l.,  July  23,  1774.     2.  Betsey,  Dec.  12,  1776,  m.  Simon 
Magoun,  Esq.,  of  E.  Kgs'n.,  N.  H.,  and  d.  in  1840,  having  had 
9  ch.,  of  whom  Josh.  B.,  was  an  eminent  M.  D.,  at  Woodville, 
Miss.,  where  he  d.  in  1838,  and   Cyrus  S.  is  also  an  M.  D.,  and 
Sup't.  of  the  State  Hosp'l.  at  Natchez,  Miss.     3.  Marg't.,  Sep.  5, 
1780,  m.  Win.  Graves,  and  d.  at  Gilmariton,  N.  H.,  1817,  leaving 

3  ch.     4.  Joshua,  Ap,  6,  1782,  m.  Hannah  Webster,  of  E.  Kgs'n. 
and  d.  in  1811,  leaving  2  das.     5.  Calvin,  June  10,1784,  d.  ae. 
12.     6.  Charles  C.,  Jan.  25,  1786.     7.  Sophia,  bap.  Sep.  18, 
1788,  m.  Brackett  Johnson,  of  Ports'h.,  N.  H.,  and  d.  in  1814, 
leaving  an  inf.  son. 


224  BARSTOW. 

34.  Lt.  Sam'l.,  s.  Dea.  Sam'l.  18,  m.  1,  Huldah  House,  Jan. 
27,  1759,  and  2,  Sibyl  Hatch,  Jan.  15,  1792,  who  d.  Mar.  25, 
1820,  ae.  79,  and  he  May  4, 1826,  ae.  92.  Lived  in  H.,  on  King 
st.,  and  is  described  as  "  a  man  of  infinite  jest ;  spry  as  a  boy, 
even  at  the  age  of  70,  and  as  full  of  his  jokes."     He  was  Select 
man  from  1765-'67 — in  1772,  and  in  1776,  and '77.  ch. :  1.  Sam'l., 
July  15,  1757,  d.  in  the  Rev.  Army,  at  Rox'y,  Jan.  31.  1776. 
2.  Job,  Oct.,  17,  1758,  d.  unm.,  in  Sharon,  Ct.,  in  1790.     3.  Jo 
seph,  July  10,  1  760.     4.  Huldah,  July  29,  1763,  m.  Asa  Towns- 
end,  Dec.   7,  1796.     5.  Philip,   Feb.  29,  d.  Dec.  28,  1765. 
6.  House,  Aug.  16,  1767,  d.  young. 

35.  Charles,  s.   Dea.  Sam'l.  18,  m.  Sally  Stockbridge  ?  and 
lived  and  d.  in  Taunton,Mass.,  over  50  yrs.  ago.  ch.  :  1.  Charles, 
d.  unm.     2.  Stockbridge,  m.   a  Carver,  and  left  a  son  Charles, 
now  living  in  T.     3.  Sally,  m.  a  Carver.     4.  Lydia,  not  m. 

36.  Seth,  s.  Dea.  Sam'l.  18,  m.  Ruth  Allen,  of  Martha's  Vine 
yard,  where  he  lived  for  a  time,  and  thence  moved  to  Mattapoisett, 
and  thence  to  Sharon,  Ct.,  in  1777,  where  he  d.  in  1822,  and  his 
wife  in  1816.     He  was  a  shipwright  by  trade,     ch.  :  1.  Allen, 
Sep.  2,  1767.    2.  Peggy,  Sep.  1769,  m.  Dan'l  Lindsley,  ab.  1793, 
and  d.  ab.  1822,  leaving  ch.     3.  Olive,  Nov..  1771,  m.  Silas  St. 
John,  in  1795,  and  is  living  in  Sharon,  Ct.    4.  Mary,  Feb.,  1775, 
m.  Reuben  Calkins,  and  d.  ab.  1837,  leaving  ch.     5.  Samuel, 
May,  1777.    6.  Seth  T.,  Oct.  30, 1779.    7.  Betsey,  Dec.,  1781, 
m.  Thos.  B.  Beebe,  and  d.  ab.  1847,  leaving  ch.     8.  Gamaliel 
H.,  1783  ?     9.  Charles,   1787,  was  m.,  and  d.  in  1816,  leaving 
1  daughter. 

37.  Capt.  Daniel,  s/Dea.  Sam'l.  18,  m.  Betsey  Tildcn,  July  4, 
1771,  who  d.  Mar.  8,  1826,  ae.  77,  and  he  Feb.  25, 1842,  ae.  98. 
Lived  on  King  st.,  where  his  son  Daniel  resides.     He  is  described 
by  Hon.  G.  H.  Barstow,  as  "  a  gent,  of  the  old  school,  dressed  in 
cocked  hat,  long  blue  coat,  breeches,  and  long  boots,  fastened  at 
the  knee  by  a  strap  and  buckle."     This  was  in  1809.     He  was 
Selectman  in  1786,  and  Capt.  of  one  of  the  old  Military  Com 
panies  prior  to  1800.     ch. :  1.  Betty,  Aug.  1,  1772,  m.  Walter 
Rogers,  MPd.,  Oct.  21,  1794.  2.  Dan'l.,  Ap.  28, 1774.  3.  Lucy, 
Aug.  21,  1777,  m.  Barnab.  Stetson,  Ab'n.,   Oct.   10,   1802. 


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4.  Sally,  and  5.  Grace,  July  30,  1780.  The  latter  d.  May  12, 
1849.  6.  Lydia,  Oct.  IT,  1780,  d.  May  12,  1822.  7.  Nabby, 
June  27,  1791,  m.  Eph'm  Stetson,  Ab'n.,  Dec.  21,  1813. 

38.  Michael,  s.  Joseph  19,  according  to  letters  received  from  Geo. 
Barstow,  Esq.,  of  N.Y.,  was  a  gunner  in  the  Rev.  Army,  and  was 
at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  in  the  Regt.  of  Col.  Trott,  of  Hebron, 
Ct.,  and  afterwards  was  at  Trenton  and  Monmouth,  also  at  Prince 
ton  and  White  Plains.     He  was  in  the  army  6  yrs.,  and  was  in 
the  celebrated  winter  encampment  at  Valley  Forge.     Leaving 
"  the  tented  field,"  he  m.   Ruth,  only  da.   of  Capt.  Abbot,  of 
"  Lebanon  Crank,  Ct.,"  (  a  shipmaster ,  who  was  shot  on  the  deck 
of  his  own  vessel  in  an  engagement, )  and  bro.   of  Dr.  Walter 
Abbot,  of  Salem,  Mass.     Her  mo.,  after  her  husband's  decease, 
lived  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  m.  Dea.  Avery,  and  moved  to  Orford,  N. 
II.,  where  they  "  kept  about  the  first  public  house  in  that  town," 
She  d.  in  Thetford,  ae.  92.     Mr.  Barstow,  after  his  m.,  moved 
first  to  Campton,  N.  H.,  and  thence  to  Haverhill,  N.  II.,  where 
he  d.  June  28,  1837,  ae.  85,  and  his  wid.  3  mos.  after,  ae.  84. 
In  person,  he   was  of  a  medium  size,  with  a  "  Roman  face  and 
nose  ;"  a  large,  high,  broad  forehead  ;  a  head  of  fine  brown  hair, 
which  flowed  down  and  curled  around  his  neck  ;  and  at  the  age  of 
60  he  had  not  one  grey  hair.     He  was  exceedingly  athletic  and 
nimble  ;  and  at  the  age  of  70,  stood  upon  a  level  piece  of  ground, 
and  sprang  upon  the  back  of  a  wild  colt  that  had  never  been  ridden. 
At  the  age  of  84,  he  mowed  in  the  field  all  the  forenoon,  with  his 
hired  man.     He  received  a  pension  from  Gov't.,  for  many  years 
previous  to  his  decease.     "  The  prominent  traits  in  his  character 
were  courage  and  piety  ;  and  he  died  as  he  had  lived,  a  Christian 
soldier,  and  an  honest  man."     ch. :  1.  Wm.;  2.  Henry;  3.  Chas. 
4.  Thomas  ;  5.  Nancy,  d.  ;  6.  Ruth,  d. 

39.  Dea.  Samuel,  s.  Joseph  19,  m.  Lucina  Wright,  of  Colum 
bia,  Ct.,  Dec.  13,  1781,  and  sett,  on  a  sterile  tract  of  land,  in  the 
outskirts  of  the  town  of  C.,  where  he  spent  his  days,  in  frugality 
and  industry,  and  accumulated,  by  his  own  labor,  an  estate  of 
$30,000.     He  d.  Feb.  27,  1846,  ae.  86,  and  his  widow  still  sur 
vives,  at  the  age  of  88  ;  her  descendants  being  so  numerous,  that 
she  is  able  to  say,  "  arise  daughter,  and  go  to  thy  daughter,  for 


226  BARSTOW. 

thy  daughter's  daughter  hath  a  daughter."  She  is  bright,  and 
intelligent,  and  takes  the  charge  of  her  own  household,  and  of  her 
invalid  son,  doing  much  of  the  labor  herself,  and  is  a  highly 
worthy  and  respectable  lady.  She  was  m.  at  the  early  age  of  16. 
Her  husband  was  chosen  Dca.  of  the  Ch.,  in  C.,  in  1802,  and  his 
religious  character  is  ably  set  forth  in  the  interesting  Tract,  No. 
112,  fub.  by  the  Am.  Tr.  Ass'n.  He  was  of  a  cheerful  disposi 
tion,  liberal  to  the  poor,  upright  in  all  his  conduct,  and  a  "  con 
sistent  Christian."  His  death  was  peaceful,  and  the  consolations 
of  Christian  hope  attended  him  to  the  last.  ch. :  1.  Lydia,  Dec. 
13,  1782,  m.  Dea.  Benj.  Lyman,  of  Columbia.  2.  Elvira,  Nov.  4. 
1784,  m.  Oliver  Payne,  of  Lebanon,  Ct.  3.  Randall,  Oct.  13, 
1786.  4.  Sally,  Sep.  19,  1788.  5.  Hubbard.  July  5,  1791. 
6.  Lucian,  July  10, 1793,  m.  a  da.  of  Chester  Hunt,  of  Windham, 
Ct.,  and  d.  in  1819,  leaving  1  da.  7.  Sam'l.,  July  15,  1797,  an 
invalid.  8.  George,  d.  in  1819,  ae.  21. 

40.  Thomas,  s.  Thos  21,  sett,  in  Scit.,  on  the  farm  known  as 
the  Fox  Hill  Farm,  adjoining  the  North  River,  where  some  of  his 
descendants  still  reside.     Like  his  ancestors,  he  was  engaged 
principally  in    shipbuilding,    at   the   family  yards  on   the  North 
River.     He  m.  Lydia   Sylvester,  and  d.  Sep.  1,  1834,  and  his 
wid.  Jan.  19,  1840.     ch.  :  1.  Thos.,  Jan.  2,  1783.     2.  Lydia, 
Aug.  29,  1785,  m.  Thos.  Green,  of  N.  Bed.,  Mass.,  who  d.     She 
yet  lives  in  N.  B.,  and  her  son,  Thos.  Barstow  Green,  in  S.  Scit. 
3.     Ellinor,  Feb.  27,  1788,  d.  in  Scit.,  Dec.  17,  1846.     4.  Re 
becca,  Oct.  24,  1790,  m.  Gideon  Richmond,  of  N.  Bed.,  and  has 
1  son  in  N.  B.     5.  Barker,  May  12,   1793,  d.   Oct.  1,  1811. 
6.  Olive  S.,  Aug.   3,  1795,  m.   Capt.   Thos.  Waterman,  of  S. 
Scituate. 

41.  Nath'l.,  s.  Thos.  21,  m.  Elizab.,  da.  Hon.  Joseph  Gushing, 
of  H.,  Aug.  31,   1786,  and  sett,   in  Me.,  where   he  d.  in  1798. 
He  was  engaged  in  ship-building,  on  the  Damariscotta  river, 
ch.  :  1.  Betsy  C.,  bap.  Sep.  14,  1788,  m.  Gilbert  Brooks,  of  Scit., 
and  d.  in  Medford,  no  ch.     2.  Deborah,  bap.  July  11,  1790,  d. 
unm.,  in  Camden,  Me.     3.  Mary,  bap.  May  22, 1791,  m.  1,  Rev. 
Tkos.  Cochran,  of  Cam  den,  Oct.  10,  1808,  and  had  ch. ;  and  2 


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Ralph  Conway,  and  lives  in  C.  4.  Joseph  C.,  lived  and  d. 
in  Litchfield,  Me.  ;  was  m.,  and  had  ch.  5.  Nath'l.  ?  in  Me. 
6.  lluth. 

42.  %&6^,  S3.  fta^^^  f"\^  B9T 

^  den ,)  s .  Thos .  21 , 

</X  m.  Betsey,  da.  of 

Capt.  Robt.  L.  Eells,  and  is  yetliving  in  H,in  the  90th  year  of  his 
age,  ab.  \  of  a  mile  S.W.  of  the  Four  Corners,  on  his  farm,  known 
as  the  "  Broad  Oak  Farm,"  and  in  the  house  built  by  himself,  in 
1799.  lie  has  been  a  valuable  citizen  ;  an  enterprising  ship 
builder  ;  was  Selectman  in  1797  and  '98  ;  Representative  from 
1808  to  1810  ;  and  has  held  the  military  offices  of  Lieut.,  Capt., 
Major,  and  Col. ;  and  though  now  the  frosts  of  90  winters  have 
gathered  upon  his  brow,  and  the  infirmities  of  age  are  upon  him, 
his  mind  retains,  to  a  remarkable  degree,  the  power  of  memory, 
and  we  have  derived  from  him  valuable  aid  in  the  preparation  of 
some  portion  of  this  work.  His  w.  d.  in  1851,  in  the  91st  year 
of  her  age.  ch.  :  1.  Sarah,  May  21,  1788,  m.  Joseph  S.  Bates, 
Oct.  2,  1820,  and  lives  on  Broadway.  2.  Betsey  E.,  Sep.  22, 
1789,  living  with  her  fa.  3.  John,  Feb.  17,  1791.  4.  Jane, 
July  24,  1792,  m.  David  Hersey,  of  IL,  Nov.  12,  1816,  and  d. 
Ap.  4,  1847.  5.  Hannah,  Jan.  27,  1794,  living  with  her  fa. 

0.  Edward,  Aug.  27,1795.     7.  Robert,  Feb.  1,  1797,  d.  unm., 
in  Falmouth,  Eng'd.,  in  1818.     Mariner.     8.  Capt.  Benjamin, 
Dec.  15, 1799.     Has  been  sett,  as  a  merchant,  at  the  South,  but 
is  now  a  shipmaster,  in  N.  Y.     Not.  m.     9.  Salome,  July  24, 
1801,  m,  Capt.  Haviland  Torrey,  of  Pemb.,  Oct.  1,   1826,  and 
has  had  5  ch.,  of  whom  are   living  2  sons,  Benj.  Bar  stow,  and 
Herbert. 

43.  Dca.  Elijah,  s.  Thos.  21,  m.  1,  Lucy,  da.  Capt.  Robt.  L. 
Eells,  Nov.  8,  1798,  who  d.,  and  2,  Diana  Everson,  of  Ivigs'n. 
Lived  in  Scit.,  on  his  father's  place ;  was  a  shipbuilder,  and 
farmer  ;  and  for  many  years  Dea.  of  the  central  Church  in 
H.  He  d.  in  1842,  and  his  wid.  returned  to  Ivigs'n.  ch.  : 

1.  Nath'l.,  Aug.  16,  1799.     2.  Lucy  E.,  bap.  June  6,  1801, 
m.  0>zen  Jossclyn,  now  of  Bos'n.     3.  Elijah,  bap.  Sep.,  28, 1806. 
4.  Edwin.     5.  Abby,  m.   Capt.  Thos.  H.   C.  Barstow,  of  H. 
6.  Andrew. 


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44.  James,  s.  James  22,  m.  Sarah  Leavitt,  of  Pemb.,  and  was 
killed  during  the  great  gale  of  Sep.  23,  1815,  at  Kigs'n.,  by  the 

.  fall  of  a  plank  from  the  staging  of  a  ship,  on  which  he  was  at  work, 
ch.  :  1.    James,  Nov.   25,  1786.      2.  Calvin,  July  20,    1791. 

3.  John.     4.  Solomon,  d.  unm.     5.  Sally,  m.  1,  a  Gibbs  ;  2,  a 
Freeman  ;  and  3,  a  Bryant.     6.  Rhoda,  d.  ae.  15.     7.  Betsey, 
m.  1,  Elisha  C.  Stetson,  of  II.,  Jan.  14,  1816,  who  d.  ;  and  2, 
Lewis   Litchfield,  and  lives  in  H.     8.  Ruth  K.,  m.  Elijah    S. 
Ewell,  Oct.  29,  1815.     9.  Charlotte,  m.  Marcus  Robinson,  of  E. 
Bridg'r.,  Ap.   29, 1820.     10.  Joanna,  m.   Stephen   Faunce,  of 
Pemb. 

45.  Joseph,  s.  James  22,  m.  Lydia  Soule,  of  Dux'y,  July  16, 
1786,  and  d.  in  D.,  July  15,  1834,  and  his  wife  Jan.  31,  1812. 
ch  :  1.  Joseph,  Aug.  14,  1787,  m.  Nancy,  da.  Capt.  Eden  Wads- 
worth,  of  D.,  Ap.  22,  1812,  and  d.  in  Prov.,  R.  I.,  Ap.  22, 1813, 
leaving  a  da.,  Beulah   W,,  who  m.  Francis  Barstow,  of  Matta- 
poisett.     2.  Peleg,  Oct.  22,  1788,  m.  Mary  Robbins,  of  Va,,  in 
1810,  and   his  w.  is  d.     No  ch.     3.  Samuel,   Nov.  8,  1791. 

4.  Mehitable,  Jan.  17, 1793,  m.  Joseph  Howland,  of  Hanson,  Ap. 
9,  1815.     5.  Ichabod,  Mar.  15,  1794.     6.  Richard,  Mar.  26. 
1796.     7.  George,  Sep.  28, 1798.     8.  Susan,  Jan.  9,  1801,  m. 
John  Washburn,  of  Kigs'n.,  Sep.  18,  1817,  and  lives  in  Matt't. 
9.  Wilson,  Feb.   11,  1803.     10.  Briggs,  May  11,  1805.     11. 
Daniel,  July  23,  1807,  d.  in  1834.     Left  no  ch.     12.  Thos.  Sep. 
12,  1809,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  Hudson,  N.  Y.     13.  Lydia  S.,  Jan. 
4,  1812,  m.  Chas.  Curtis,  of  E.  Ab'n. 

46.  Wm.,   s.   Jas.  22,    m.    Lydia    Simmons,    and    lived  in 
Pemb.     ch.  :  1.  Benj.      2.  Wm.     3.  Jehiel,  is  m.,  and  lives  in 
Provincetown,  Mass.     4.  Lewis.     5.  Lydia,  m.  Levi  Washburn, 
E.  Bridg'r.     6.  Ruth,  d.  ae.  23.     7.  Rogers  L.,  July  15,  1811. 

47.  Rev.  George,  s.  James,  22,  grad.    at  B.  U.,  in  1801, 
"  holding  a  high  and  respectable  standing  in  his  class  ;"  studied 
Theol.  with  Rev.  Perez  Forbes,  of  Raynham  ;  and  sett.,  in  1803, 
in  that  part  of  Pemb.  now  H'n.,  where  he  was  devoted  to  his  pro 
fession,  and  discharged  its  duties  to  the  acceptance  of  his  people, 
until  his  death,  which  took  place,  Feb.  11,  1826,  ae.  51.     He  m. 
Sarah,  da.  Gideon  Barstow,  of  Rochester,  Nov.  26,  1801,  and 


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she  survives,  and  resides  in  Bridg'r.  ch.  :  1.  George  W.,  Aug. 
13,  1802.  Fitted  for  Coll.,  was  afterwards  CPk.,  in  Bos'n.,  and 
there  d.  July  23,  1834.  2.  Sarah  W.,  Sep.  2,  1805,  m.  Nahum 
Stetson,  Esq.,  s.  Capt.  Abisha  Stetson,  Nov.  13,  1828,  and  d. 
Aug.  17, 1842,  having  had  George  B.,  Oct.  10, 1830.  Sarah  L.. 
June  7,  1834.  Nahum,  jr.,  Dec.  14,  1836,  and  Wm.  B.,  Mar. 
20,  1839.  3.  Jane  W.,  Dec.  8,  1810,  m.  Capt.  Edwin  W. 
Barstow,  Sep.  11,  1834.  4.  Lucy  A.  F.,  Jan.  4,  1818,  m.  Na- 
hum  Stetson  Esq.,  July  4, 1823,  and  has  Lucy  A.,  Oct.  12, 1848, 
and  Helen  F.,  Dec.  16,  1850. 

NOTE. — Mr.  S.  is  the  intelligent,  and  gentlemanly  Agent  of  the  Iron 
Works,  at  S.  Bridg'r.  and  also  of  the  Wey'h.  Works,  and  as  a  man  of  business 
enterprise,  has  few  equals  in  the  State.  He  was  Rep.  to  the  State  Leg., 
from  1837-39;  Director  of  the  F.  R.  R.  R. ;  President  of  the  Bristol  Co. 
Bank ;  and  Director  of  the  Cape  Cod  R.  11. ;  and  in  the  walks  of  private 
life,  for  integrity,  courtesy,  affability,  hospitality,  and  all  the  qualities  which 
make  up  the  true  gentleman,  he  is  well  known  lo  all  who  have  the  pleasure 
of  his  acquaintance. 

48.  Jacob,  s.  Jacob  23,  m.  a  Young,  of  Scit,  lived  in  Bos'n. 
and   was  prob.  owner,    with    Alex.    Vannevar,   of    a   tomb   in 
Copp's  hill  burial  ground,  in  1819.     ch. :  1.  Jacob,  m.,    lived  in 
Boston,  and  was  Inspector  of  Fish,  of  the  firm  of  Barstow  and 
Vinton,    and   d.  in   B.,  leaving   ch.  2.  Alice,  m.  a  Pierce.     3. 
Abigail,  m.  Calvin  Lewis,  of  Mf'd. 

49.  Charles,  s.  Jacob  23,  m.  Abigail,  or  Nabby  Perry,  of  Pemb., 
Ap.  10,  1796,  and  d.  May  4,  1829,  and   his  wid.  yet  survives, 
ch. :  1.  Burden,  Dec.  15,  1797,  d.  unm.,  in  N.  Orleans,  in  1830. 
2.  Wm.  C.,  May  9,  1801.     3.  Abigail,  or  Nabby,  Sep.  20, 1803, 
m.  Wm.  Josselyn,  of  Pemb.,  Oct.  10, 1822.     4.  Charles,  Aug.  13, 
1805.     5.  Thos.  H.  C.     6.  Caroline,  m.  John  0.  Hudson,  of  E. 
Bridg'r.,  Feb.  4, 1833. 

50.  Gideon,  s.  Gideon  24,  m.  1,  Ann  Mead,  Oct.,  1782,  who  d. 
Sep.  12,  1798  ;  and  2,  Deborah  Loring,  May,  1800,  and   d.  in 
Matt't.,  Feb.  3,  1849,  ae.  88,  and  his  wid.  in  June,  1851,  ae.  79. 
Lived  in   Mattapoisett,  was  a  shipbuilder  by  trade,  and  was  a 
member   of    the   Convention   for  revising  the  Const'n.  of  Mass., 
in  1820.  ch.:  1.  Gideon,  Sep.  7,  1783.    2.  Jane,  Oct.  31,1785, 
m.  Dan'l.  B.  Loring,  in  1805,  and  d.  in  Aug.,  1813,  leaving  Mary, 
who  m.  Western  G.  Robinson,  of  Fairhaven,  and  Ann,  who  m. 


230  BARSTOW. 

James  Robinson,  of  F.  3.  Samuel,  Dec.  15,  1787,  d.  May  27, 
1803.  4.  Zaccheus  M.,  Jan.  1,  1700.  Living  in  M.,  unm. 
5.  Anne,  Mar.  25,  d.  Dec.  5,  1792.  6.  Mary,  Sep.  28,  1793,  d. 
Oct.  6,  1801.  7.  Benjamin,  Feb.  18,  1796.  8.  Wilson,  Feb. 
17,  1798. 

51.  Wilson,  s.  Gideon,  24,  m.  Susanna  P.,  da.  Rev.  Jona. 
Moore,  of  Roch'r,  Mass.,  Oct.  80,  1791,  and  lived  first  in  Matt't, 
and  then  in  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Jan.  20, .1850,  ae.  84,  and  his 
wife  Ap.  3,  1848,  ae.  78.     Mr.  B.  was  for  some  years  a  ship 
master,  and  for  about  20  years,  an  extensive  ship-builder,  in  the 
place  of  his  nativity ; — in  private  life,  distinguished  for  his  bene 
volent  character,  and  the  activity  of  his  mind  ;  and  publicly,  for 
his  energy  in  business,  and  his^ntegrity.     Like  many  others,  who 
were  engaged  in  active  affairs  from  1800  to  1805,  he  suffered 
severely  from  the  check  in  business  which  followed  the  Embargo 
Act  of  1807,  and  from  the  reverses  incident  to  that  event,  he 
never  after  fully  recovered,     ch. :  1.  Susanna  P.,  May  22, 1793. 
d.  1798.     2.  Caleb,  Mar.  8,  1795.     3.  Lucy,  Mar.  3,  1797,  d. 
ae.  7.     4.  Jona.  M,,  Mar,  25,  1799,  d,  in  N.  Or's.,  Jan.  19. 
1826,  being  Cl'k.  of  a  Count'g.  House,  in  N.  0.     5.  Henry  W. 
Mar.  7,  1801.     6.  Wm.  P.,  Ap.  20,  1803.     Drowned,  Dec.  28. 
1829,  on  his  passage  from  Trieste  to  N,  Y'k.     He  was  a  ship 
master.     7.  Sam'L,  June  9,  1805.     8.  Anna  S.,  Oct.  23.  1810, 
m.  Joshua  L.  Pope,  Merch't.,  of  N.  Y'k.,  and  has  3  sons  and 
2  daughters. 

52.  Benja.,  s.  Caleb  25,  m.  Rebecca  Hammond,  Ap.  25, 1800, 
and  lives  in  Matt't.,  where,  and  in  N.  Bedf 'd.,  he  has  been  dis 
tinguished  as  a   master  shipbuilder.     He   has   been  Rep.  from 
Roch'r  to  the  Gen.   Court,     ch.  :  1.  Benj.  F.  Mar.  28,  1801. 
2.  Caroline,  Jan.  24, 1803,  d.  Sep.  3,  1804.     3.  Edwin,  June  15, 
1805,  d.  Mar.  26,  1824.    4.  Nathan  H.,  Oct.  5,  1807.    5.  Caro 
line,  Dec.  19,  1812,  d.  Sep.  25,  1813.     6.  Elizab.  P.,  Nov.  28, 
1814,  d.  Dec.  13,  1816.     7.  Henry,  Dec.  3, 1817.   8.  Susan  C., 
May  29,  1820,  m.  David  II.  Cannon,  of  Matt't.,  and  has  Mm/  H., 
May  18, 1852. 

53.  Elias,  s.  Caleb  25,  m.  Mary,  da.  John  and  Rebecca  Wood, 
Sep.  14,  1800,  and  d.  in  Prov.  R.  I.,  Oct.  28,  1840,  and  hisw. 


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who  was  b.  Dec.  21,  1778,  d.  May  25,  1834.  He  was  a  ship 
wright  by  trade,  and  built  a  number  of  vessels  in  Prov.  Pie  was  a 
strictly  temperate  man  through  life,  and  a  Trustee  of  the  Meth. 
Ch.,  to  which  office  he  was  elected  in  1821.  ch. :  1.  Ann  E. 
Aug.  9,  1801,  m.  Thos.  Hathaway,  Dec.  25,  1821,  lives  in  Prov., 
and  has  Ann  E.,  1822,  Thos.  Z.,  1824,  Sarah  A,  1826,  EUax  B., 
1829,  Wm.  H,,  1835,  and  AchsahB.,  1838.  2.  Edwin,  Ap.  14, 
1803.  4.  Elias,  Feb.  26,  1805.  4.  Thos.  Oct.  16,  1807. 
5.  Rebecca  W.,  Ap.  4,  1810.  6.  Wm.,  July  10,  1812.  7.  Sarah 
B.,  July  6,  1814,  m.  Allen  F.  Manchester,  of  Prov.,  Feb.  2, 1834, 
and  has  Mary  B.,  1834,  Sarah  F,  1887,  Geo.  F.,  '39,  Julia  #., 
'41,  Ably  E.,  '43,  Thos.  A.,  '45,  Emma  M.,  '49,  and  Albert  C., 
'50.  8.  Achsa,  Dec.  22,  1816. 

54.  Wm.,8.  Caleb  25,  m.  Waity  Reynolds,  of  Wickford,  R.I., 
ab.  1809,  and  has  been  a  clergyman  of  the  Meth.  denom.,  but 
owing  to  the  loss  of  his  voice,  has  been  unable,  for  some  years,  to 
attend  to  the  duties  of  his  profession.     He  lives  in  Philad.     ch. : 
1.  Elizab.,  d.  young.     2.  Wm.,  d.  young.      3.  Sarah,  m.  Rev. 
Josiah  Litch,  in  1836,  and  has  2  ch.  living,  Wilbur  F.,  and  Josiah 
L.     4.  Joseph  S.,  d.   young.     5.  Joseph  M.,  Mar.,  1824.     A 
dentist  by  profession,  and  is  living  in  Philad. ,unm. 

55.  Nath'l.,  s.  Caleb  25,  m.  1,  Sophia  Chaffee,  Dec.  2,  1810, 
who  was  b.  Nov.  25,  1792,  and  d.  July  6,  1817  ;  and  2,  Martha 
Randall,  May  4,  1818,  who  was  b.  Nov.  6,  1791.     Mr.  B.  d.  in 
Providence,  Nov.  3,  1849,  and  his  wid.  survives.     He  was  a  man 
of  respectability,     ch. :  1.  Nathan  C.,  Feb.  16,  d.  June  1,  1812. 

3.  Hon'l.  Amos  C.,  Ap.  30,  1813.     3.  Paris,  Nov.  25,  1815. 
Lost  at  sea,  Dec.  15,  1830, — a  bright  and  promising  youth.  (By 
2d.)  4.  Eph'm.  R.,  Sep.  21, 1819. 

56.  Curtis,  s.  *Sam'l  27,  m.  Eliza,  da.  Jno.  Parker,  of  Cant'y. 
Ct.,  in  1812,  and   d.  July  4,  1826,  ae.  44.     ch. :  1.  Hannah, 
1813,  d.  in  Norwich.     2.  George,  1815,  d.  in  N.,  July  20,  1852, 
leaving  a  wid.  and  2  ch.     3.  Eunice,  1818,  d.  Dec.  5,  1834, 

4.  Katharine,   1819,  d.  young.     5.  Martha,  1821.     Living  in 
Norwich.     6.  Orra,  1823.      Living  in  N.      7.  Charles,  1825. 
Living  in  N. 


232  BARSTOW. 

57.  Simon,  s.   Sam'l,  27,  grad.  B.  TL,  1808,  but  having  the 
misfortune  to  lose  the  sight  of  one  eye,  he  relinquished  his  design 
of  stud.  Theol,  and  sett,  in  Delaware,  as  a  Teacher  ;  m.  Hannah 
Frazier,  of  D.,  Aug.  24,  1818,  and  d.  at  Wilmington,  Oct.  24, 
and  his  wid.  at  Newcastle,  Del.,  Aug.  26,  1829,  ae.  40.     ch. :  1. 
Sam'l.,  Sep.  8,  1819.     Lives  in  Woonsocket,  R.  I.     2.  Hannah 
S.,  May  23,  1821,  m.  A.  J.  Bulkley,  and  lives  in  Louisville,  K'y. 
3.  Elizab.  V.,  May  11,  1824,  d.  Feb.  3,  1828. 

58.  Spaulding,  s.  Sam'l.  27,  m.  Temperance  E.  Holmes,  da. 
Dr.  H.,  of  Woodstock,  Ct.,  who  d.  June  14,  1823,  ae.  25.     ch. : 

1.  Sarah  S.,  m.  Col.  Geo.  Saltonstall  Stoddard,  of  W.     2.  Emma, 
m.  Rev.  Geo.  Langdon,  A.  M.,  of  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  has  3  ch. 
3.  Mary  E..  d. 

59.  Eiisha  P.,  s.  Sam'l.  30,  m.  Mary  P.,  da.  Andrew  and  Mary 
Rogers,  of  Augusta,  Me.,  and  d.  in  Cant'y.,  Ct.,  Sep.  28,  1850, 
ae.  57.     ch.  :  1.  John  P.,  of  Norwich,  Ct.,  m.  Abig.  T.  da.  Geo. 
and  Lucretia  R.  Sharpe,  of  Pomfret,  Ct.,  Aug.  28,  1850,  and  is 
engaged  in  the  mf.  and  sale  of  Hardware,  being  of  the  firm  of 
Backus  and  Barstow,*of  N.     2.  Susan  B.,  m.  Arthur  F.  Drink- 
water,  Esq.,  lawyer,  of  Ellsworth,  Me,  Sep.  18,  1848.     3.  Mary 
F.,  m.  John  Backus,  of  Norwich,  Ct.,  Aug.  21, 1851.     4.  Elizab. 
R.,  1841.     Lives  with  her  mother,  in  Ct. 

60.  John,  s.  Sarn'l.  27,  m.  1,  Harriet,  da.  Josiah  and  Sarah 
Parkes,  of  Cant'y.,  Ct.,  Mar.  1818,  who  d.  Sep.  27, 1822,  ae.  23; 

2.  Eliza  S.,  da.  Dr.  Jno.  Fitch,  of  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  who  d.   at 
Bridgeport,  Ct.,  June  3,  1840  ;  and  3,  Jane.  da.  Dr.  John  Fitch, 
in  1841.    Mr.  B.  lives  in  Bridgeport,  Ct.     ch.  :  1.  Josiah  P., 
July  6, 1821,  d.  July  7,  1822.     (By  2d.)  2.  John  F.,  in  Cal'a. 

3.  Samuel.  F.,  at  Williamstown  Coll.,  Mass.     4.  Isaac  B.,  d. 
5.  Charles.     6.  Simon,  printer,  at  JamestoAvn,  N.  Y.  (By  3d.) 
7.  Kate.     8.  Harriet  E.     9.  Susan  B.     10.  Wm.  F. 

61.  Septimus,  s.  John  28,  m.  and  lived  in  Hadley,  Mass.,  where 
he  d.  Dec.  16,  1843,  ae-.  42.      ch. :  1.  Luther.     2.  Elias  B. 
3.  Olive  C.     4.  Orrelia.     5.  Harriet.     6.  Susan,  d.  1851. 

62.  Calvin,  s.  John  28,  m.  Orra  Herrick,  of  Cant'y.,  Ct.  ch. :  1. 
Luther.     2.  Olive.     8.  John.     4.  Harriet.     5.  Emma. 


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63.  Ebsnezer,  s.  John  23,  m.  Lucy  Learned,  of  New  Braintree, 
Mass.,  Sep.  12,  1811,  and  lives  in  Scotland,  Ct.  ch. :  1.  Fidelia, 
m.  Jno.  A.  Kellogg,  of  Vt.,  who  d.  in  1846,  and  she  is  a  wid.  with 
4  ch.,  in  Miss'o.  2.  Sarah  L.,  m.  Homer  Thayer,  of  Thompson, 
Ct.,  lives  in  E.  Douglass,  Mass.,  and  had  1  ch.,  wh.  d.  3.  Timo. 
D.,  was  a  merchant,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  d.  May  23, 1852, 
ae.  31.  4.  Martin  Luther,  1833,  with  his  fa. 

64.  Rev.  Zedekiah  S.,  s.  John  28,  grad.  at  Yale,   1813.,  stud. 
Theol.  at  N.  Haven,  under  Rev.  Pres.  Dwight,  and  taught  Hop 
kins  Acad.,  in  N.  Haven,  until  licensed  to  preach.     Thence  went 
to  N.  Y'k.,  and  was  Ass't.  in  the  High  School,  under  the  care  of 
Jno.  Griscom,  LL.D.,  and  in  1816  and  '17,  was  Tutor  at  Ham. 
Coll.,  N.  Y.,  during  which  period,  a  second  A.  M.  degree  was  con 
ferred  upon  him.     During  his  last  year  at  Ham.  Coll.,  Pres't. 
Backus,  decs'd.,  and  Mr.  B.  preached  in  the  chapel  to  the  students, 
until  Pres't.  Davis  was  chosen,  in  Aug.,  1817.     In  Feb.  1818,  he 
rec'd.  a  call  to  sett,  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  July  1,  was  ord.  as 
Pastor  of  the  Ch.  in  that  place,  where  he  yet  remains,  having  en 
joyed  such  health  as  to  be  prevented  from  preaching  but  four 
Sabbaths  in  34  years  !     He  has  been,  for  twenty  years,  a  memb.  of 
the  Board  of  Kimball  Acad'y. ;  of  the  Board  of  Dart.  Coll.,  since 
1834,  at  which  Coll.  the  degree  ofD.D.,  was  conferred  upon  him, 
in  1849  ;  Trustee  and  Sec'y.  of  Keene  Acad.,  since  its  inst'n.  ; 
many  years  Sec'y.  of  the  Gen'l.  Ass'n.  of  Cong,  and  Presb.  Min's. , 
of  N.  II.  ;  Cl'k  of  the   Cheshire  Conf.  of  Ch's.,  for  20  years  ;    a 
Corp.  Memb.  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M. ;  and  one  of  the  Sup.  Com.  of 
the  Pub.  Schools  of  Keene,  for  30  years.    He  m.  Elizab.  F.  Blake, 
of  Westboro'.Mass.,  Aug.  19, 1818,  and  has  1.  Timo.  D.,  July  17, 
d.  Dec.  22,  1820.     2.  Win.,  Sept,  8, 1822.     Grad.  A.  B.,  in  1842, 
A.  M.,1845,  and  M.  D.,  1848,  and  is  in  Cal'a.     3.  Elizab.  W., 
July  24,  1824,  d.  Jan.  3,  1832.     4.  Josiah  W.,  June  21,  1826. 
Grad.  A.B.,  1846,  and  M.  D.,  1852,  and  is  Ass't.  Phys'n.  of  the 
Hosp'l.  at  Blackwell's  Island,  N.  Y.     5»i|rffr-Feb.  21,  1828, 
lived  but  1  hour.  *r 

65.     Ezekiel,  s.  Joshua  33,  m.  Mary  Conner,  of  Exeter,  N".  II., 
Nov.  28,  1799,  and  returned  to  Hanover,  his   native  place,  in 
1805,  and  there  d.  Jan.  10,  1815,  and  his  wid.  and  ch.  returned 
15 


234  BARSTOW. 

to  Exeter,  where  she  d.  Oct.  4,  1845,  ae.  67.  ch. :  1.  Almira, 
Sep.  27,  1800,  m.  a  Collins,  of  New  Lond'n.,  Ct,  Noch.  2.  Mary 
J.,  leb.  10,  1803,  m.  a  Nichols,  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  has  7  ch. 
3.  John  C.,  Feb.  6,  1805,  m.  Lucretia  Moore,  of  Danvers,  Mass., 
and  is  sett,  as  a  farmer,  in  Groton,  N.  H.  No  ch.  4.  Joshua, 
Mar.  6,  1808,  d.  in  Oroquimbo,  Texas,  in  1836.  5.  Marg't,  F., 
Mar.  27,  1810.  An  instructress,  in  Alabama.  6.  Ezekiel  Hale, 
May  17,  1815. 

66.  Chas.  C.,  s.  Joshua  33,  m.  Sophia,  da.  Chas.  Fanning,  Esq., 
of  Griswold,  Ct.,  Jan.  1,  1809,  and  d.  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  Jan.  31 
1828,  and  his  wid.  in  Kgs'n.,  N.  H.,  Dec.  23,  1833,  ae.  52.     ch. :' 
1.  Catherine,  Sep.  18, 1810,  m.  Benj.  Magoun,  of  Kgs'n.,  in  1830, 
and  d.  Oct.  29,  1838.     No  ch.     2.  Mariah,  May  3,  1812,  d. 
June  4,  1814.     3.  Charles,  Ap.  28,  1814,  m.  Martha  M.  Taylor, 
of  Bangor,  Me.,  is  Cl'k.  in  Bos'n.,  and  has  Annie  D.,  and  another 
ch.    4.  Frederick,  Mar.  7,   1816,  d.  in  Chas'n.,  S.  C.,  Sep.  12, 
1838.     5.  Henry  H.,  Mar.  6,  1819,  d.  June  21,  1822.     6.  Ari 
annah,  Feb.  20,  1821,  m.  Aaron  Whittemore,  Esq.,  of  Pemb.,  N. 
H.,  Dec.  13,  1840,  and  has  Sophia  F.,  '42,   Ariannah  £.,  '44, 
Aaron  B.,    '46,  d.  '49,  Aaron,  '49,   Adaline,  '50,  and  Jno. 
(7.,  '52.     7.  Henry  H.,  Sep.  23, 1823,  m.  a  Holloway,  of  Eng'd., 
resides  in  Palermo,  Sicily,  and  -has  2  ch.     8.  Marg't.  A.,  Mar. 
20,  1825,  m.  J.  M.  Turner,  in  1842,  lives  in  Warren,  Pa.,  and 
has  3  ch. 

67.  Joseph,  s.  Lt.  Samuel  34,  m.  1,  Mary  Hatch,  of  Pemb.  ? 
Ap.  11,  1782,  and  2,  wid.  Tufts,  and  lived  in  Cornish,  Vt,  where 
he  and  his  w.  d.     ch. :  1.  Anne,  Aug.  5,  1785.     2.  Capt.  Sam'l., 
Feb.  27,  1788,  m.  Elenor  Jewell,  and,  with  his  w.,  d.  in  N.  Y'k., 
leaving  no  ch.     3.  Job,  May  19,  1790.     4.  Joseph,  May  13, 
1795.     Drowned  in  the  W.  Indies.     5.  Jas.  H.,  July  5,  1798. 
6.  Nancy,  m.  a  Charnberlin,     7.  Polly,  m.  a  Chace. 

68.  Allen,  s.  Scth  36,  m.  Olive  Foster,  of  Sharon,  Ct.,  in  1794, 
and  lives  in  CanflUjHW*  Y.    His  wid.  d.  ab.  1845.  ch. :  Two  da's., 
who  d.  in  infancy,  and  of  the  sons,  1.  David  F.,  Esq.,  lawyer,  of 
Towanda,  Pa,,  b.  Nov.  1795,  m.  Amelia  Mix,  and  has   a  son 
Henry,  and  a  daughter,  both  young.     2.  Sam'l.,  b.  ab.  1801,  is  of 


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Canaan,  N.  Y.,  ra.  Betsey  Douglass,  of  C.,  and  has  Allen,  Samuel^ 
Henry,  David,  Charles,  Elizabeth,  and  Olive* 

69.  Samuel,  s.  Seth  36,  stud,  Med.,  and  sett,  first  in  W.  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass.,  of  which  town  he  was  Rep.,  in  1808 ;  and  thence 
moved  to  Gr.  Barrington,  was  Senator  in  1812,  and  d*  in  1813. 
He  m.  Lavinia  Wilson,  of  Alford,  Mass.,  who  d,  ab.  1843,  in 
Nichols,  N.  Y,     ch, :  1,  Pluma  A.,  m.  Increase  Sumner,  Esq., 
lawyer,  of  Gr,  Bar'n.,   and  d,  ab.  1849,  leaving  ch.     2.  Charles 
R.,  lawyer  ;  sometime  Sheriff  of  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  memb.  of  the 
Assemb.,  and  P.  M*  at  Oswego ;    m.  Charlotte  Coburn.  ab.  1827, 
and   has   Henry,  d.  ae.  18  ;    Sumner,  b.  ab.  1832  ;  Edivard, 
Samuel,   Charles,  and   2  daughters.      3.    Oliver  A.,  merchant 
in  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  m.  Frances  Palmer,  ab.  1837,- and  has  Ed 
mund,  Charles,  Amelia,  and  others. 

70.  Seth  T.,  s.  Seth  36,  m.  Clarissa  Woodruff,  ofLitchf'd.,  Ct, 
June  4,  1806,  and  resided  in  Bradford  Co.,  Pa.,  where  he  d.  Sep. 
13,  1852,  ae.  73.     His  wid.  survives,  though  in  feeble   health. 
Mr.  B.  was  a  favorite  pupil  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Rush,  of  Philad. ; 
a  grad.  of  the  Med.  Coll.  of  that  city,  and  a  thoroughly  educated 
Physician,  though  he  followed  that  profession  but  a  short  time,  de 
voting  the  principal  part  of  his  life  to  trading  and  farming.     He 
was  an  early  settler  in  the  valley  of  the  Susquehanna,  nearly  50 
years  ago,  and  was  a  man  of  strong  intellect,  great  energy,  and 
gentlemanly  deportment,     ch. :  1.  Ellen  C.,  Feb.  17,  1808,  d. 
Feb.  17,  1833.     2.  Erasmus  D.,  Dec.  30, 1809,  d.  Ap.  19, 1812. 

3.  Marguerite  St.  Leon,  the  distinguished  poetess,  and  authoress 
of  "  Wayside  Flowers,"  &c.,  b.  Ap.  17, 1812,  m.  John  Loud,  Esq., 
Nov.  17,   1833,   lives  in  Philad.,  and   has  Caroline  M.  St.  L., 
1834,  Clara  E.,  1837,  and  Darwina  F.,  1841.  4.  Darwina  F.,  Jan. 

4,  1815,  m.  Richard  Catlin,  May  7,  1834,  and  lives  in  Wisconsin. 
5    Julius  R.,  Ap.  9, 1817,  d.  Sep.  21,  1852.     Not  m.     6.  Henry 
II.,  Feb.  5,  1819,  m.  Jane  Calkins,  May  1842,  had  Darwina  F. 
May  1843,  and  Marguerite  St.  L.,  July  21,  1837,  d.  Oct.  16, 
1841,  and  the  fa.  d.  in  Oct.  1847. 

71.  Hon'l.  Gamaliel  II.,  s.  Seth  36,  resided  with  his  father  in 
Sharon,  Ct.,  until  25  years  of  age,  working  at  farming  in  the  sum 
mer  season,  and  teaching  school  in  the  winter.     In  1809,  he  com- 


236  BARSTOW. 

menced  the  study  of  Medicine,  with  his  bro.  Sam'l.,  in  Gr.  Bar'n., 
and  in  Jan.  1812,  sett,  in  the  beautiful  valley  of  the  Susquehanna. 
in  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  practised  Med.  successfully,  until 
the  fall  of  1823,  since  which  time  he  has  given  his  attention 
chiefly  to  trading  and  farming.  He  was  a  memb.  of  the  Assemb. 
of  N.  Y.,in  1816,  '17,  '18,  '23,  and  26  ;  in  the  Senate  from  1819 
—'22 ;  memb.  Cong.,  from  1830— '32  ;  Treas'r.  of  the  State  of 
N.  Y.,  in  1825,  and  1838  ;  and  First  Judge  of  Tioga  Co.,  from 
1818—1823.  He  m.  Nancy,  da.  Emanuel  Coryell,  formerly  of 
N.  Jersey,  in  Jan.  1813,  and  has  1.  Sam'l.,  b.  ab.  1813,  of  the 
firm  of  Barstow  and  Lockwood,  Atty's.,  Detroit,  Mich'n.  He  is 
U.  S.  Dist.  Att'y.,  and  Prcs't.  of  the  Farmers  and  Mechanics 
Bank ;  m.  1,  Miss  Spofford,  who  d.,  and  2,  Frederica  Williams, 
and  has  one  son,  Sam'l.  F.,  a  few  months  old.  2.  Frances,  Jan. 
28,  1815,  m.  Win.  H.  Baird,  of  N.  Y'k.,  and  has  2  sons,  Walter, 
and  Gamaliel.  3.  Mary,  Feb.  27,  1820.  Not  m.  4.  John  C., 
Feb.  28,  1822.  Lives  with  his  fa.,  and  is  unm.  5.  Ellen,  d.  young. 

6.  Juliet,  Oct.  10,  1829,  m.  John  S.  Williston,of  Wellsboro',  Pa., 
and  has  an  inf.  da. 

72:  Daniel,  s.  Capt.  Dan'l.  37,  m.  1,  Ruth  Estes,  Jan.  15, 
1801,  and  2,  Lydia  Stetson,  and  lives  in  Hanover,  on  King-st. 
Farmer,  ch. :  1.  Daniel,  m.  Betsey  Estes,  Dec.  30,  1830,  and 
lives  on  King-st.  No  ch.  2.  Samuel,  m.  Saba  D.  Estes,  Oct. 
28,  1830,  and  lives  with  his  fa.  No.  ch. 

73.  Wm.,  s.  Michael  38,  m.  Abigail,  da.  Eben'r.  Townsend,  of 
Chester,  N.  H.,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Haverhill,  N.  H.,  where  his 
wid.  yet  resides,  ch. :  I.Julia  A.,  d.  2.  George,  Esq.,  counsellor-at- 
law,  74  Wall  st.,  N.  Y'k.,  author  of  the  History  of  New  Hamp 
shire,  and  of  an  Eulogy  on  General  Jack? on  ;  and  Aide-de-Camp 
of  Maj.-Gen.  John  McNeil,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  in  the  Militia 
of  N.  H. ;  m.  Emily  E.,  da.  Hon.  John  Shepley,  of  Saco,  Me., 
June  11,  1844.  No  ch.  3.  Wm.  II.,  b.  1812,  m.  at  the  age  of 
19,  Marg't.,  da.  of  the  Rev.  Win.  Woodward,  of  Norwich,  Vt., 
and  d.  of  the  cholera,  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  in  1832,  ae.  20.  4.  Abi 
gail,  d.  5.  Jas  T.,  town  clerk  of  Hav'l.,  N.  H.,  m.  1,  Maria 
Loring,  and  2,  Jane,  da.  Richard  N.  Buren.  6.  Abigail.  Notm< 

7.  Mary  A.,  at  Columbia,  Texas.     Not  m.     8.  Charles,  Mora- 


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vian  Missionary  at  Catesville,  la.  9.  Mary,  m.  Edwin  S.  Thayer, 
of  S.  Milford,  Mass.  10.  Ebenezer  T.,  merch't.,  Columbia, 
Texas.  Notm.  11.  Catherine,  unm. 

74.  Henry,  s.  Michael  38,  m.  1,  Harriet  Webster,  of  Plym'h., 
N.  H.,  and  2,  Frances  Pierce,  of  Woodstock,  Vt.     Lived  first  at 
Hav'l.,  N.  H.,  and    2d.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  where  he  d.     ch. :  1. 
Lydia,  m.    Merrill  Pearson,   and   lives  in  Ill's.     2.  Harriet,  d. 
3.  Henry,  in   Cal'a.     4.  Horace,   d.     5.  Frances.      6.  David. 
7.  Alfred,  in  Cal'a.     8.  Anson,  in  Cal'a,     9.  Ellen. 

75.  Charles,  s.  Michael  38,  m.  and  lived  in  Carapton,  N.  H., 
where  he  d.     ch :  1.  Charles,  in  Canada.     2.  Hannah,  is   m., 
and  lives  in  Canada. 

76.  Thomas,  s.  Michael  38,  m.  Sarah  Hale,  of  Wells  River,  Vt. 
and  lives  in  Piermont,  N.  H.     ch. :  1.  Sarah  A.     2.  Harriet,  is 
m.,  and  lives  in  Derby,  Vt.     3.  Nancy,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  Thet- 
ford,  Vt.    4.  Michael  H.,  of  Boston,  Mass.    5.  Thos,  A.,  in  Cal'a. 
6.  Arthur  C.,  in  Cal'a.     7.  Louisa.     8.  Ruth  A.     9.  Wm.  H. 

77.  Thos.,  s.  Thos.  40,  m.  Alice  Thomas,  Sep.  28, 1806,  and  d. 
in  N.  Bedford,   in  Nov.  1850,  having  had  ch.  :  1.  Julia  A.,  m. 
Philip  Smith  of  N.  Bedford.     2.  George.     Drowned,  ae.  7.     3. 
Mary,  m.  Jared  Parkhurst,  and  d.  in  Bait.  Md.,  ab.  1846.     4. 
Lydia  S.,m.  Gen.  Thomas,  of  N.  Bedford. 

NOTE. — Two  ch..  Rebecca  and  Elizab.,  d.  young. 

78.  John,  s.  Col.  John  B.  42,  m.  Sarah  Swoope  Thompson,  da. 
Edward K.  Thompson,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  gr.  gr.  da.  of  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Thompson,  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,   Scituate, 
Mass,     ch,-:  1.  Lydia  K.     2.  Elizabeth  T.     3.  Hannah,  d.     He 
resided  principally  in  New  York,  where  he  was  extensively  en 
gaged  in  commerce.     In  1838  he  withdrew  from  commercial  pur 
suits,  and  removed  to  Providence,  where  he  now  resides. 

79.  Capt.  Edward,  s.  Col.  JohnB.,  42,  m.  Amy,  da.  John  Baily, 
Sep.  2,  1821,  and  d.  Jan.  27,  1833,  and  his  wid.  m.  Wm.  Dawes, 
of  II ,  and  resides  near  the  Four  Corners,  in  the  house  formerly 
of  John  Bailey,  and  now  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Mr.  Barstow.   Mr. 
B.  was  a  shipmaster  for  soni3  years  previous  to  his  decease,  and 
sailed  from  N.  Y'k.     ch.  1.  John  E.,  June  11,  1822,  m.  Eliza 
Crary,  resides  in  N.  Y.,  and  has  John,  d.,  and  Eliza  C.    2.  Rob- 


238  BARSTOTT. 

ert,  June  24,  1824,  m.  Ann  Josselynn,  Dec.  24, 1846,  is  in  Cal'a.T 
and  has  Amy.  3.  Elizab.,  June  17,  1826,  m.  Capt.  Nath'l. 
Gushing,  of  II.,  Dec.  18,  1845.  4.  Joseph  B.,  Feb.  3,  1828, 
machinist,  in  Bos'n.  5.  Frederic  O.,  1830  ?  grad  B.  U  ,  1852. 
6.  Edward,  Jan.  27, 1833,  mechanic  in  Bos'n. 

80.  Capt.  Nath'l,  s.  Dea.  Elijah  43,   m.  1,  Grace  Foster,  in 
1833,  and  2,  Abby  Hammett,  in  July  1837,  and  resides  in  II.,  at 
the  Four  Corners.    A  shipmaster,     ch.  :  1.  Grace  F.,  Ap.,  1834. 
(By  2d.)  2.  Lucy  A.,  June  25,  1840.     3.  Mary  E.,  Feb.  13, 
1842.      4.  Sarah  R.,  Dec.  29,  1845.     5.  Marietta  II.,  June 
15,  1850. 

81.  Elijah,  s.    Dea.  Elijah   43,  m.  Caroline    Briggs,  lives  in 
So.  Scit.,  on  his  father's  place,  and  is  a  shipbuilder,  in  connexion 
with  Capt.  Thos.  Waterman,     ch. :  1.  Albert.     2.  Henry. 

82.  Capt.  Edwin,  s.  Dea.  Elijah  43,  m.  Jane  W.,  da.  Rev. 
Geo.  Barstow,   and  lives    in  Bridg'r.     A  shipmaster,     ch. :  1. 
Jane  W.,  Aug.  7,  1835.    2.  Jacob  P.,  June  29,  1839.  3.  Sarah 
W.,  June  6,  1842.     4.  Edwin  W.,  Dec.   5,  1844.     5.  Walter 
J.,  Aug.  14,  1847.  6.  Salome  T.,Sep.  28,  1850. 

83.  Andrew,  s.  Dea.  Elijah  43,  m.  Mary  Abernethy,  and  lives 
in  Bridg'r.     ch.  :  1.  Andrew.     2.  Henrietta  W.     3.  Rachel. 

84.  James,  s.  James  44,  m.  1,  Abby  Hyde,  of  Lebanon,  Ct., 
Oct.  1.  1812,  who  was  b.  Sep.  15,  1787,  and  d.  Ap.  11,  1815  ; 
and  2,  Sarah  Munroe,  Aug.  12,  1819,  who  was  b.  Mar.  2,  1798. 
Lives  in  Mattapoissett,  and  is  a  shipwright,     ch. :  1.  Abby  H., 
Feb.  14, 1815,  ism.   and  lives  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     (By  2d.)  2. 
James  M.,  June  1,  1820,  d.  Oct.   5,  1821.     3.  Sarah  T.,  May 
12,  1822,  d.  Dec.  11,  1840.     4.  Caroline,  Oct.  30,  1824,  m.  F. 
W.  Russell,  of  Matt't.     5.  Mary  M.,  Mar.  5,  1828.     6.  Debo. 
L.,  June  27,  1830,  m.  James  M.  Washburn,  of  Matt't. 

85.  Calvin,  s.   James  44,  m.   Betsey  Josselynn,  of  Pemb.. 
Aug.  7,  1814,  and  lives  in  Matt't.  Shipwright,    'ch.  :  1.  Betsey 
J.,  July  30,  1815,  m.  Benj.  R.  Gilford,  of  Fairhaven,  Jan.  10, 
1832.     2.  Joanna,  Sep.  15,  1817,  m.  Elisha  B.  Handy,  Oct.  1, 
1841.  3.    Calvin  J.,  Jan.  15,  1820,  d.  Mar.  16,  1826.    4.  Henry 
W.,  Ap.  7,  1823.     Shipjoiner,  in  M.     5.  Sarah  L.,  Aug.  23,  d. 
Nov.  26,  1825.     6.  Calvin,  Oct.  4, 1827.  In  Cal'a.     7.  Charles 


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B.,  Ap.  20,1880.     A  mariner.     8.  James,  Oct.  3,  1834.     9.  A 
son,  b.  and  d.,  1839. 

86.  John,  s.  James  44,  m.  Dian  Bolles,  and  lives  in  Matt't. 
ch, :  1.  Sarah,  m.  John  Mendcll,  of  M.     2.  Dian,  m.  Andrew 
Dunham,  of  M.     3.  Jedida,  m.  Walter  Gammon,  of  M.     4.  John- 
A  mariner.     5.  Abby.     6.  Solomon.     Two  ch.  d.  young. 

87.  Samuel,  s.  Joseph  45,  m.  and  lives  in  Ilingham,  where  his 
w.  d.,  Mar.  9,  1851.     ch. :  1.  Samuel.     2.  George.     3.  Benja. 

4.  Joseph. 

88.  Ichabod,  s.  Joseph  45,  m.  1,  Sally  R.,  da.  John  Clark,. of 
Plym'h.,  Oct.  4,  1818,  and   2,  Sally,  da.  Reuben  Peterson,  of 
Dux'y.,  Sep.  8,  1833,  and  lives  in  D.     Has  one  son,  Henry. 

89.  Richard,  s.  Joseph  45,  m.  Mary  Munroc,  May  1822,  who 
was  b.  June  16,  1798.   Resides  in  Matt't,  and  is  a  trader.  Form 
erly  a  shipwright,  ch. :  1.  Josiah  M.,   Ap.  30,  1822,  d.  Sep.  15, 

1823.  2.  Francis  H.,  Feb.  23,  1824,  m.  Beulah,  da.  Joseph 
Barstow,  lives  in  M.,  and  has  a  da.  Hope.     3.  Josiah  M.,  Feb. 
14,  1825.     Mariner.     4.  Richard,  Feb.   12,  1828.     In  Cal'a. 

5.  George  B.,  Nov.  16,  1829,  d.  July  28,  1830.     6.  Mary  M., 
Feb.  19,  d.  May  2.  1832.     7.  Georgiana,  Jan.  8,  1835. 

90.  George,  s.  Joseph  45,  m.  Dorcas,  da.  Capt.  Cyrus  Brews- 
ter,  in  1822,  and  d.  Aug.  11,  1835,  leaving  a  son  George. 

91.  Wilson,  s.  Joseph    45,  m. Pettengill,  and  lives  in 

Fairhaven.     ch.  1  :  Henry  B.     2.  Joseph.    3.  Serena.    4.  Wil 
son.     5.  Emeline.     6.  Sarah.     7.  Maria.     8.  Edward. 

92.  Benj.,  s.  Wm.   46,  m.  Sarah  Little,  of  Pomb.,  Dec.  31, 
1820,  and  lives  in  W.  Dux'y.  A  mason,  ch.  :  1.  Charles  L.,  June 

1824,  m.  Jane  Ford,  lives  in  W.   Dux'y.,  is  a  mason,  and  had 
Ada  J.,  d.  ae.  2  mo's.     2.  Henry  W.,  Oct.  1827.     3.  Debo.  L., 
Nov.  1830. 

93.  Win.,  s.  Wm.  46,  m.  Mary  Weston,  and   lives  in  Dux'y. 
Shipwright,     ch.  :  1.  Mary  J.     2.  Hiram.     3.  Wm.  4.  Dan'l. 

94.  Lewis,  s.  Wm.  46,  m.  Lydia  Lowden,  of  Dux'y.,  and  lives  in 
Dux'y.  ch.  :  1.  Lewis  B.,  Nov.  1831.    2.  Agustus  P.,  Jan.  1839. 

95.  Rogers  L.,  s.  Wm.  46,  is  a  merchant,  ship  owner,  and  a  man 
of  great  business   enterprise  ;  resides  in  Matt't.  ;  m.  Abby  II., 
da.  Elijah  Willis,  Esq.,  Jan.  7,  1837,  who  was  b.  Aug.  6,  1811. 


240  BARSTOW. 

ch.  :  1.  Wm.  M.,  Ap.  21, 1838,  d.  Mar.  30, 1839.  2.  Eliza  A. 
W.,  Aug.  13,  1840.  3.  Elijah  W.,  Aug.  12,  1843.  4.  Rogers 
L.,  Nov.  9,  1845.  5.  George  W.,  June  23,  1848,  d.  Aug.  29, 
1849.  6.  Charles  II.,  Ap.  29,  1850. 

96.  Capt.  Win.  C.,  s.  Charles  49,  in.  Sarah  F.,  da,  Capt.  Silas 
Morton,  of  Pemb.,  May  4,  1825,  (who  was  b.  Dec.  27,  1800,) 
and  lives  in  E.  Bos'n.     From  the  age  of  15  to  46,  Mr.  B.  follow 
ed  the  seas, — a  portion  of  the  time  as  shipmaster.     He  is  now 
Treas'r.  of  the  E.  Bos'n.  Co.,  and  is  a  gentleman  of  great  kind 
ness  of  heart, — prompt  and  efficient  in  business,  and  of  a  sociable 
temperament,     ch.  :  1.  Sarah  E.,  Mar.  16,  1826,  m.  Henry  T. 
Jenkins,  of  N.  Y'k.,  Sep.  34,  1846,  and  has  ch.    2.  Amelia,  July 
22,  1828,  m.  Henry  Bowers,  jr.,  Sep.  14,  1846,  and  lives  in  N. 
Y'k.     3.  Harriet  M.,  June  22,  1831.     4.  Francis  T.,  June  5, 
1833,  d.  Aug.  17,  1834.     5.  Maria  L.,  Ap.  26, 1837.     6.  Wm. 
H.,  June  16,  1838.     7.  Eloise  K.,  Aug.  1,  1840.     8.  Francis 
D.,  Ap.  28,  1843. 

NOTE. — The   last  4  -were  b,  in  H. ;  the   first   2  in  Pemb. ;  the  third  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  ;  and  the  fourth  in  Roxbury,  Mass. 

97.  Charles,  s.  Charles  49,  m.  Sarah  A.,  da.  Dan'l.  Hudson,  of 
E.  Bridg'r.,  May  4,  1833,  who  was  b.  inBridg'r.,  Mar.  28,  1812. 
He  lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  is  a  shipwright  by  trade,     ch. :  1.   Sarah 
A.,  June  23,  1834,  d.  Feb.  23,  1845.     2.  Charles  W.,  Feb.  24, 
1837.     3.  Fanny  H.,  Feb.  28,  1851. 

98.  Capt.  Thos.  H.  C.,  s.   Charles  49,  m.  Abby,  da.  Dca. 
Elijah  Barstow,  in  1836,  and  lives  in  H.,  at  the  Four  Corners. 
ch.  :  1.  Emma.     2.  Haviland.     3.  Sidney. 

99.  Hon.  Gideon,  s.  Gideon  50,  grad.  B.  U.,  1801,  stud.  Mod. 
with  Dr.  Kittredge,of  Salem,  and  sett,  as  Phys'n.,in  S.,  where  he 
enjoyed  the  reputation  of  being  skilful  in  his  profession,  and  atten 
tive  to  its  duties.     In  1820,  he  was  a  member  of  the  Conv'n.  for 
revising  the  Const'n.  of  Mass. ;  and  from  1821 — '23,  was  a  memb. 
of  Cong.,  from  Mass.     He  d.  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  in  1852, 
whither  he  had  gone  for  the  benefit  of  his  health.     He  is  spoken 
of  as  possessing  fine  talents,  and  being  gentlemanly  in  his  man 
ners.     He  m.  Nancy,  da.  Simon  Forester,  of  Salem,  who  survives, 
ch. :  1.  Haley  F.,  grad.  II.  C.,  1832,  and  is  sett,  as  a  lawyer,  in 


BARSTOW.  241 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Is  m.  2.  .Charlotte  F.,  d.  in  Detroit,  Mich'n., 
in  1849.  3.  Gideon  F.,  grad.  II.  C.,  1834,  and  is  Assist.  Engi 
neer  of  the  Hartford,  Prov.,  and  Fishkill  11.  R.,in  Ct.  4.  Simon 
F.,  Dec.  1818,  grad.  H.  C.,  1841,  at  the  Law  School,  and  is  a 
counsellor,  in  Bos'n.  Not  m.  5.  AnneM.,ra.  Samuel  Ashburn- 
ham,  Chief  Eng'r.  of  the  Hartford,  Prov.,  and  Fishkill,  R,  11.,  in 
Ct.  6.  Capt,  Dari'l.  H.  Shipmaster,  in  the  E.  Indies.  7.  John 
S.  Merchant*  in  Calcutta.  8.  Elinor.  9.  Katharine  F.  10. 
Francis.  11.  Nath'l.  S. 

100.  Capt.  Benj.,  s.  Gideon  50,  m.  Anstiss  S.,  da.  Jas.  Dunlap, 
of  Salem,  June  18,  1822,  and  d.  in  S.,  May  21,  1823,  ae.  27, 
leaving  an  only  son,  Benj.,  b.  May  2, 1823,  who  grad.  H.  C.,  184*2, 
and  is  sett,  as  a  lawyer,  in  Salem.     The  fa.  was  engaged  in  busi 
ness  with  the  Hon.   Gideon,  his  bro.,  for  a  time  ,  and  the  fa.-in- 
law,  Mr.  Dunlap,  was  of  a  Scotch  family,  came  to  Am'a.  in  1790, 
m.  Sarah,  da.   Robert  Stone,  of  Salem,  and  was  fa.  of  Andrew 
Dunlap,  Esq.,  Dist.  Att'y.,  during  the  Presidency  of  Gen.  Jack 
son,  and  of  Anstiss  S.,  who  m.  Mr.  Barstow. 

101.  Wilson,  s.    Gideon   50,   m.   Betsey    S.    Drew,   Ap.  12, 
1820,    resides     in    Mattapoisett,    and    is    extensively   engaged 
in  ship  building,  at  his  yards,  in.M.,  where  several  vessels  are  an- 
nuallv  fitted  by  him  for  Avhaling  voyages.     He  is  J.  P. ;  P.  M. ; 

v  t/  O  t/       O 

and  a  man  of  enterprise  and  ability, — respected  by  the  people  of 
Rochester,  and  a  valuable  citizen.  His  w.  d.  Jan.  10,  1849.  ch  : 
1.  Jane  L.,  June  1,  1821,  d.  Aug.  2(5,  1823.  2.  Elizabeth  D., 
May  6,  1823.  3.  Samuel,  Ap.  26,  1825,  d.  July  28,  1826.  4. 
Jane  W.,  Jan.  23,  1827,  d.  Oct.  19,  1848.  5.  Samuel,  Ap.  11, 
1829.  6.  Wilson,  Mar.  13,  1831.  7.  ZaccheusM.,  Sep.  1, 1833. 
8.  Altol  0.,  Oct.  25,  1835.  9.  Gideon,  Ap.  1,  1838,  d.  Nov. 
23,  1840. 

102.  Caleb,  s.  Wilson  51,  m.  Frances  S.,  da.  Pliny  Brewer,  of 
Norwich,  Ct.,  in  1836,  and  resides  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     No  ch. 
Mr.  B.  has  been  for  31  years,  a  merchant  of  the  highest  respecta 
bility,  in  N.  Y.  city,  and  his  business   has  been  attended  with 
signal  success.     He  was  first  in  partnership  with  John  II.  How- 
land  &  Co., — then,  for  ten  years,  with  John  Barstow,  Esq.,  now  of 
Prov.  R.  I.,  during  which  period,  several  vessels  were  built  for 


242  BARSTOW. 

them,  in  Hanover,  for  foreign  and  coastwise  voyages-  Subse 
quently,  he  was  of  the  firm  of  Barstow,  Pope  &  Co.  ;  but  has  lat 
terly  withdrawn  from  active  pursuits.  He  is  Dea.  of  the  Church 
of  the  Restoration,  under  the  charge  of  the  Rev.  H.  R.  Nye,  and 
is  spoken  of,  in  terms  of  the  highest  commendation,  as  a  man  of 
unblemished  integrity,  judicious  liberality,  and  sterling  moral  worth. 

103.  Henry  W.,  s.   Wilson  51,  m.  Mary  Louisa  Brewer,  of 
Norwich,  Ct.,  Sep.  27,  1827,   and  is  an  active  merchant  in  the 
city  of  N.  York  ;  prompt  and  efficient  in  business,  and  energetic 
and  successful  in  its  pursuit,     ch. :  1.  Vvrm.  P.,  Mar.   17,1829. 

2.  Louisa  B.,  Feb.  12, 1883.     3.  Caleb,  Feb.  28, 1835.     4.  Sam 
uel,  Ap.  26,  1836.     5.  Mary  E.,  Nov.  2,  1838.     6.  Christopher 
A.,  Mar.  31,  1841.  7.  Frances  R.,  July  27,  1845.     8.  Anna  S., 
Mar.  15,  1847. 

104.  Samuel,  s.  Wilson  51,  m.  Mary  T.  Blossom,  of  N.  York, 
and  is  a  wholesale  grocer,  and  commission  merchant,  in  that  city, 
ch. :  1.  Ann  M.,  June  26,  1831.     2.  Susanna  M.,  May  9,  1886. 

3.  Elisha  B.,  Feb.  18,  1840,  d.  Mar.  7,  1845.     4.  Mary  B.,  Aug. 
17,  1842,  d.  Mar.  15, 1845. 

105.  Benj.  F.,  s.  Benj.  52,  m.  wid.  Sarah  S.  Leach,  formerly  a 
Drew,  who  was  b.  Sep.  26,  18G6.     He  resides  in  Mattapoisett,  is 
Ass't.  P.  M. ;  J.  P.  ;  Not.  Pub. ;  and  a  gentleman  of  general  in 
telligence,  and  much  repected  by  the  community  in  which  he  1'ves. 
ch. :  1.  Benjamin,  Dec.  11,  1834,  d.  Aug.  12,  1836.     2.  B  ;nj., 
Jan.  24,  1827.     Killed  instantly,  by  a  falling  spar,  on  board 
schooner  Lamartine,  lying  at  the  port  of  M.,  July  8,  1850.     He 
was  a  bright  and  promising  youth,  and  his  loss  was  a  severe  blow 
to  his  parents.     3.  Elisabeth  S.,  Sep.  27,  1839.     4.  Sophia,  May 
28,  1842.    5.  Edwin,  and    6.  Frank,  Sep.  20, 1845,  d.  the  same 
day.  7.  Edwin  Franklin,  Oct.  7,  1846. 

106.  Nathan  H.,  s.  Benj.  52,  m.  Mary  Dexter,  lives  in  Matt't., 
and  is  a  shipwright  by  trade,     ch. :  1.  Helen,  Ap.  29, 1831.     2. 
Caroline,  Nov.  12,  1832.     3.  Elizab.  P.,  Dec.  10, 1833.     4.  Mary 
T.,  Nov.  13,  1835,  d.  July  9,  1838.     5.  Mary  T.,  Dec.  8,  1838. 
6.  Nathan  II.,  July  6,  1842,  d.  Sep.  10,1843. 

107.  Henry,  s.  Benj.  52,  m.  Mary  South  worth,  and  lives  in 
Matt't.     ch. ;  1.  Sarah,  Aug.  1,  1842.  2.  Henry,  Oct.  16, 1847. 

108.  Edwin,  s.  Elias  53,  is  a  shipwright  by  trade  ;  m.  Harriet 


BARSTOW.  243 

Albro,  Sep.  28,  1828,  and  lives  in  Prov.,  R.  I.  ch. :  1.  Harriet 
E.,  Aug.  15,  1829.  2.  Abby  F.,  July  4,  1833.  3.  Amelia  A., 
July  8,  1838.  4.  Edwin,  Sep.  1,  1846. 

109.  Elias,  s.  Elias  53,  is  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  lives  in  Prov., 
R.  I. ;  m.  1,  Margaret  Downing,  of  Green  Co.,   Ga.,  Nov.  15, 
1826,  who  d.  in  Prov.,  Jan.  6,  1831,  leaving  a   da.,  Mary  J.,  b. 
Aug.  22,  1827,  who  resides  in  Lex'n.,  K'y.     The  fa.  m.  2,  Abby 
P.  Tompkins,  July  28,  1836,  by  whom  he  has  no  ch. 

110.  Thos.,  s.  Elias  53,  is  a  grocer,  in  Prov.,  R.  I.  ;  m.  Abby 
G.  Albro,  Jan.  27,  1833,  and  has  1.  Benj.  T.,  Nov.  28, 1833,  and 

2.  Wm.  II.,  June  12,  1842. 

111.  Wm.,  s.  Elias  53,  is  a  merchant,  in  Prov., — dealer  in 
carpets,  &c.  ;    m.  Julia   G.   Hodges,  July  18,  1839,  and   has 
Martha  P.,  Oct.  1,  1841. 

112.  Hon.  Amos  C.,  s.  Nath'l.  55,  the  present  gentlemanly 
and  intelligent  Mayor  of  Prov.,  R.  I.,  is  of  the  firm  of  A.  C.  Bar- 
stow  &  Co.,  and  is  extensively  engaged  in  the  iron  business.     He 
has  been  for  several  years  a  memb.  of  the  Assemb.  of  R.  I. ;  is  a 
man  of  correct  moral  habits,  repected  by  the  community,  a  friend 
of  temperance,  liberal  in  his  disposition,  and  successful  in  busi 
ness.     He  m.  Emeline  M.,  da.  Jas.  and   Sally  Eames,  May  28, 
1834,  (who  was  b.  Feb.  20,  1813,)  and  has  1,  Sarah  S.,  June 

3,  1839.     2.  Emeline  E.,  Nov.  13,  1840.     3.  Mary  L.,  Dec.  13, 
1842.     4.  Martha  M.,  Aug.  31,  1844.     5.  Anne  J.,  Jan.   1, 
1846.    6.  Amos  C.,  Nov.  2,1848.  7.  George  E.,  Nov.  19,1849. 

113.  Ephriam  R.,  s.  Nath'l.   55,  lives  in  Prov.,  R.  I.,  and  is 
engaged  in  the  iron  trade.     He  m.  Joanna  Eamcs,  June  10, 1847, 
and  has  Laura  E.,  Jan.  4, 1851. 

114.  Rev.  Ezekiel  H.,  s.  Ezekiel  65,  grad.  Dart.  Coll.,  1839, 
and  was  five  yrs.  Princ'l.  of  the  Lawreace  Acad.,  in  Groton,  Mass., 
during  which  time  he  studied  Theol.,  and  was  sett,  as  an  Orth'x. 
Cong.  Min.,  at  Walpole,  N.  H.,  in  1845,  which  place  he  left  in 
1851,  and  is  now  teacher  of  a  Classical  School,  in  Newton,  Mass. 
He  m.  Eunice   G.,  da.  Rufus  Clarke,  Esq.,  of  Bratt'o.,  Vt.,  in 
Aug.,  1842,  and  has  1.  Frances  J.,  June  19,  1843,  d.  June  17, 
1844.     2.  Henry  T.,  Mar.  10,  d.  Nov.  18,  1846.     3.  Henry 
0.,  Nov.  15,  1847,  d.  Aug.  9,  1852.     4.  Mary  C.,  Sep.  18, 
1849.     5.  Sallie  C.,  Sep.  2,  1851. 


BASS. 


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®^7 


BASS,  Rev.  Benjamin,  First 
Pastor  of  the  First  Church,  in 
H.,  was  s.  of  Joseph  and  Mary 

Bass,  of  Braintree,  and  a  desc't.  of  Sam'l.  Bass,  of  Rox'y.,  1630. 

He  was  b.  Dec.  19,  1694,  grad.  H.  C-,  1715,  m.  Mary,  da.  Rev. 

Jas.  Gardner,  of  Mf'd.,  was  sett,  in  II.  in  1728,  and  d.  May  23, 

1756,  and  his  wid.  Feb.  25,  1772.     See  the  chap,  on  Eccl.  Hist. 

ch.  :  1.  Mary,  Oct.  30,  1730,  d.  Mar.  21,  1802.     2.  Elizabeth, 

Mar.  18,  1733-4,  m.  Edmund    Sylvester,  Jan.   30,1752.     3. 

Benj..  June  6,1741. 


RESIDENCE     OF    MR.    EL1S1IA    BASS. 


2.  Benj.,  s.  Rev.  Benj.,  m.  1,  Mercy  Tolman,  Oct.  28,  1765, 
who  d.  Ap.  4, 1792  ;  and  2,  Mary  Eells,  Mar.  3,  1793,  who  d. 
Jan.  8,  1808,  and  he  Mar.  17,  1821.  He  was  Dea.  of  the  Church 
for  many  years  ;  Rep.  in  1783,  '95,  '96-8, 1800,  '01,  '05,  and  '06  ; 
Town  Clerk,  from  1798 — 1807  ;  and  Selectman,  from  1783 — 5. 
Lived  first  on  Hanover  st.,  in  his  father's  house,  where  his  ch.  were 
born,  and  then  on  Broadway,  where  his  son  Elisha  now  resides,  ch.  : 
1.  Mercy,  Sep.  14,  1766,  m.  Heman  Holmes,  of  Kigs'n.,  Ap.  29, 
1792,  and  d.  Juno  9,  1794.  Her  son  G-eorge,  is  proprietor  of  an 
extensive  Furnace,  in  Prov.,  R.  I.  2.  Benj.,  June  26,  1768. 
3.  Cinderella,  Dec.  30,  1770,  d.  Feb.  28,  1851.  4.  Huldah, 


BASS — BATES. 


May  16,  17T3,  m.  Robt.  Eclls,  Nov.  29,  1800.  5.  Alden,  Jan. 
30,  17G6,  m.  Rhoda  Tyler,  lived  in  Camden,  Me.,  had  ch.,  and  d. 
Oct.  6,  1851.  6.  Sarah,  Dec.  14, 1778,  m.  Joseph  Bells,  Nov.  16, 
1802.  7.  Elisha,  July  23,  1781.  Lives  on  his  father's  place. 
Not  m.  8.  Mary  G.,  Aug.  18,  1784.  Lives  with  Elisha. 

3.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  2,  m.  Lucinda  Sylvester,  Dec.  4,  1794,  and 
d.  June  6,  1825,  and  his  wid.  May  10,  1840.  Resided  in  his 
grandfather's  house,  on  Broadway,  the  latter  part  of  his  life, 
ch.  :  1.  Benj.,  Oct.  8,  1795,  d.  at  Brook'n.,  N.  Y.  2.  Mercy 
T.,  Mar.  29,  1797,  m.  Thos.  Wright,  Scit.,  Oct.  14,  1818  3. 
Michael,  Mar.  21,  1799,  d.  at  sea.  4.  John,  Nov.  15,  1800. 
Lives  with  Roht.  Sylvester.  5.  Christopher  S.,  Dec.  15.  1802. 
Lives  in  S.  Wey'h.,  m.  Sophia  Curtis,  and  has  Sarah  J.,  in.  John 
Blanchard,  of  Randolph  ;  Lucinda  /S'. ;  Joseph  11.  ;  and  George 
If.  6.  Bardku  Nov.  23,  1804.  7.  Michal,  Nov.  23,  1804, 
m.  Geo'.  Lovell,  of  Ab'n.  8.  Ruth  T.,  Feb.  12, 1807,  m.  Melzar 
Hatch,  Mar.  25,  1828.  10.  Robert  S.,  Aug.  1808  ;  lives  in 
E.  Ab'n.,  is  a  blacksmith,  m.  Lydia  Loud,  and  has  Elizha,  Alderi, 
John  $.,  Webster,  Lucinda,  and  Robert. 


BATES    FAMILY. 

Arms :  Sa.  on  a  fesse  ar.  betw.   3  dexter 

hands  couped  bendways  or.,  5  mullets 

of  the  field. 


BATES,  or  BATE,  Clement,  of  Hertfordshire,  Eng'd.  ?  a  tailor, 
ae.  40,  and  Ann,  his  wife,  of  the  same  age,  with  their  ch.,  James, 
ae.  14 ;  Clement,  ae.  12  ;  Rachel,  ae.  8 ;  Joseph,  ae,  5  ;  and 
Benj.,  ae.  2;  embarked  at  London,  in  the  Elizabeth,  William 
Stagg,  Master,  for  N.  Eng.,  Ap.  6, 1635,  and  sett,  in  H'm.,  Mass. 
In  the  same  year,  the  father  had  land  granted  him,  in  Broad  Cove 
meadows,  and  a  house  lot  on  the  S.  side  of  Town,  now  South  st. 


246  BATES. 

In  1637,  he,  with  Nicholas  Jacobs  and  others,  had  each  lots  of 
2  acres  granted  them.  He  d.  in  H'm.,  Sep.  17,  1671,  and  his  son 
Joseph,  by  w.  Hester,  was  fa.  of  Joseph,  who  sett,  in  that  part  of 
Scit.  now  Hanover,  ab.  1695,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the 
families  of  Bates  in  H.,  and  its  vicinity. 

2.  Joseph,  s.  Jos?ph,  and  gr.  s.  Clement,  of  H'm.,  was  in  Scit., 
in  1695,  but  the  name  of  his  wife  we  have  not  learned.     He  prob. 
lived  in  that  part  of  Scit.  now  Hanover,  and  on  Centre  st,  near 
where  Joshua  Mann  resides.     He  d.  in  H.,  July  9,  1740,  and  his 
wid.  Aug.  15, 1742,  being  very  aged.     ch. :  1.  Ruth,  Ap.  9, 1695, 
m.  Dea.  Joseph  Josselynn,  Dec.  19,  1726.     2.  Joseph,  Jan.  25, 
1697.     3.  Mercy,  Feb.  28,  1699.     4.  Mary,  Mar.  13,  1701.    5. 
Solomon,  Dec.  25,  1702.    6.  Amos,  Nov.  25,  1705.    7.  Clement, 
Dec.  27, 1707.     8.  Rachel,  Feb.  22,  1710,  m.  Stephen  Torrey, 
Aug.  15,  1735. 

3.  Joseph,  s  Joseph  2,  m.  Mary  Bowker,  who  d.  a  wid.,  July 
30,  1759.     Mr.  B.  prob.  lived  near  his  fa.,  and  in  the  house  after 
wards  occupied  by  his  son  Joseph,  on  Centre  st.,  beyond  Joshua 
Mann's,  where  part  of  his  old  orchard  is  standing,     ch. :  1.  Sarah, 
Dec.  27,  1730,  m.  Jacob  Sylvester,  Nov.  5, 1753.     2.  Lucy,  Oct. 
14,  1732,  m.  Jeremiah  Stetson,  Jan.  3,1753.     3.  Joseph,  July  7, 
1734.     4.  Ruth,  Mar.  11,  1736,  d.  unm.,  Dec.  16,  1830.     5. 
Lemuel,  July,  1738.     6.  Benj.,  June  9, 1740.     7.  Mercy,  1742  ? 
m.  Joseph  Ramsdell,  Jan.  1,  1767. 

4.  Solomon,  s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Deborah  Whiting,  of  H'm.,  May  1, 
1730,  and  prob.  d.  Mar.  28,  1787.     Lived  on  Broadway,  and 
built  the  house  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son   Solomon.     Of  this 
house,  which  is  a  curiosity  in  its  way,  we  find  the  following  de 
scription  in  the  Gospel  Banner,  of  Me.,  from  the  pen  of  Rev.  Geo. 
Bates,  a  descendant; — "  It  was  substantially  built,  mostly  of  oak 
timber,  and  evidently  by  a  ship  carpenter.     The  walls  were  con 
structed  of  plank,  grooved  together,  and  treenailed  to  the  sills  and 
plates.     The  posts  were  all  kneed,  in  the  same  manner  that  ships 
are  kneed,"     ch.  1.  Deborah,  bap.  Oct.  10,  1731,  prob.  d.  Mar. 
29,  1786.     2.  Jerusha,  Sep.  1734,  m.  Leonard  Hill,  of  Pemb., 
Jan.  19, 1764.     3.  Solomon,  June  29,  1741.     4.  Anne,  1745, 
d.  July  25,  1799. 


BATES.  247 

5.  Amos,  s.   Joseph  2,  m.  Jemimah  Caswcll,  Oct.  31,  1735, 
who  was  rccom.  to  the  Church,  in  Rochester,  Mass.,  and  moved 
there  over  a  hundred  years  ago,  being  among   the  early  set 
tlers   of  that  town.     His   ch.  b.  in   H.,  were,  1.   Amos,  July 
31,    1736,   and     2.  Jonathan,    b.  ab.   1741.      After    his    re 
moval  to  R.,  the  fa.  had  3.  Elijah  ;  4.  Sylvester ;  5.  Moses  ;  6. 
David  ;  and  perhaps  some  daughters,  whose  names  we  have  not 
learned. 

6.  Clement,  s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Agatha  Merritt,   June  15,  1730, 
who  d.  Dec.  25,  1786,  and  he  Mar.  14,  1788.     ch.  :  1.  Clement, 
Nov.  17,  1730,  d.  June  11,  1753.     2.  James,   Nov.  10,  1732, 
went  to  N.  Bedford,  it  is  said,  m.,  had  ch.,  and  d.  there.    3.  Seth, 
Aug.,  1735.     4.  Thos.,  bap.  Jan.   17,  d.  Jan.   21,  1738.     5. 
Thos.,  bap.  Ap.,  1740.     6.  Joshua,  bap.  Nov.  7,  1742,  and  it  is 
said,  d.  at  Rochester,  Mass.     7.  Gamaliel,  Jan.  31,  1745.     8. 
Paul,  bap.  Oct.  4,  1747,  d.  Jan.  12,  1749.     9.  Nabby,  bap.  Ap. 
29,  1750,  m.  Jno.  Chapman,  and  d.  soon  after.     10.  Betsey,  bap. 
May  12,  1751,   d.  Jan.  22,  1753.     11.  Betsey,  bap.  Ap.   29 
1753,  d.  Dec.  12,  1788.     12.  Clement,  bap.  Sap.  21,  1755. 

7.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  3,  m.  1,  Phebe  Bowker,   Oct.  28,  1762, 
who  d.  Dec.  2,  1772;  and  2,  wid.  Tamsen  Bowker,  Dec.  23, 
1773,  who  d.  Feb.  7,  1791,  and  he  Dec.  7,  1816.     No  ch.     He 
lived  on  Centre  st.,  in  his  father's  house. 

8.  Lemuel,  s.  Joseph  3,  m.  Mercy  Witherell,  Oct.   16,  1766, 
who   d.    a   wid.  in  Feb.   1825.     It  is  said  that  he  d.  in   Me., 
and  that  his  dessendants  reside   there,     ch.  :  1.  Mercy,  1776, 
d.  Dec.   25,   1848,   in   II.     2.  Lemuel,  went  to  Me.,  was  m., 
and  it  is  said,  came  to  his  death  by  the   fall   of  a  pile  of  wood 
upon  him,  in  his   barn.      3.  An  inf.  son,   d.  Dec.    26,  1775. 
4.  Another  ch.,  d.  Dec.  3,  1776.     Was  there  also   another  son, 
Joseph,  who  m.  an  Estes.  ? 

9.  Bonj.,  s.  Joseph  3,  m.  Elizab.  Crooker,  of  Pemb.,  Nov.  29, 
1759,  who  d.  Ap.  19,  1793.     It  is  said,  that  he  d.  in  Me.     ch. : 
1.  Jabez  R.,  bap.  Nov.   16,  1760,  m.   Elizab.  Barker,  Ap.  11, 
1785,  and  went  to  Me.    2.  Benj.,bap.  Nov.  1,  1762.  3.  Joseph, 
bap.  May,  19, 17tf5,  d.  Mar.  17,  1766.     4.  Molly,  bap.  Aug.  16, 
1767,  m.  Abner  Magoun,  of  Pemb.,  Dec.  16,  1796.     5.  Betty, 


248  BATES. 

bap.  Aug.  5,  1770,  m.  Asa  Pool,  of  S.  Ab'n.  G.  Lucy,  bap. 
July  3,  1774,  m.  Thos.  Bates.  7.  Sarah,  bap.  Aug.  17,  1777, 
d.  Nov.  3,  1802. 

10.  Solomon,  s.   Solomon  4,  m.  Aquilla,  da.  John  Bates,  of 
Scit.,  Nov.  20,  1769,  lived  first  in  his  father's  house,  on  Broad 
way,  and  thence  moved  to  Me.,  in  1787,  with  all  his  ch.     He  was 
a  shipwright  by  trade,  and  followed  that  business  for  several  years 
after  he  went  to  Me.,  and  built  several  vessels  on  the  Kennebcc. 
He  owned,  also,  a  farm  in  Greene,  Me.  ;  was  ever  regarded  as  an 
honest  man,  and  a  good  ciiizon,  and  was  "  a  stern  and  inflexible 
republican"     He  d.  in  Fayette,  ab.  1815,  ae.  77.  ch. :  1.  Douty, 
bap.  Jan.  20, 176G,  an  iron  smith  by  trade  ;  was  out  with  his  fa. 
in  the  Revolution,  and  his  wid.  drew  a  pension  ;  m.  Polly  Perry, 
and  had  Charles,  Polly,  Wm.,  Jane,  and  Huldah ;  all  unm.  but 
Chas.,  who  has  4  or  5  ch.     They  live  in  Leeds,  Me.     The  fa.  d. 
Jan.  1,  1835,  and  was  a  man  of  excellent  character.     2.  Levi, 
bap.  Mar.  30,  176G,  m.  Lydia  Sylvester,  Dec.   30,  1784,  had 
Hirvey,  Levi,  Ezelciel,  Betsey,  and  Lydia,  all  m.,  and  live  in 
Leeds.     The  fa.  was  a  ship  carpenter,  and  d.  1825.     3.  Solomon 
W.,  Aug.  27,  17G5,  bap.  Mar.  30,  17G6.  (See  No.  21.)     4. 
Abigail,  m.  Joseph  Dunham,  of  Me.     5.  Samuel,  bap.  Oct.  22, 
1769,  m.  1,  Hannah  Stetson,  Mar.  27,  1791,  and  2,  Sarah  Dag- 
get  ;  sett,  in  St.  Albans,  was  a  farmer,  and  had  John,  Seth,  Simeon, 
and  Florentine,  and  perhaps  others.     He  d.  ab.  1849.     6.  Lu- 
cinda,  m.   1,  Prince  Waterman,  Feb.    3,    1791,  and  2,  Jabez 
Merritt,  and  is  living.     7.  Lydia,  m.  Abel  Crooker.     8.  John, 
bap.  Oct.  9,  1774,  m.  Deborah  Stetson,  was  a  farmer,  in  Greene  ; 
had  Wheaton,  Jason,  Sibyl,,  Sabrina,  and  perhaps  others  ;  and 
d.  ab.  1832.     9.  Caleb,  m.  Betsey  llerrick,  was  a  farmer,  in 
Greene  ;  had  Thos.  If.,  Betsey,  Amy,  Sally,  Caleb  S.,  and  Henry 
H. ;  who  are  all  m.     The  fa.  was  one  of  the  best  of  men,  and  d. 
in  G.,  ab.   1846.     10.  Alexander,  m.  a  Robinson.     11.  Sally, 
lap.  Nov.   5,  1786.     12.  Sylvia,  m.   Artemas  Cushrnan.     13. 
Reuben,  bap.  Nov.  16,  1788,  m.  Susan  Sprague,  is  a  miller  by 
occupation,  and  has  one  da.,  Isabel. 

11.  Jonathan,  s.  Amos  5,  m.  Ruth  Stetson,  Feb.  11, 1771,  and 
lived  and  d.  in  Rochester,  Mass.     ch. :  b.  in  R.  I.,  1.  Nath'l. 


BATE'-.  249 

living  in  R.,  ae.  ab.  75.  2.  Stetson,  d.  young.  8.  Ruth,  m.  Bar 
nabas  Mcndell,  of  R.  4.  Rebecca,  ra.  John  Hall,  of  R.  5.  Emily, 
m.  John  Bennett.  6.  Julia  A.  7.  Jonathan,  d.  young. 

12.  Elijah,  s.  Amos  5,  m.  a  Briggs,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Roches 
ter,     ch. :  1.  Nathan,  of  New  Bedford.     2.  Roland,  of  Rochester. 
3,  Lydia.     4.  Ephraim,  of  Rochester. 

13.  Sylvester,  s.  Amos  5,  m.  1,  a  Landers,  and  2.  Sarah  Sears, 
and  lived   and  d.    in    Rochester,      ch. :  1.  Jemima,  in.    Wm. 
Handy,  and  moved  to  Me.     (By  2d.)    2.  Sylvester.     3  Lucinda, 
d.  unm.     4.  Paddock.     5.  Polly,  m.  Owen  Hines,  of  R. 

14.  Moses,  s.  Amos  5,  m.  Susan  Mendell,  and  lived  and  d.  in 
Rochester,     ch. :  1.  Lucy,  m.  Alden  Wing.     2.  Moses,  d  unm. 

3.  Sally,  m,  Philip  Wing.     4.  Noble  E.,  1791,  m.  Sarah  Allen, 
in  1816,  and  lives  in  the  new  town   of  Marion.     Has  Susanna, 
Sep.  13,  1818,  m.  James  Clark,  and  d.  in  1849.     Charles  T., 
1817,  d.  1820.     Charles  T,  1820,  d.  1821,  and  George  S.,  Oct. 
22, 1821,  m.   Sarah  N.  Blankenship,  lives   in  Marion,  and  has 
Marietta  C.,  James  H.,  d.  and  Sarah  N. 

15.  David,  s.  Amos  5,  m.,  and  had   1.  Jared.     2.  David,  m. 
Hannah  Harrington,  lived  in  Me.,  and  d.  ab.  1812,  having  had 
David,  and  Salome.     3.  Betsey,  m.  a  Carr,  of  Westporfc,  and  d. 

16.  Col.  Seth,  s.  Clement  6,  m.  Anne  Neal,  Dec.  21,  1757, 
who  d.  Dec.  12,  1810,  and  he,  in  Boston,  Ap.  9,  1820.     He  was 
an  officer  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  had  the  reputation  of 
being  brave  and  efficient.     He  built  the  house  on  Centre  st.,  lately 
occupied  by  Enos  Bates,     ch.  :  1.  Seth.     2.  Joseph  N.    3.  Paul. 

4.  Joshua.     5.  Anna,  m.  Sam'l.   B.  Perry,  Feb.  2,  1786.     6. 
Rebecca,  Nov.  26,  1765,  m.  Cornelius  White,  Dec.  30,  1801. 
7.  Amos,  Aug.,  1769  I     8.  Michal,  bap.  and  d.  Juno  11,  1774. 
9.  Enos,   b.  1772 1     10.  Ward,  bap.  Oct.  15,  1775.     11.  Eli., 
bap.  June  29,  1777,   d.  Jan,  12.  1778.     12.  Michal,   May  3, 
1780,  m.  Capt.  Thos.  Stetson,  Ap.  21,  1834,  and  d.     13.  Celia, 
Ap.  15,  1783,  m.  Dryden  Judd,  from  N.  Y'k.  State,  Ap.  27, 
1807.     He  d.  in  1851,  and  she  is  yet  living.     14.  James,  bap. 
July  14, 1785,  d.  Oct.  26,  1792. 

17.  Thos.,  s.  Clement  6,  m.  Hannah  Torrey,  Jan.  29,  1767, 

10 


250  BATES. 

and  d.  Oct.  22,  1768,  and  his  wid.  ra.  Caleb  Rogers,  jr.,  Dec.  26, 
1779.  ch. :  Thos.  bap.  June  3, 1770,  prob.  b.  1768. 

s-  Clement  6,  m.  Mary 
Carver,  of  Pembroke, 
September  5,  1771 , 

and  d.  Jan.  9,  1823,  and  his  wid,  Jane,  1836.  Lived  on 
Cross  st.,  where  his  da.  Lydia,  lately  resided,  near  Broad 
way,  and  was  a  mason  by  trade,  ch.  :  1.  Lydia,  Feb.  4, 
1772.  Living  in  II.  Not  m.  2.  Gamaliel,  Mar.  22,  1774. 
3.  Mary  P.,  Jan.  19,  1776,  d.  unm.  4.  Calvin,  Oct.  29,  1777. 
5.  Hannah,  Dec.  10,.  1779,  m.  Levi  Fish,  Feb.  8,  1803,  and 
is  d.  6.  James,  Oct.  8,  1781.  7.  John  B.,  Aug.  20,  1783, 
m.  the  wid.  of  Jacob  Taylor,  and  had  one  ch.,  who  d.,  and  he 
d.  Mar.  7,  1831,  in  Plym'h.  He  was  a  master  mason,  and  a  man 
of  note  in  P^  and  erected  the  court-house,  and  other  public  build 
ings.  8.  Rebecca,  Aug.  3, 1785,  d,  Oct.  11, 1786.  9.  Deborah, 
Sep.  12,  1787,  d.  Mar.  22,  1788,  10.  Deborah,  Jan.  5,  1789r 
m.  Jacob  Capron,  of  Att'o,,  Jan.  1,  1809,  11.  Reuben,.  Oct.  5, 
1790,  d.  Jan.  31,  1829.  A  mason  by  trade.  12.  Betsey,  Aug. 
5,  1792,  d.  Nov.  21,  1825.  A  school  teacher  for  many  years, 
and  a  woman  of  great  intelligence.  13.  Rufus,  Mar.  16,  1794. 
14.  Ezekiel,  Nov.  5,  1795.  15.  Abigail,  Sep.  10,  d.  Oct. 
29, 1797. 

Capt.  Clem- 

S^7  ^     ^^         .^ ent,  s.Clem. 

19.  ^^^z^^C^J  ^^  6,m.  Rebec 
ca  Stetson,  Dec.  25,  1785,  who  d.  Sep.  29, 1813,  and  he  Nov.  30? 
1839.  Lived  on  Cross  st.,  where  Hiram  Studley  now  resides. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  was  at  Dorchester  heights,  and 
elsewhere.  See  the  chap,  on  the  Rev'n.  ch. :  1.  Thos.  M.,  Jan. 
1787.  2.  Clement.  3.  Hira.  4.  Joshua.  5.  Lucy,  m.  Benj. 
Stetson,  Sep.  10,  1820.  6.  Nabby,  m.  Thos.  Damon,  Dec.  25, 
1827,  and  d.  in  1852.  7.  Priscilla,  m.  Chas.  Leach. 

20.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  9,  m.  Martha  Stetson,  Mar.  3,  1786,  who 
d.  Feb.  26, 1848.  lie  still  survives,  and  is  a  revolutionary  pen 
sioner,  having  served  in  R.  I.  ch. :  1.  Abigail,  m.  David  Her- 


BATES,  251 

sej,  of  Ab'n.  2.  Betsey,  m.  .Wm.  Bates,  Mar.  4,  1812,  and  is 
living  awid.,  in  So.  Scit.  8.  Lydia,  m.  Wm.  Stoddard,  of  H'm., 
in  June  1813.  4.  Sally,  d.  unm.  5.  Horatio.  6.  Benj.,  m. 
Hannah  Munroe,  of  Norton,  and  d.  leaving  ch.,  Harriet,  Amanda, 
George,  and  another.  7.  Oliver,  d.  unm.  8.  John,  is  m.  and 
lives  in  Roxbury. 

21.  Solomon  W.,  s.  Solomon  10,  m.  Mary  Macomber,  of  Taun- 
ton,  Mass.,  and  is  yet  living,  in  Norridgewock,  Me.,  ae.  88.     He 
was  a  ship  carpenter  in  early  life,  but  after  his  removal  to  Me., 
devoted  his  time  principally  to  farming  and  trading,  and  kept  also 
a  public  house  in  Fayette.     He  was  J.  P.,  for  ab.  30  yr's  ;  Town 
Clerk  of  Fayette  for  21  years  ;  Rep.  to  the  Gen'l.  Court  of  Mass. 
for  10  years  ;  and  in  the  Senate  2  years,     ch. :  1.  James,  Sep. 
24,  1789.     2.  Harriet,  Ap.  10,  1791,  m.  John  Hubbard,  and  d. 
in  July  1828.     3.  John,  Mar.  4,  1794,  d.  unm.     4.  Linda,  June 
2,  1796,  m.  Francis  T.  Hahies.     5.  George,  Feb.  12,  1798.     6. 
Silas,  Feb.  12,  1798,  a  lawyer  by  profession ;  d.  in  Havanna,  in 
Nov.  1821.     Not  ra.     7.  Mary,  Mar.  2, 1800,  m.  John  Starbird. 
8.  Nircan,  Nov.  27,  1801,  is  a  physican,  in   Machias,  Me.,  m. 
Charlotte  Dennett,  and  has  2  or  3  ch.     9.  Sophia,  Dec.  8,  1803, 
m.  Asa  Clark.     10.  Soloman  W.,  Aug.  2,  1805,  a  merchant,  in 
Gardiner,  Me. :  m.  1,  Mary  A.  Neil,  and  2,  Elizab.  Dennis,  and 
has  5  ch.     11.  Horatio,  Sep.  22,  1807,  is  m.,  lives  in  N.  York, 
and  has  3  sons. 

22.  Sylvester,  s.  Sylvester  13,  m.  Melintha  Clark,  and  lived  in 
Rochester,  where  he  d.    ch.  :  1.  Albert,  d.  unm.     2.  Sarah  L., 
m.  Stephen  Luce,  and  lives  in  N.  Y'k.     3.  Charles,  d.  unm.     4. 
Thos.  C.,  m.  Rhoda  Briggs,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Sippican,  leaving 
ch.,  CJiarles  H,  and  Elenor  0.  5.  Polly,  d.  young.    6.  Meletiah, 
d.  young.     7.  James,  d.  unm.     8.  Orlando,  m.  Lucy  Mendell, 
and  lives  in  Princetown,  Mass.     No  ch. 

23.  Paddock,  s.  Sylvester  13,  m.  Nancy  Sturtevant,  and  lives 
in  Marion,  Mass.     ch. :  1.  John  S.,  m.  Hannah  Hammett,  lives 
near  his  fa.,  and  has  Hannah,  Nancy,  Samuel,  AU>y,  and  Roberta. 
2.  Mary,  m.  Edwin  Blankenship.     He  is  d.     3.  Thankful,  m.  Jo 
seph  S.  Luce.     She  is  d. 

23.  Jared,  s.  David  15,  m.  Eunice  Allen,  and  moved  to  Me., 


252  BATES. 

where  he  d.  ch. :  1.  Jared,  m.  1,  Mary  Clark,  and  2,  wid. 
Jemima  Ellis,  lives  in  Marion,  is  a  shipwright,  and  has  Jarrd, 
Prince  H.,  and  Salome  E.  2.  Warren.  3.  Eunice,  d.  4.  Ada- 
line,  d.  S.Betsey.  6.  David.  7.  Weston  A.,  d.  8.  Thos.,d. 
9.  John,  d.  Others  d.  young. 

24.  Seth,.s.   Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Irene  Delano,  of  Dux'y.,  and 
lived  in  D.  ch.  :  1.  Amasa  D.,  Ap.  13,  1792.  A  shipmaster  ;  d. 
in  Halifax,  N.  S.,  ab.  1814.     2.  Betsey,  Oct.   31,  1794,  m.  a 
Patten,  of  Boston.     3.  Nancy  D.,  Feb.  9, 1798,  m.  Sam'l.  Soule, 
of  Dux'y.     4.  Seth,  Mar.  26,  1801,  m.  a  Black,  and  lives  in 
Boston.     5.  Hannah  C.,  Oct.  19,  1803,  m.  a  Harwood,  of  Bath, 
Maine. 

25.  Joseph  N.,  s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Eunice  Oldham,  who  d. 
Nov.  24,  and  he  in  May,  1828.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n., 
and  though  young,  did  good  service  to  his  country,  ch.  :  1 .  Thos. 
0.,  July,  1786.     2.  Joseph  N.,  July,  1798,   m.  Ann  Rainsford, 
is  a  shipwright,  and  lives  in  E.  Bos'n.     3.  Jane,  May,  1797,  d. 
unm.     4.  Eunice    0.,  May,    1797,  m.  Thos.  Winskw,  jr.,  Dec., 
1820,  and  d.  5.  James,  Jan.,  1800,  m.  Mary  Reed,  of  Tyngsboro, 
and  d.  in  Ap.,  1850,  and    his  wid.  lives  in  Wey'h.     His   ch. 
were  James,  George,  Franklin,  Jackson,  and  Lewis. 

NOTE, — Three  ch.  d.  young  in  this  family. 

26.  Paul,s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Freelovc  Witherell,  Ap.  8,  1795, 
and  d.  Feb.  2,  1826,  and  his  wid.  ab.  18S7.     Lived  W.  of  Winter 
St.,  in  a  house  standing  back  from  the  road.     ch.  :  1.  Paul.  Jan. 

22,  1797,  m.  Temperance  C.  Tubbs,  Mar.  13,  1825,  and  d.  July 

23,  1832,  leaving  ch.,  Sophia  M.,  Dec.  14,  1825  ;  Eliza  P., 
Dec.  16,  1830 ;  and  Maria  A.  H.,  Aug.  27,  1829,  d.  May  20, 
1845.     2.  Marshall,  Dec.  30, '1798,  m.  Huldah  Hall,  of  Mfd., 
and  has  Wm.  M.,  Jan.  18,  1836  ;  Heuben  S.,  Dec.  3  ;  1837,  and 
perhaps  others.     Lives  in  Mfd.     3.  Henry,   Oct.  22,  1803,  m. 
Harriet  W.  Munroe,  of  Scit.,  May  5,  1835,  is  a  tanner  by  trade, 
and  lives  in  the  old  Nath'l  Clark  house.     Has  Henry  A.,  Oct.  5, 
1843  ;  Adrian  W.,  July  20,  1845 ;  Mary  S.,  Aug.  21,  1847  ; 
and  Catherine  F.,  Oct.  16,  1849,  d.  Sep.  6,  I860.     5.  Judson, 
Dec.  22,  1806,  in.  Lydia  P.  Curtis,  Aug.  11,  1830,  is  a  black- 


BATES.  253 

smith  by  trade ;  lives  on  Centre  st. ;  and  has  Jadson  (7.,  June  29, 
1831  ;  Paul,  Mar.  22,  1834 ;  Lydla  P.,  July  12,  1836,  d.  Oct. 
16,  1837  ;  George  F.,  July  9,  d.  Aug.  29,  1838  ;  Lydia  F., 
Dec,  28,  1839  ;  and  Diana  A.,  June  28,  1843.  6.  Walter, 
June  24,  1810.  A  stone-cutter  by  trade.  Not.  m. 

27.  Joshua,  s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Bethia,  da.  Joseph  Ames,  of 
Bridg'r.,  in  1796,  and  d.  in  B.,  in  1839.     In  early  life  he  went  to 
Canada,  and  set  up  a  large  furnace,  which  he  conducted  with  good 
success  for  many  years.     Subsequently  he  returned  to  Mass.,  and 
purchased  a  farm  in  Bridg'r.,  which  is  improved   by  his  descen 
dants,  and  which  he  occupied  until  the  date  of  his  decease,     ch. : 

I.  Joshua  C.,  1797.     A  merchant,  in  Boston.     Not  m.     2.  Ze- 
phaniah,  1803,  d.  unm.     3.  George  W.,   1805,  m.  Hannah,  da. 
Andrew  Tucker,  of  Mid'o.,  in  1836,  lives  in  Bridg'r.,  and  has 
Andrew,  Ellen,  and  Sarah.     4.  Samuel   W.,  1808,  m.  Helen, 
da.  Zenas  Crooker,  lives  in  Bridg'r.,  and  has  Helen  R.,  Joshua, 
Corinna,  Marcia  P.,  and  Elizabeth  A.     5.  Bethia  W.,  1813,  m. 
Asa  P.  Keith  of  Bridg'r. 

28.  Amos,  s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  1,  Sibyl  Robbins,  Nov.  25, 1802, 
who  d.  Mar.  27,  1816,  and  2,  Ruth  Jenkins,  Nov.  1,  1818,  and 
built  and  occupied  the  house  now   occupied  by  B.  B.  Hall,  on 
Centre-st.     He  d.  May  8, 1833,  and  his  wid.,  who  survives,  lives 
in  the  old  Baldwin  house,     ch. :  1.  Amos,  Dec.  1,  1803,  m.  Deb 
orah  llersey,  lives  in  H'm.     2.  Mary  R.,  July  13,  1806,  m. 
Nath'l.  F/Chamberlin,  June  11,  1837.      3.  Phebe,  June  14, 
1809,  m.  N.  F.  Chamberlin,  Nov.  10, 1832,  and  d.  May  23, 1837. 

4.  Oren,  June  14,  1812,  m.   Mary  A.  Martin,  lives  in  Milton. 

5.  John  P.,  June  12,  1814,  m.   Caroline  Kimball,  and  lives  in 
Milton.     (By  2d.)  6.  Ruth  J.,  Oct.  17,  1819,  m.  Reuben  Stet 
son,  Ap.  26,  1846.     7.  Sibyl  R.,  Feb.  2,  1821.     8.  Fanny,  Nov. 
16, 1822,  m.  John  H.  Carey,  of  H.     9.  Betsey  R.,  May  6, 1825, 
m.  Benj.  F.  Studley,  of  II.     10.  Rebecca  W.,  Mar.  15,  1829. 

II.  Celia  A.  M.,  Sep.  4,  1831,  m.  Elisha  Thayer,  of  Baintree, 
Ap.  20,  1851. 

29.  Lt.  Enos,  s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Lydia  Tilden,  Oct.  5,  1809, 
and  d.  Feb.  10,  1814,  and  his  wid.  Feb.  5,  1852.     Lived  where 
his  son  Enos  lately  resided,     ch. :  1.  Enos,  Mar.  10, 1810.    Not 


254  BATES. 

m.     2.  Lydia,   Dec,   26,  1812,  m.  Albert   White,   Esq.,  May 
1, 1836. 

30.  Ward,s.  Col.  Seth  16,  m.  Ruth  Stetson,  in  1819,  and  lives 
on  Centre  st.     He  is  a  gunsmith  by  trade,  and  served  as  an  arti 
ficer  in  the  war  of  1812,  in  the   Co.  of  Capt.  Alexander  Parris. 
ch. :  1.  Seth  W.,  July  5,  1822,  d.  Jan.  7, 1848.     2.  Adaline  W., 
July   28,   1824,  m.   Geo.   B.  Perry,  in   May  1846,  and  d.  in 
Aug.  1852. 

31.  Thos.,  son  Thos.  17,  m.  1,  Lucy  Bates,  in  Nov.  1792,  and 
2,  Mary  Ramsdell,  and  d.  Mar.  13,  1817.     Lived  on  Broadway, 
where  Joshua  Bates  now  resides.     Old  house  gone.     ch. :  1.  Na 
than,  prob.  d.  at  sea.     2.  Jeremiah,  d.  on  the  Gurnet,  Mar.  3, 
1813.     Four  ch.  by  this  w.  d  young.     (By  2d.)  3.  Mary,  Ap.  17 
d.  Oct.  25,  1807.    4.  Lucy,  Jan.  27, 1809,  m.  Sylvanus  Whiting, 
Nov.  20,  1828.     5.  Cyrus,  Mar.  7,  1811,  m.  Mary  Alden,  lives 
in  S.  Ab'n.,  is  a  carpenter,  and  has  Mary  B.,  Cyrus  A.,  Solon, 
Ezra  T.,  Julia  A.,  d.  ae.  6  mo's.,  Abby  A.,   Charles   0.,  and 
Susan  M.     6.  Hannah,  Nov.  29,  1814y  m.  Francis  Stoddard,  of 
Scit.     7.  Thos.,  Aug.  5,  1816,  m.  Lucy  White,  lives  in  S.  Ab'n., 
and  is  a  shoe  cutter.     No  ch. 

32.  Gamaliel,  s.  Gamaliel  18,  m.  Elizabeth  Coffin,  of  Boston, 
and  there  d,  in  May  1822.    ch.  :  1.  Charles,  m.  1.  Eliza  Packard, 
and  2,  Miranda  Balkom,  and  d.  in  Boston,  in  1852,  leaving  a  da., 
Elizabeth  A.     2.  Caroline,  m.  a  Wyatt,  of  Medford,  and  d.     3, 
Mary  A.,  is  m.  and  lives  in  Pawtucket.    4.  Eliza,  m.  a  Gillespie,  of 
Nantucket 

NOTE. — The  son,  Charles,  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable 
Society  of  Freemasons,  and  belonged  to  Mt.  Lebanon  Lodge,  Boston,  and 
to  St.  Paul's  Royal  Arch  Chapter ;  and  on  the  occasion  of  his  decease,  both 
bodies  passed  resolutions  highly  commendatory  of  his  character  and  abilities. 
Those  of  the  former  body  state,  that  "  for  four  successive  years  he  pres-ided 
over  the  interests  of  Mt.  Lebanon  Lodge,  with  unusual  ability,  filling  the 
chair  with  great  honor  to  himself,  and  benefit  to  the  institution  ;"  and  by 
vote,  the  altar  of  the  Lodge  was  clothed  with  mourning  for  three  months. 
The  resolutions  of  the  latter  body,  of  which  he  was  presiding  officer,  state 
that,  "in  the  death  of  Bro.  Bates,  we  mourn  the  loss  of  an  excellent,  honest, 
true  hearted  man  and  mason  : — one  who  has  endeared  himself  to  his 
brethren,  by  the  urbanity  of  Ins  manners,  the  uprightness  of  his  deportment, 
and  the  benevolence  of  his  heart."  The  altar  of  the  chapter  was  also  clothed 
with  mourning ;  and  we  understand  that  a  monument  has  been  erected  to> 
the  memory  of  Brother  Bates,  in  the  beautiful  Cemetery  at  Mt.  Auburn. 
Peace  to  his  ashes  1 


BATES.  255 

33.  Calvin,  s.  Gamaliel  18,- m.  Elizab.  Stetson,  Aug.  12,  1801, 
who  d.  Mar.  6,  1842.     He  lives  on  Winter  st.,  is  a  man  of  enter 
prise  ;  part  owner  of  the  Forge  on  King  st. ;  and  has  been  for 
many  years  engaged  in  the  iron  business      ch. :  1.  Eliza,  Nov. 
2,  1801,  m.  Albert  Holbrook,  June  23, 1836.     2.  Olive,  Aug.  10, 
1803,  m.  George  Bailey,  of  H'n.,  June  20, 1824.     3.  Mary  C., 
May  5,  1805,  m.   Ozias  Perkins,  May  21,  1832.     4.  Lucinda, 
Mar.  1,  1807,  m.  Marcus  Packard,  Nov.  28,  1833.     5.  Calvin, 
July  22,  1810,  m.  Jane  T.  Kingman,  of  N.  Bridg'r.,  and  d.  there 
in  1843,  leaving  Angeline  L.,  and  Abby  J.  C.     6.  Merril,  Aug. 
21,  1812,  m.  Joseph  Thomas,  of  H'n.,  Feb.  7, 1841.     7.  Elmira, 
May  24,  1816,  m.  Wm.  P.  Russell,  Ap.  2,  1837.     8.  Angeline, 
Mar.  11,  1819,  m.   Lewis  C.  Church,  of  II.     9.  Lydia.     10. 
Ruth. 

NOTE. — We  regret  that  we  are  unable  to  present  a  view  of  the  residence 
of  Mr.  B.,  but  the  inclemency  of  the  weather  prevented  its  being  taken  with 
the  others,  during  the  artists  stay  in  town. 

34.  James,  s.  Gamal.  18,  in.  Hannah  Walker,  of  Pemb.,  May 
21,  1807,  and  lives  in  P.  ch. :  1.  Wm.  C.,  lives  in  Gardiner,  Me. 
2.  James  II.,  of  Pemb.     3.  Lydia,  m.  Capt.  Allen  Dawes,  of 
Dux'y.     4.  Emeline,  m.  Fred'k  Eayres.     He  is  d. 

35.  Rufus,  s.  Gamal.   18,  m.  Huldah,   da.  Eleazcr  Keith,  of 
Bridg'r.,  and  lives  in  H.,  on  Broadway,  in  the  house  built  by 
himself,  ab.  1823.     An  upright  and  honorable  member  of  Society, 
ch. :  1.  George  M.,  Ap.  13,  1823,  in.  Mary  A.,  da.  David  Rams- 
dell,  May  1852,  and  lives  on  Broadway.     2.  Reuben,  Ap.  10, 
1830.     3.  Wm.  C.,  May  25,  1838. 

36.  Ezekiel,  s.  Gamal.  18,  m.  Lois  Daggett,  of  Att'o.,  Dec  6, 
1821  ;  is  a  carpenter  by  trade  ;  and  was  a  master  builder  and 
contractor  for  many  years,  in  Boston,  of  the  firm  of  Bates  and 
Kelsey.     He  has  now  retired  from  business,  and  resides  in  Att'o, 
A  man  of  enterprise  and  integrity  ;  of  respectable  standing  and 
highly  estemed.     ch. :  1.  Jesse  D.,  July  31,  1823,  m.  Mary  E, 
Fowle,  July  9, 1845,  and  has  Lois  D.,  Sep.  1,  1850.     2.  John 
T.,  Nov.  25,  1831.     3.  Mary  A.,  Sep.  3,  1836. 

37.  Capt.  Thos.  M.,  s.  Capt.  Clement  19,  m.  Lydia,  da.  Bache 
lor  Wing,  July  12,1807,  and  lives  at  the  corner  of  Winter  st.,  in 


256  BATES. 

the  house  built  by  himself,  m  1841,  where  the  old  Wing  house 
stood.  He  was,  for  a  time,  Capt.  of  the  Han.  L.  Inf.  Co. ;  Se 
lectman  in  1840  and  '41 ;  Collector ;  constable,  &c.  ch.  :  1. 
George,  Jan.  3,  1808,  m.  Lucy,  da.  David  Warren,  of  Pljm'h., 
Oct.  25,  1832,  and  lives  on  Centre  st..  near  Winter  st.,  and  has 
Q-eorg*  W.,  Mar.  10,  1834,  d.  ae.  2  ;  Wm.  H.,  May  8,  1837  ; 
and  G-eorgeW.,  Aug.  12,1840.  2.  Sylvia,  Sep.  4,  1809,  m. 
Stephen  Bailey,  Mar.  6,  1834.  3.  Elizab.  B.,  June  21,1811,  m> 
Cyrus  Josselyn,  Oct.  24,  1833.  4.  Thos.  M.,  Mar.  13,  1813, 
m.  BethiaB.  Cook,  in  1836,  had  Lorenzo  T.  ;  his  w.  d.,  and  he 
lives  with  his  fa.  5.  Melissa  B.,  Ap.  29,  1816,  m.  John  T.  Tri- 
bou,  Oct.  16,  1835.  6.  Sylvanus  W.,  Dec.  23,  1818,  m.  Rebec 
ca  C.,  da.  Thorndike  Felton,  of  N.  Salem,  N.  H.,  lives  in  part  of 
his  father's  house,  and  has  Lytander  F.,  Mar.  8,  1843 ;  and 
Lucius  W.,  Aug.  24,  1849.  7.  Hannah  B.,  Ap.  21,  1821. 
8.  Laura  A.,  Feb.  21, 1824,  d.  Ap.  4,  1880.  9.  Mercy  T.,  Dec. 
25,  1826,  m.  Wm.  J.  Vining,  Mar.  5,  1849. 

38.  Clement,  s.  Capt.  Clement  19,  m.  1,  Urania  Burgess,  and 
2,  Betsey  Burgess,  and   lives  in  Plymouth,     ch. :  1.  Ozen.     2. 
Ruby,  m.  Geo.  Drew,  of  P.     3.  Ilira.     4.  Elizabeth,  m.  Sain'l. 
R.  Winslow,  Mar.  25,  1849. 

39.  liira,  s.   Capt.   Clement  19,  m.  Lucy  Josselyn,  Feb.  24, 
1825,  and  lives  on  Broadway,  in  the  house  built  by  himself,. ab. 
1823.     ch. :  1.  Lucy  C.,  Ap.  24,  1828,  m.  David  W.  Brown,  of 
E.  Bridg'r.     2.  Ilira  W.,  Ap.   16,  1830.     3.  Julia  A.,  Ap.  5, 
1832.     4,  Ellen  A.,  July  22,  1834.     5.  Edwin  J.,  Mar.  18,1837. 

40.  Joshua,  s.  Capt.  Clement  19,  m.  Mary  S.  Palmar,  Feb.  3, 
1880,  who  d.  Aug.  3, 1849.     He  lives  on  Broadway,  in  the  house 
fitted  up  by  himself,  and  first  built  for  a  Tannery,  which  business 
he  followed  for  a  time.     ch. :  1.  Cordelia,  Dec.  6.  1830,  m.  James 
Woodman.     2.  Joshua  E.,  Mar.   18,  1833.     3.  Albert  E.,  May 
11,  1834.     4.  Elizab.  A.,  Mar.  27, 1838.     5.  Julian,  1842. 

41.  Horatio,  s.  Benj.  20,  m.  Mary,  da.  John  L.  Munroe,  and 
d.  in  Norton,  Mass.,  leaving  ch.  :  1.  Mary  A.,  1812,  m.  Richard 
H.  Hall,  of  Norton,  and  has  6  ch.  2.  Horatio,  Feb.  3,  1819,  m. 
Sarah  II.  Sweet,  in  Sep.  1838;  lives  in  N.,  and  has  Sarah  /., 
Jan, 8, 1840,  and  Savillion  ff.,  Feb.  23, 1842. 


BATES.  257 

42.  Dr.  James,  s.  Solomon  W.  21,  m.  Polly  Jones,  of  Fayette, 
Me.,  and  has  1,  Lydia,  is  in.     2.  Charles  A.,  is  m.     3.  Emma 

is  m.  4.  James  M.,  a  physician  by  profession.  The  father 
stud.  Mod.  with  Dr.  Ariel  Mann,  of  Hallowell,  and  after  spending 
2  yrs.  in  the  army,  as  a  surgeon,  he  was  in  Company  with  Dr. 
M.  for  G  yrs.  He  was  Rep.  to  Cong.,  in  1831-'32,  and  is  a 
gentleman  of  fine  abilities,  and  correct  deportment. 

43.  Rev  George,  s.  Solo.  W.  21,  studied  for  the  ministry  under 
Rev.  Hosea  Ballou,  of  Bos'n,  and  commenced  preaching  in  1824. 
He  was  sett.  1st,  in  Livermore,  Me.,  where  he  remained  until  1830, 
and  then  in  Turner,  Me.,  until  1852.     He  now  preaches  in  Hallo- 
well.     He  m.  1,  Hannah  Haines,  of  Livermore,  in   1821  ;  and  2, 
Mrs.  Lcnora  Prince;  and   has  ch.  1.  Lavcrna  C.,  Mar.  17,  1822. 
2.  Salina   M.,  Jan.  28,  1824.      3.  Clarinda  S.,  Feb.  17,  1826. 
4.  Harriot  C.,  Jan.  29,  1829.      £.  George  S.,  May   21, 1833. 
6.  Silas  E.,  Mar.  17,   1835.       7.  Hannah  L.,  Mar.   3,  1837. 
8.  Mary  W.,  Mar.  18,  1839.      9.  Adelia  P.,  Feb.  23,   1841. 
10.  Julia  A.,  June  22,  1843.     11.  Solomon  W.,  July  7,  1845. 
12.  Lucella  J.,  Dec.  24, 1851.  — Three  of  the  das.  are  teachers 
in  Georgia. 

44.  Thos.  0.,  s.  Joseph  N.  25,  m.  Rebecca  Bates,  Oct.  11, 
18Q9,  is  a  brick-mason  by  trade,  and  lives  on  Silver  St.,  in  the 
old  Simoon  Curtis  house,     ch  :  1.  Thos.  0.,  m.  Mary,  da.  An 
thony  Sylvester,  lives  on  Broadway,  and  has  Robert  T.,  Aug.  2, 
1848  ;  and  Silas  W.,  Aug.,  1850.     2.  Martin  S.,a  machinist  by 
trade,  m.  Olive  Walker,  lives  on  Silver  St.,  and  has  had  2  ch., 
one  only  of  whom  is  living.     3.  Andrew   H.,  Oct.  23,  1813,  m. 
Abagail  N.  Cook,  May  14,  1844,  is  a  carpenter,  lives  in  Hanson, 
and  has    Gf-ilman,  Mar.  20,    d.   Nov.  11,  1844 ;   Grilman,  Nov. 
1846  ;  Zilplia  A.,  Oct.,  1849  ;  and    Silas  W.,  Aug.,  1850.     4. 
Silas  G.,  1818,  m.  Jane  Briggs,and  d.  Sep.  22,  1848:    5.  John 
G.,  m.  Christiana  Clapp,  of  Scit.,  Oct.  2,  1845,  lives  on  Wash'n 
St.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  had  John  G..  July  28,  d.  Sep.  8,  1849- 
6.  James  C. 

45.  Joseph  S.,  s.  Comfort,  of  Pemb.,  (and  a   descendant  of 
Caleb  Bates,  of  Hm.)  m.   Sarah,  da.  Col.   John   B.  Barstow, 
Oct.  2,  1820,  and  lives  on  Broadway,  E.  of  the  Four  Corners. 


258  BEAL — BENXER — BINNEY — BLANCHARD. 

ch:  1.  Henry   S.,  Nov.   1821.     2.  Sarah  A.,  Nov.   1823.     3. 
John  B.,  Feb.  17,  1826.     Merchant  at  the  Four  Corners. 

46.  James,  s.  John,  of  Lynn,  and  gr.  s.  of  John,  m.  Ann  H., 
da.  Joseph  Damon,  Aug.  16,  1838,  and  lives  on  Whiting  st. 
Shoemaker,  ch :  1.  Lucy,  Oct.  2T,  1838.  2.  Susan  M.,  Oct. 
24,  1840.  3.  James  A.,  Dec.  12,  1842,  d.  Sep.  20, 1851.  4. 
Joshua  S.,  Nov.  25,  1844.  5.  Emma  R.,  Feb.  27,  1847.  6. 
Eliza  E.,  Nov.  20,  1848.  7.  Esther,  Jan.  4,  1851. 

BEAL,  Zacloc,  of  Ab'n.,  s.  Noah,  (and  prob.  a  desc't.  of  John, 
a  shoemaker,  who,  with  his  wife,  5  sons,  3  das,,  and  2  serv'ts. 
came  from  H'm.,  Eng.  to  H'm.  Mass,  in  1638.)  was  b.  Feb.  10, 
1788,  and  m.  1,  Triphena,  da.  Homer  Whiting,  May  22, 1816,  who 
d.  Aug.  21,  1820  ;  and  2,  Rebecca,  da.  James  Whiting,  Nov.  30, 
1837,  and  lives  on  Whiting  st,,  in  the  house  built  by  Asa  Whiting. 
Farmer.  He  was  one  of  the  Selectmen  in  1837.  ch. :  1.  Priscilla, 
Oct.  1, 1817,  d.  May  6,  1824.  2.  an  inf.  son,  d.  Aug.  11,  1820. 

BENNER,  John  II.,  s.  Joseph,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Hannah  S.,  da. 
Eleazer  Josselyn,  Jan.  1,  1835,  and  lives  on  Pleasant  st,  with  his 
fa.-in-law,  shoemaker,  ch. :  1.  Henry  G.,  Jan.  1836.  2.  Han 
nah  M.,  Oct.,  1839.  3.  John  2.,  Aug.  30,  1842.  4.  Joseph  W., 

Nov.  23, 1848. 

BINNEY,  Spencer,  of  Hull,  m.  a  da.  of  John  Hatch,  of  Hano 
ver,  and  his  da.  Ann,  m.  Rev.  Aaron  Josselyn,  of  Dux'y.,  and 
resides  in  D.  His  son  Spencer,  b.  Sep.  24,  1828,  lives  in  H.,  on 
Main  st.,  with  his  fa.-in-law,  m.  Caroline  F.,  da.  Abisha  Soule, 
and  wid.  of  Martin  S.  Torrey.  Sep.,  1849,  and  has  Mercy  F.,  Ap. 
23,  1850,  and  an  inf.,  b.  Ap.  27,  1852. 

BLANCHARD,  Ebenezer  and  Christopher  C.,  sons  of  Eben- 
ezer,  of  ."  outh  Weymouth.,  came  to  H.  in  1844,  and  com 
menced  the  shoe  business,  in  which,  and  in  trading,  they  are 
extensively  engaged  at  their  stores  on  Washington  st.,  in  the  North 
easterly  part  of  the  town.  They  are  both  upright,  enterprising, 
and  valuable  citizens,  and  have  done  much  to  build  up  the  part  of 
the  town  in  which  they  reside. 


BONNEY — BOWKER — BRIGGS.  259 

BONNE Y,  Thomas,  was  of  Dux.,  in  1643,  and  was  the  ances 
tor  of  most  of  that  name  in  Plym'h  Co.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  was  of  Sandwich,  Eng'd.,  and  came  to  N.  Eng.  in  1034,  in 
the  Hercules,  John  Witherley,  master. 

1.  Josiah,  s.  Josiah,   of  Pemb.,  b.  Nov.    30,    1794,  a  desc't. 
of  Thos.  of  Dux'y.,  m.  Mercy  W.,da.   Timothy   Rose,  Ap.    2, 
1820,  and  lives  on  Washington,  corner  of  Union  st.,  in  the  house 
built  by  Mr.  Rose.  Farmer.  Was  one  of  the  Selectmen  in  1842,  3, 
and  4.     ch.  :   1.  Lucy  J.,  Sep.  11,  1820,  m.  Robert  H.  Studley, 
of  H.  Oct.  23, 1844.     2.  Josiah  W.,  Sep.  17, 1828. 

2.  Allen  F.,  s.  Roland,  of  Hn.,  m.  Mary  R.,   da.  John  Estcs, 
Nov.  1842,  and  lives  on  Circuit  st.     ch. :  1.  Mary  E.,  Nov.  21, 
1844,  d.  young.     2.  Virginia  A.,  Sep.    26,   1846.     3.  Everett, 
b.  July,  d.  Sep.  21,  1849,  ae.  3  mos. 

3.  Hiram  B.,  s.  Roland,  ofHn.,  m.  Elizabeth  B.,  da.  John  Es- 
tes,  and   lives  on  Circuit   st.     ch. :  1.  Elizabeth   B.,  Nov.    27, 
1842.     2.  Ann  M.,  Feb.  22,  1846.     3.  Emma  J.,  July  8,  1848. 

BOWKER,  Benjamin  H.,  s.  Richard,  of  Hn.,  is  prob.  a  descend 
ant  of  Richard,  who  was  in  H.,  in  1729,  and  resided  on  the  gore, 
subsequently  annexed  to  Pemb.,  and  now  part  of  Hn.  ;  and  Rich 
ard  was  a  descendant  of  James,  from  Sweden,  who  was  in  Scit,  in 
1680,  whose  farm  was  laid  out  on  the  east  of  Burnt  plain.  (Deane.) 
Benjamin  H.  was  b.  Sep.  5,  1820,  m.  Lydia,  da.  Ephraim  Whi 
ting,  of  Ab'n.,  July  3,  1843,  and  lives  on  Main  st.  Shoemaker. 
No  ch. 

BRIGGS,  Ezra,  b.  1724.  was  s.  Joseph,  s.  Lt.  James,  s.  Wal 
ter,  who  was  of  Scit.  1651,  and  purchased  a  farm  of  Mr.  Hather- 
ly,  on  the  North  side  of  Farm  Neck.  The  cove  within  the  glades 
still  bears  the  name  of  Briggs's  harbor.  (Deane.)  Ezra  d.  in 
H.,  Oct.  22,  1804,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  26,  1805.  He  lived  back 
of  where  his  grandson,  Joseph,  now  resides,  East  of  Washington 
st.,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolution,  ch. :  1.  Ezra,  1758? 
2.  Enoch,  d.  unm.  3.  Charles,  d.  unm.  4:  Nathaniel,  1764,  d. 
Dec.  31,  1817.  5.  Lydia,  d.  May  14,  1766.  6.  Lydia,  bap. 
Oct.  5,  1777,  m.  Benj.  D.  Fillmore,  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1848.  7. 
Moses,  d.  July  27,  1806.  8.  Rachel,  d.  Feb.  21, 1777.  9.  Sal 
ly,  d.  May  24,  1800,  ae.  33.  10.  Joseph,  bap.  Oct.  5, 1777. 


260  BROOKS. 

2.  x?  son  of  Ezra,  man-led  1, 

t.G/rr">  (^/UsS          Margaret,  da.   William 
Curtis,  May  13,  1784, 
•who  d.  Aug.  10,  1788.  and  2,  Ljdia  Southward,  of  Dux'y.,  May 

I,  1789.     He  d.  Nov.  2;  1815,  and  his  wid.  May  1, 1840,  ae.  74. 
He  was  out  in  the  Rev'n.  It  is  said  that  he  lived  for  a  time  on  Main 
st.,  and  that  his  house  stood  where  stands  that  of  Joseph  Brooks, 
jr.     ch. :  1.  Martha,  and  2.  Ractul,  bap.  Oct.  22,  1786,  both  d. 
Aug.  13,  1792.     3.  Ezra,  ba^.  Sep.  21,  1788,  d.  Feb.  14,1790. 
(By  2d.)  4.  Hannah,  Oct.   1789,  d.  Aug.  13,   1792.     5.  Ezra, 
May  16.  1791,  m.    Elizabeth   Ficket,  lives  in   Braintree,  Mass., 
and  has  several  ch.     6.  Joseph,  Dec.  22,  1793.     7.  Lydia,  Sep. 
6,  1795.     8.  Hannah,  Mar.  5,  1799,  m.  Dea.  Ara  Brook?,  Feb. 
20,  1823.     9.  Thomas  J.,  Aug.  20,  1801,  d.  May  5,  1808.     10. 
Sarah  W.,  Sep.  3,  1893,  m.  Judson  Vimng,  of  II.,  Ap.  24, 1826. 

II.  Betsey,  Ap.  19,  1805,  m.  Rev.  J.  M.  Spear,  of  Boston,  June 
6, 1831,  a  distinguished  philanthropist,  and  the  "Prisoner's  Friend." 
12.  Martha,  Dec.    22,  1806,  m.    David   Vining,  of  II.,  May  4, 
1828.     13.  Thomas  J.,  Sep.  24,  1809,  d.  Aug.  20, 1813. 

3.  Joseph,  s.  Ezra  2,  m.  Jane  Paine,  of  Newburyport,  Ap.  23, 
1817.  Lived  first  on  Main  st.  in  the  house  occupied  by  Henry 
Curtis,  built  by  Mr.  B.  ab.  1820,  and  now  resides  on  Washington 
st.,  in  the  house  built  by  himself  in  1836.  Farmer,  ch.  :  1.  Jane, 
m.  Silas  G.  Bates.  He  isd.,  and  she  lives  with  her  father.  .  2. 
Joseph,  Ap.  18,  1821,  m.  Mary  T.,  da.  Lemuel  Dvvellcy,  Nov.  24, 
1842,  lives  at  the  corner  of  Union  and  Main  sts.,  in  her  father's 
house,  (who  is  deceased,)  and  has  Saralil?.,  Aug.  18,  1843,  and 
Joseph  A,  May  8,  1851.  3.  John  G.,  Oct.  11.  1823.  4,  Wil 
liam  S.,  Feb.  21,  1826.  5.  Richard  P.,  Oct.  21,  1828.  6. 
Maria  A.,  July  4, 1831.  7.  Margaret  II.,  Sep.  29,  1833.  8. 
Charles  B.,  Jan.  29,  1838.  9.  Elbridge  B,,  June  13,  1840. 

BROOKS  or  BROOKE,  Samuel,  was  s.  Gilbert,  s.  Nathaniel, 
8.  William,  ae.  20,  who,  with  his  bro.  Gilbert,  ae.  14,  came  to  N. 
Eng.  in  1635,  in  the  Blessing,  John  Liecester,  master.  Wm. 
was  in  Scit.  in  1644,  and  his  farm  was  South  of  Till's,  afterwards 
Dwelley's  creek.  Samuel  lived  on  Walnut  street,  in  a  house  built 
there  before  the  present  road  was  laid  out,  and  to  which  the  ac- 


BROOKS.  261 

cess  was  by  a  cart  path  through  land  of  Capt.  Elislia Barrel!,  near 
his  house.     By  w.  Elizabeth,  da  Thomas  Gray,  of  Dublin,  he  had 

1.  Betsey,  rn.  Hsraan  Stoddard.     2.  Deborah,  m.  Cooras   House, 
Ap.  4,  1798.     3.  James,  and  4.    John,  went  to  Mo.     Mr.  B.  d. 
in  II.,  May  17,  1829,  ae.  87,  and  his  wid.  Aug.  27,  1830,  ae.  89, 
and  it  is  said  they  lived  together,  in  the  married  state,   nearly  70 
years  ! 

.,  ,  j       bro.  of  Samuel,  m.    1,  Lydia, 

2       9?fefa/L  f'fa&^Kr     Stetson,   1769,   who    d.     Aug. 

17,  1792  ;  arid  2,  Sarah,  Dun- 
bar,  1794.  He  lived  on  Curtis,  now  Main  st,  in  the  house 
owned  by  James  Brooks,  and  built  by  Sam'l.  Curtis,  and  there  d. 
Dec.  20.,  1820,  ae.  74,  and  his  wid.  ab.  1840,  ae.  93.  ch.  :  1. 
Curtis,  Dec.  12,  1770.  2.  L/dia,  Mar.  26,  1773,  d.  May  30, 
1849.  3.  Sarah,  Dec.  22,  1775,  m.  Zachariah  Damon,  of  II., 
July  2,  1800,  and  d.  Ap.  4,  1847.  4.  Ellinor,  May  4, 1778,  m. 
Balls  Damon,  Jan.  1,  1810,  and  d.  Nov.  12,  1846."  5.  Joseph, 
Jan.  1,1781.  6.  Abi,  Ap.  10,1783.,  m.  Albert  Church,  and 
lives  in  Bath,  Ma.  7.  Hannah,  Nov.  20, 1785,  d.  Aug.  6,  1792. 

NOTE. — Mr.  B.,  when  but  5  yrs.  old,  went  to  live  with  Sam'l.  Curtis, 
and  remained  with  him  until  his  death,  and  then  occupied  the  house  until  his 
own  death. 

3.  Curtis,  s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Anne  Southward,  of  Dux'y.,  Feb.  10, 
1793,  Avas  selectman  in  1811  and  '12,  and  d.  Aug.  31, 1817.     His 
wid*.  is  still  living  with  Mr.  Samuel  Brooks,  on  Main  st.,  in  the  house 
built  by  her  husband,  and  occupied  by  him  until  his  death,     ch  :  1. 
Samuel,  and  2.    Thomas,  June  7,  1794.     3.  Anne,  and  4.  Ara> 
Mar.  17, 1796.     Anne,  m.  1,  James  Whiting,  Oct.  25, 1817,  and 

2,  Jesse  Gray,  and  d.  at  Greene,  Me.,  1847.     5.  Hannah,   Ap. 
7,  1799,   mJeremiah  Belcher,  of  Randolph,  Dec.  22,  1820.     6. 
John,  Sep.  3,  1802.     7.  Ruth,Dec.  31,   1806.     A  pair  of  silver 
shirt  buttons  is  preserved  in  this  family,  a  present  from   Rev.  John 
Mellen,  to  Mrs.    B.,  on  the  birth  of.  her  first   twins.     He  did  not 
repeat  the  gift  on  the  birth  of  the  second  ! 

4.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  2,   m.  1,  Mary  Tower,  of  Scit,  Jan.    16, 
1803,  who  d.   Mar.  21,  1847;  and  2,  wid.  Hannah  Series,   Juno 
10,  1849.     Lived  in  his  father's  house  until  his  2d  marriage,  and 


262  BROOKS. 

now  in  the  Charles  Donnell  house,  and  is  part  o'-vner  of'the  shingle 
and  box-board  mill,  known  as  Brooks'  upper  mill.  He  was  Select 
man  in  1887.  ch. :  1.  Mary,  Feb.  1,  1804.  2.  Ljdia  S.,  m. 
Silas  Ripley,  of  Ab'n.,  and  d.  a  wid.  Jan.  12,  1847.  3.  Lucy, 
Nov.  15,  1807,  d.  Dec.  23,  1825.  4.  Deborah,  Dec.  17,  1809, 
d.  Jan  28, 1812.  5.  Sarah  D.,  Mar.  29, 1812,  m.  Piam  C.  Whiting, 
Sept,  15,  1831.  6.  Joseph,  July  2, 1814.  7.  James,  Mar.  20, 
1817,  not  m.  Lives  on  Main  st,  Has  been  Capt.  of  the  Han. 
Artil.  Co.  8.  Betsey,  Ap.  18,  1819,  m.  Lucius  Ford  of  Ab'n. 
She  is  d.  9.  Gilbert,  July  18,  IC'^1,  m.  Sibyl,  da.  Abisha  Soule, 
lives  on  Main  st.,in  the  house  built  by  himself  ab.  1846,  and  has  Ed 
ward  a.,  Oct.  3, 1842.  and  Alfred  S.,  Oct.  24, 1846.  10.  Charles, 
Aug.  31,  1823,  m.  an  Ames,  of  Ab'n.  and  went  to  California, 
and  after  he  had  left,  his  w.  and  only  ch.  d.  (By  2d)  11. 
Lydia,  Oct.  24,  1850. 

5.  Samuel,  s.  Curtis  3,  m.  Mehitable  Larkum,  of  Beverly,  and 
lives  on  Main  st.,  in  the  house  built  by  Curtis  Brooks,  ab.    1794. 
ch. :  1.  Samuel,  Mar.  19,  1819,  m.  MaryMorey,  lives  in  Hert 
ford,  and  has  ch.     2.  Mehitable,  Feb.   3.  1824.     3.  Anne    S., 
1829,  d.ae.  9  wks.  4.  Anne  S.,  Sep.  25,  1830,  m.  Rufus  Crane, 
of  Braintree,  Sep.  24,  1850.     5.  Elizabeth,  1835,  d.  ae.  4  wks. 

6.  Thomas,  s.  Curtis  3,  m.  1,  Mary  Curtis,  Feb.  28, 1816,  and 
2,  Laura  Almy,  1837.     Was  for  ab.  12  yrs.  Dea.  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  and  moved  to  Tremont,  111.,  where  his  w.  d.  in  1852.     He 
is  Dea.  of  the  Bap.  Church  in  Tremont.     ch. :  1.  Thomas,   May 
26,  1817,  d.  unm.     2.  William,  June  27,  1819,  m.  Julietta  Mer- 
iam,  of  111.  and  d.  leaving  no  ch.     3.  Clarissa,  Jan.  24, 1822,  m. 
Plummer  Couch,  of  111.     4.  Mary  A.,   Aug.  2,  1825,  m.  Wm. 
P.  Lazzell,  of  111.     5.  Curtis,  Dec.  6, 1827,  d.  young.     6.  Char 
lotte  ?  m.  Gushing  Jones,  of  111. 

7.  Ara,  s.  Curtis  3,  m.   Hannah   Briggs,   Feb.  20, 1823,  and 
lives  in  Bowdoinham,  Me.     He  is  Dea.  of  the  Bap.  Church  in 
Richmond,  Me.  Has  Lydia  A.  ;  Elizabeth ;  Hannah  ;  Jane  ;  Jon 
athan  K. ;  Ara  C. ;  and  Luther  S.     Lost  2,  d.  young. 

8.  Dea.  John,  s.  Curtis  3,  m.  Emma  Mann,  Dec.  4,  1823,  and 
lives  on  Main  st,  in  the  house  built  by  Levi  Mann,  ab.  1790,  and 
•which  has  been  occupied    by  Mr.  B.  since  1832.     He  is  arespec- 


BURGESS — GARY — CHADDOCK.  2G3 

table  and  intelligent  farmer,  and  is  Dea.  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
ch.  :  1.  John  S.,  Oct,  27, 1824,  m.  Nancy  C.  Binney,  June  23, 
1850,  and  lives  on  Main  st.,  in  the  house  built  by  himself,  in  1851. 

2.  Levi  C.,  Mar.  5,  1827,  m.  Angeline  S.  Curtis,  lives  on   Main 
st.,  in  the  house  with  Melzar  Hatch,  and  has  Ella,  Jan.  9,  1850. 

3.  Joseph  W.,  Mar.  3,  1829.     4.  Emma  M.,  June  30,  1831,  m. 
George  W.  Curtis,  of  H.     5.  Sarah  M.,  Dec.  12, 1832.     6.  Ara, 
Ap.  28,  1835.     7.  Mary  E.,  Nov.   15,  1837.     8.  Hannah  E., 
Feb.  26,  1840.     9.  Thomas  D.,  June  23, 1843.     10.  Elizabeth, 
Nov.  4, 1845.     11.  George  M.,  d.  May  13,  1850,  ae.  9  mos. 

9.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  4,  m.  Emily  T.,  da.  Robert  Gardner,  of 
H'm.,  and  lives  on  Main  st.,  in  the  house  built  by  himself  ab.  1846, 
on  the  spot  where  stood  the  house  of  Ezra  Briggs.  Has  been 
Town  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  since  1846.  A  shoemaker  by  trade, 
ch. :  1.  Emily  A.,  July  7,  1840.  2.  Joseph  L.,  Nov.  30, 1841. 
3.  Mary  E.,  Ap.  16,  1846. 

NOTE. — There  was  a  Taylor  Brooks  in  H.,  1 750,  a  shipwright,  but  left  no 
ch.  on  record. 

BURGESS,  Benj.  F.,  s.  Loammi,  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  b.  Jan. 
23,  1810,  m.  Matilda,  da.  Lemuel  Jenkins,  of  Ab'n.,  and  lives  in 
H.,  on  Washington  st.,  in  the  old  Belcher  Sylvester  house.  A 
shoemaker  by  trade,  ch. :  1.  Sarah  W.,  1844.  2.  Emory,  1847, 
3.  Harriet,  Sep.  15,  1851.  Has  lost  sev.  ch.  all  of  whom  d. 
young. 

GARY,  John  H.,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  s.  Francis,  is  a  descendant  of 
John,  from  Somersetshire,  Eng'd.,  who  settled  in  Dux'y.  1639, 
and  who  was  an  original  proprietor  of  W.  Bridg'r.,  and  the  first 
Town  Clerk.  John  H.  m.  Fanny,  da.  Amos  Bates,  and  lives  on 
Circuit  st.  ch.  ;  1.  Ann  A.,  1842,  d.  Dec.  18,1849.  2.  John 
F.  1845,  d.  Jan.  8,  1850.  3.  Adelia  F.,  Oct.  25,  1850. 

CHADDOCK,  Rev.  Calvin,  Fourth  Pastor  of  the  Church  in 
H.,  wass.  of  Capt.  Joseph,  who  d.  in  H.,  June,  1812,  ae.  88, 
and  perhaps  a  descendant  of  the  Chadwicks,  who  were  early  in 
Wat.  He  grad.  Dart.  Coll.,  1786,  m.  Melatiah  Nye,  of  Oak- 
ham,  and  sett,  first  in  Rochester,  and  then  in  H.,  in  1806,  and  d. 
in  Ya.,  in  1818  ?  He  was  proprietor  of  an  Academy,  in  Roches- 


264  CHAMBERLIN. 

ter,  and  founder  of  the  Academy  in  II. ,  and  a  man  highly  esteem 
ed,  and  eminently  useful.  He  was  Rep.  of  the  town-  in  1811. 
See  the  chapters  on  Education,  and  on  Ecclesiastical  History,  for 
further  particulars  of  his  life.  His  wid.  is  still  living  in  Boston, 
with  her  son  Ebenezer  N.  ch.  :  1.  Ebenezer  N.,  1793,  m.  Han 
nah  G.  Fearing,  of  Wareham,  kept  store  in  H.,  for  a  time  at  the 
Four  Corners,  and  now  resides  in  Boston,  his  place  of  business 
being  at  Comey's  Wharf.  Has  Ably  JP.,  in.  J.  A.  P.  Allen,  mer 
chant,  of  N.  Bedford  ;  and  Sturgis,  m.  Tirzah,  da.  Capt.  William 
Savary,  of  Wareham,  Aug.  185*2,  and  is  in  Boston,  with  his  fa. 
2.  Moses  G.,  1795,  resides  in  N.  Y.,  is  m.  but  has  no  ch.  3. 
Roxa,  m.  Albert  Smith,  Esq.,  now  a  lawyer  in  W'ash'n.  D.  C. 
4.  Mary  S.,  bap.  Aug.  23,  1807,  m.  Mason  Campbell,  Esq., 
Clerk  in  the  Treas.  Dep't.  Washington,  D.  C.  5.  Dulce,  m.  Jas. 
McFarland,  of  Va.  6.  Nancy,  July  10,  1807,  m.  Thomas  Whit- 
taker,  of  Charleston,  Va.  7.  John  S.  S.,  Oct.  14,  1810.  In 
California.  8.  Sarah  S.,  of  Portland,  Me. 

CHAMBERLIN,  Henry,  Shoemaker,  according  to  Daniel 
Cushing's  Record,  with  his  wife,  and  mother,  and  2  ch.,  came  from. 
Hm.,  Eng'd,  and  sett,  in  lira.,  Mass.,  in  1638,  in  which  year  he 
was  freeman,  and  a  grant  of  5  ac.  of  land  was  made  to  him  "  at  the 
head  of  Nicholas  Jacobs."  In  1645,  he  had  a  grant  of  swamp 
land,  "  that  is  the  Towns  by  the  highway  to  Potkey  ?  hill ;  "  and  in 
both  cases,  he  is  called  the  Smith.  He  had  a  son  Henry,  and  he 
a  son  Nathaniel,  who  was  of  Scit.,  and  received  grants  of  land  in 
1693,  on  the  east  of  Dead  Swamp,  now  called  Chambcrlin  Plain. 
He  also  owned  land  in  Duxbury,  in  1710,  according  to  Winsor. 
His  son  Freedom,  was  of  Pemb.,  b.  1697,  m.  Mary  Soule.,  Ap.  3, 
1722,  and  had  Nathaniel,  Sep.  24,  1722,  and  ten  others,  several 
of  whom  sett,  in  Bridg'r,  where  their  descendants  still  reside  ' 

2.  Nathaniel,  s.  Freedom,  of  Pemb.,  m.  1.  Sarah  Foster,  Dec. 
17,  1743,  who  d.  1765  ;  and  2,  Deliverance,  da.  Thomas  Snell,  of 
Bridg'r,  1767,  and  d.  in  1814,  ae.  91,  and  his  w.  the  same  year, 
ae.  86.  He  was  in  II.  in  1747,  and  for  a  few  years  after.  Most 

1  Sec  Mitchell's  Bridge  water,  Deane's  Sc'ituatc,  and  Lincoln's  Bi-Centen- 
nial  Address.  My  sketch  of  the  family  is  a  little  different  from  Deane's  and 
Mitchell's,  and  was  obtained  from  the  readers  of  Hm.,  Scit,  and  Pemb. 


CHAMBERLIN.  265 

of  his  ch.  sett,  in  Bridg'r,  and  their  posterity  still  reside  there. 
But  one  son  sett,  in  H.,  viz.,  Josiah,  who  was  b.  Oct.  13,  1764. 

3.  Josiah,  s.  Nath'l.  2,  was  of  H.,   and  lived  first  in  a  house 
owned  by  Capt.  Kob't  L,  Eells,  which   stood  on  Wash'n.  st.,  near 
Wm.  Curtis's,  and  then  built  on  Spring  st.,  where  his  son  Josiah 
now  resides.     He  m.  1,  Lucy  Pratt,  Nov.  25, 1784,  who  d.  Mar. 
26, 1789 ;  and  2,  Abigail  Crooker,  of  Pemb.,  Mar.  18, 1790,  and 
d.  Oct.  18, 1829,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  7, 1847,  ae,  83.     (She  was 
b.  Oct.    16,   1764.)     ch. :  1.  Lucy,   Mar.   23, 1785,  m.    Ezra 
Phillips,  of  P.,  Sep.  25,  1814,  andd.  June  7,  1832.     2.  Lydia, 
Aug.  21,  1788,  d,  Sep,  14,  1821.     (By  2d.)     3.  Nabby,  Aug. 
22,  1796,  m.  Cephas  Perry,  Oct.  7,  1838.     4.  Josiah,  Nov.  17, 
1798.     5.  Nathaniel  F.,  Jan.  6,   1802.     6.  A  twin  brother   of 
the  last,  d.  Feb.  15,  1802. 

4.  Josiah,  s.  Josiah  3,  m.  Sophia  Taylor,  of  Scit.,  Aug.  26, 
1821,  and  lives  on  his  father's  place.     A  shoemaker  by  trade, 
ch. :  1.  Josiah  W.,  Feb.il,  1822.     2.  Nathaniel  P.,  Mar.,  1824, 
m.  Melatiah,  da.  Sam'L  Stetson,  Aug.  20,  1848,  and  lives  on 
Washington  si,  hi  part  of  Joseph  Briggs's  house.     3.  William  H., 
July  19,  1827.     Not  m.     4.  Lucy,  Sep.,  1834.     5.  George,  and 
6,  Francis,  b.  Aug.  29,  1840. 

5.  Nathaniel  F.,  s.  Josiah  3,  m.  1,  Phebe  Bates,  Nov.  10, 1832; 
and  2,  Mary  JL  Bates,  June  11,  1837,  and  lives  on  Centre  st.,  in 
the  house  built  by  Dan'L  Chapman,  where  stood  the  house  built  by 
Ezekiel  Stetson,  for  his  father,  Seth.     ch. :  1.  Nath'l.  M.,  Oct.  20, 
1833.     2.  John  B.,  Mar.  18,  d.  Oct.  4,  1836.     (By  2d.)     3. 
John  B.,  Jan.  23,  1838.     4.  Amos  B.,  Aug.  24,  1839.     5.  My 
ron  T.,  Oct.  20, 1843.     6.  Ida. 

6.  Josiah  W.,  s.  Josiah  4,  m.  1,  MelindaCoxe,  of  H'n.,  Sep.  12, 
1841,  who  d.  Dec.  21,  1845;  and  2,  Sarah  T.  Ewell,  of  Scit,,  Nov. 
30,  1848,  and  lives  on  Broadway,  in  part  of  the  Salmond  house. 
Shoemaker,     ch. :  1.   Josiah  W.,  Dec.  8,  1843.     2.  Mary  T., 
June  21, 1845.     (By  2d.)  3.  Sarah  M.,  Jan.  6,  1850.     4.  Alice 
G.,  Ap.  15,  1851. 

7.  Norman,  s.  of  Alpheus,  of  Mansfield,  Ct.,  b.  May  19, 1819, 
m.  Rebecca  S.,  da.  Thomas  0.  Bates,  Oct.  4,  1841,  and  lives  ort 
Hanover  st.,  in  what  was  the  Ephriam  Palmer  house,  afterwards 

17 


266  CHANDLER — CHAPMAN. 

occupied  by  Dr.  Dwelley.     He  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  f  ch. :  1. 
Leander  E.,  Aug.  24,  1843.     2.  Mira  A.,  Ap.  6,  1847.  " 

NOTE. — There  are  several  distinct  families  of  Chamberlin's  in  N.  Eng.,  de 
scendants  of  different  persons  who  came  early  to  the  country.  JticJiard  was 
in  Boston  in  1642.  Thomas  was  freeman,  1644.  Edmund  was  in  Chelms- 
ford  in  1665,  and  there  was  a  family  early  in  Ct.  The,  name  is  found  in 
England  as  early  as  1069,  and  is  on  the  famous  Battle  Abbey  Roll. 

CHANDLER,  Henry  D.,  s.  Isaac,  of  Dux'y.,  b.  July  14, 1825, 
came  to  II.  in  1849,  lives  at  the  Four  Corners,  and  is  a  carriage 
trimmer,  and  harness  maker,  which  business  he  had  previously 
carried  on  in  Boston.  Not  m.  See  the  chapter  on  Manufac 
tures,  &c. 

CHAPMAN,  Ralph,  ae.  20,  was  of  Southwark,  Eng'd.,  and 
came  to  Am.,  in  the  Elizabeth,  of  London,  Wm.  Stagg,  mas 
ter,  in  1635.  He  was  of  Dux'y.,  in  1640,  a  ship  carpenter  by 
trade,  and  afterwards  of  Mf 'd.  He  ml*  Lydia  Wills,  Nov.  23, 
1642,  and  d.  ab.  1671,  leaving  sev.  ch.,  of  whom  Ralph,  had  a  son 
John,  who  was  of  Hanover.  The  name  of  Chapman  is  quite  com 
mon  in  England. 

2.  John,  s.  Ralph,  jr.,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Abraham  Booth,  June,  1730, 
and  was  first  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  then  of  H.,  where  he  d.  Jan. 
3,  1811,  at  the  advanced  age  of  105  !     He  is  said  to  have  re 
tained,  to  a  remarkable  degree,  his  health  and  vigor  to  the  last, 
and  about  "  two  years  previous  to  his  death,  he  rode  on  horseback 
a  distance  of  nine  miles,  to  visit  his  great  grand  daughter,  that  he 
might  hold  on  his  knees  her  two  children,  his  descendants  in  the 
fifth  generation.     Going  into   the    yard,  he  split  a  log  of  wood, 
mounted  without  assistance,  and  returned  home."1     He  was  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.     But  one  of  his  sons  has  descendants  in  H., 
viz  :  John,  b.  Ap.  5, 1741. 

3.  John,  s.  John  2,  m.   1,  Ruth  Torrey,  Mar.  13,  1766  ;  2. 
Abigail  Bates,  Mar.  22, 1786  ;  and  3,  Bethia  Gardner,  of  Pernb., 
Dec.  14,  1790,  and  d.  in  II.  May  20,  1809,  and  his  wid.  in  Dec., 
1841,  ae.  83.     The  only  one  of  his  ch.  residing  in  II.,  is  Daniel,  b. 
Jan.  27,  1800.     The  fa.  lived  for  a  time,  on  a  small  island,  in 

1  Winsor's  Dux'y.,  p.  244. 


CHURCH.  267 

George's  swamp,  off  the  road,  about  one  mile  from  Enos  Bates',  be 
tween  his  house  and  that  of  Thos.  M.  Bates. 

4.  Daniel,  s.  John  3,  m.  Clara  Burbank,  and  lived  first  a  short 
distance  "W.  of  the  centre  meeting  house,  where  Nath'l.  F.  Cham- 
berlin  resides,  and  built  that  house.  He  now  lives  on  Wash 
ington  st.,  on  what  was  formerly  the  Joshua  Simmons'  place, 
in  the  house  built  by  himself,  which  stands  where  stood  that  of 
Mr.  Simmons,  which  was  torn  down  by  Mr.  C.  ch. :  1.  Clarissa, 
May  1,  1823,  m.  William  F.  Harris,  of  So.  Scit.,  (b.  Mar.,  1822, 
s.  Abiel,  of  Braintree,)  and  has  Win.  F.,  May  7,  1846  ;  Clara 
L.,  May  27, 1848,  d.  Aug.  18,  1850  ;  .Charles  Tfi,  Oct.  4,  1851 
d.  Aug.  8,  1852.  2.  Harriet,  Nov.  1,  1824,  m.  Laban  Wilder, 
of  So.  Scit.,  July  9,  1844.  3.  Ara,  Oct.  14,  1827,  m.  Sally  W., 
da.  David  Damon,  had  Eugene  L.,  and  d.  Sep.  1,  1852.  4. 
Timothy  B.,  July  18,  1831.  5.  Daniel  L.,  Sep.  15,  1834.  6. 
Laura  A.,  July  18,  1840.  . 

CHURCH,  Richard,  b.  1608,  s.  Joseph,  was  freeman  in  Bos 
ton,  1630,  and  Plym'h.,  1632,  m.  Elizabeth,  da.  Richard  Warren, 
1636,  and  was  fa.  of  Col.  Benja.,  the  noted  hero  of  the  Indian 
Wars.  In  the  life  of  Col.  Church,  drawn  up  by  his  son  Thomas, 
it  is  said  that  Richard's  fa.  Joseph,  "  with  two  of  his  brethren, 
came  early  into  New  England,  as  refugees  from  the  religious  op 
pression  of  the  parent  state  ;"  and  Deane  suggests,  that  Richard, 
who  was  early  in  H'm.,  may  have  been  one  of  these  "  brethren," 
and  hence  uncle  to  the  warrior  ;  and  this  Richard  had  a  son 
Nathaniel,  probably  the  one  who  sett,  in  Scit.,  in  1666,  whose 
farm  was  on  the  North  River,  South  of  Cornet  Stetson's,  includ 
ing  the  bald  lulls,  and  his  house  stood  near  the  river,  and  nearly 
opposite  to  Job's  landing.  From  Nathaniel  probably  descended 
Timothy  Church,  of  II. 

2.  Timothy  s.  Nath'l.  ?  and  grandson  of  Nath'L,  of  Scit,  ?  m. 
Elizabeth  Rose,  Sep.  5,  1765,  and  lived  E.  of  Washington  st., 
near  where  Martin  Church  resides,  and  there  d.,  Mar.  2, 1776,  and 
his  wid.  Mar.  24,  1794.     ch. :  1.  Timothy,  bap.  May  29,  1768. 
2.  Hannah  S.,  b.May  29,  1772,  d.  Ap.  17, 1795. 

3.  Timothy,  s.  Timothy  2,  m.  Rebecca,  da.   Samuel  Stetson, 


268  CHURCH — CLARK. 

Nov.  27,  1796,  and  lived  E.  of  Wash'n.  st.,  where  his  wid.  d., 
July  12,  1850,  ae.  75.  ch. :  1.  Timothy,  Sep.  20,  1797,  drown 
ed  in  N.  River,  May  2,  1815.  2.  William,  Dec.  19,  1799.  3. 
Samuel  S.,  bap.  July  4, 1802.  4.  Martin,  bap.  1805.  5.  Eliza 
beth  R.,  bap.  Sep.  18, 1808.  6.  Lucy,  1809,  d.  July  4, 1812. 
7.  Harvey,  1816,  d.  May  14, 1818.  8.  An  inf.,  d.  Jan.  22, 1820. 

4.  William,  s.  Timothy  3.  m.  Lucy  B.,  da.  Robert  Sylvester, 
July  29,  1821,  and  lives  on  Hanover  st.,  on  the  place  formerly 
owned  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bass,  but  in  the  house  built  by  himself,  in 
1828.     A  tanner  by  trade.     Was   Selectman  in  1849.     ch. :  1. 
Lucy  W.,  Nov.  21,  1824,  m.  Joseph  B.  'Sylvester,  Feb.  8,  1847. 
2.  Win.,  Oct.  15,  1827.     Lives  with  his  fa.,  and  is  unm.     3. 
Eliza  M.,  Feb.    1835.     4.  Hannah,   Nov.,  1837.     Two  ch.  d. 
young. 

5.  Samuel  S.,  s.  Timothy  3,  m.  Sarah  E.,  da.  Robert  Sylvester, 
Dec.  14, 1828,  who  d.  Dec.  28, 1850.     He  lives  on  Wash'n.  st., 
in  the  house  built  by  himself  in    1828,  on  the  spot  where  stood 
formerly  the  house  of  Jona.  Pratt,  which  was  torn  down  by  Mr.  C. 
ch. :  1.  Samuel  H.,   Sep.   15, 1830.     Works  in  Curtis's  Forge. 
2.  Timothy.  Oct.  3,  1833.     3.  Juletta.     4.  Sarah.     5.  Adeline. 
6.  Benjamin,  Jan.   25,  1844.     7.  Robert.     8.  Alice  R.,  Oct.  6, 
1850,  d.  Mar.  10,  1851. 

6.  Martin,  s.  Timothy  3,  m.  Caroline,  da.  Edward  Stetson,  in 
May,  1832,  and  lives  on  Wash'n,  st.,  opposite  his  brother's,  in  the 
house  built  by  himself,  where  formerly    stood   that  of  Othniel 
Pratt,     ch. :  1.  Bradbury,  Nov.  26,  1838.     2.  Hannah  M.,  Jan. 
1, 1844. 

7.  Lewis  C.,  s.  David  F.,  of  Mf'd.,  b.  Sep.,  1816,  m.  Angeline, 
da.  Calvin  Bates,  and   lives  on  Winter  st.,  in  the  house  built  by 
himself.     Carpenter,     ch. :  1.  Lewis    A.,    Mar.     29,  1839.     2. 
Amelia  F.,  Jan.  25,  1841. 

CLARK,  Thos.,  came  from  Plym'h.  to  Scit.,  in  1674,  and  his 
farm  was  on  the  W.  of  Walnut  tree  hill,  adjoining  that  of  Cornet 
Buck.  He  m.  Martha  Curtis,  1676,  and  had  Thomas  and  others. 


CLAKK.  269 

Jr->  succeeded  to  his  father's 
house,  and  by  w.  Alice  Bo- 

gers,  whom  he  m.  in  1705,  had  John,  of  Hanover,  and  others  ; 

and  he  and  his  w.  moved  to  Rochester,  in  1731.  (Deane's  Scit., 

237.) 

2.  John,  s.  Thos.  jr.,  m.  Abigail  Tolman,  of  Scit,  who  d.  in  H., 
a  wid.,  Aug.  21,  1789,  ae.  85.     He  lived  in  an  ancient  house, 
two  stories  high  in  front,  sloping  back  nearly  to  the  ground,  which 
stood  near  the  mansion  of  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond,  on  Wash'n.  st., 
at  the  Four  Corners.     A  shipwright  by  trade,     ch. :  1.  Hannah, 
d.  in  H.,  unm.,  Ap.  15, 1810,  ae  88.     2.  Ruth,  m.  James  Blank- 
enship,  of  Rochester,  1747.     3.  Nath'L,  1731  ?     4.  Ellrane,  Rana, 
or  Ellinor,  d.  unm.,  May  15,  1809,  ae.  77.     5.  John,  was  in  the 
Rev'n.  war,  and  d.  near  West  Point,  as  it  is  said,  by  over  drinking 
at  a  spring  on  a  sultry  day.     He  was  m.,  and  left  ch.,  who  moved 
to  Rochester.     6.  Benjamin.     7.  Lydia,  m.  Joshua   Barker,  of 
Rochester,  Aug.   3,  1760.     8.  Belcher,  of  H.     9.  Abigail,  m. 
—  Bolles,  of  Rochester?     10.  Sage,  m.  Josiah  Mann,  jr.,  Scit, 
Mar.  2,  1769. 

3.  Nathaniel,  s.  John  2,  lived  on  Washington  st,  where  Henry 
Bates  resides,  and  was  a  ship-carpenter  by  trade.     He  m.  Alice 
Healy,  Nov.  17,  1763,  and  d.  in  1814,  ae  73,  and  his  wid.  Jan. 
11,  1818,  ae.  75.     See  the  chap,  on  Ship  building,     ch. :  1. 
John,  m.  a  Roberts,  and  d.  in  Ply'h.,  leaving  ch.     2.  Nathaniel, 
a  ship  carpenter,  lived  first  in  Plymouth,  and  then  in  Rochester, 
where  he  has  sons.     3.  Benjamin  H.     4.  Alice,  m.  Levi  Caswell, 
July  17, 1795,  who  d.  in  Me.     5.  Chloe  M.,  m.  Jabez  Studley,  of 
H.,  Feb.  23, 1800. 

4.  Belcher,  s.  John  2,  m.  1,  Ann  Wade,  June  27,  1771,  who  d. 
ab.  1181  ;  and  2,  wid.  Sarah  Perry,  da.  Nath'l.  Josselyn,  of  Pemb., 
Aug.  4,  1783,  lived  on  Washington  st.,  in  a  house  which  stood 
where  stands  that  of  Mr.  Samuel  Salmond,  and  was  a  ship-car 
penter  by  trade.     It   is  said  that  he  was  out  in  the  Rev'n.  ab.  8 
ino's.,  at  R.  I.,  and  elsewhere.     He  d.  Oct.  17,  1826,  ae.  84, 
and  his  wid.  ab.  1831.     ch. :  1.  Silvia,  d.  Mar.  20,  1799,  ae.  25, 
2.  Barnabas,  d.  unm.,  ae.  49.     Shipwright.     3.  Joseph  W.     4. 
Zebulon,  Aug.  4,   1780.     (By  2d.)  5.  Ruth,  m.  Alpha  Tribou, 


270  CLARK. 

and  d.  in  Ab'n.,  ab.  1846.  6.  Sarah,  bap.  June  21,  1795,  m.  a 
Sampson.  7.  Reuben,  Feb.  1,  1795,  d.  unm.  8.  Francis,  living 
in  Port'd.,  Me.,  is  m.  and  has  ch.  9.  David,  lives  in  Me.  Mari 
ner.  Was  on  the  Gurnet  in  the  last  war.  He  is  m.  and  has  ch. 

5.  Benjamin  11.,  s.  Nath'l.  3,  m.  Mary  Neal,  Oct.  10,  1802, 
and  had  in  H.,  Tlios.  G.,  Feb.  21,  1804  ;  and  Benj.  II.,  Mar.  28, 
1805.     The  fa.  moved  to  Mf  d.,  where  he  now  resides,  and  has 
other  ch.,  of  whom  a  da.,  Mary,  m.  Nath'l.  H.  Whiting,  of  M. 
Mr.  C.  was  a  school  teacher  part  of  the  time  in  H  ;  and  after  his 
removal  to  Mf 'd.,  was  long  in  the   employ  of   Mr.  Jonathan 
Stetson. 

6.  Joseph  W.,  s.  Belcher  4,  m.  Beulah  Bassett,  of  Kigs'n.,  who 
d.  Oct.  19,  1847,  ae.  67.     Lives  on  Broadway.     Followed  the 
seas  in  his  youth  ;  but  has   lately  given  his  attention  to  farming. 
ch.  :  1.  Ann  W.,  Nov.  22,  1812,  m.  Joseph  C.  Stockbridge,  and 
d.  ae.  24.     2.  Joseph,  July  5, 1815,  m.  1,  Ann  Caldwell,  and  2, 
Jennet  Crook,  lives  in  Medford,  and  has  Julia  A.,  JSlizab.,  and 
an  infant.     3.  Elizabeth  W.,  May  1,  1818,  m.  Levi  Sturtevant, 
May  20,  1849,  and  lives  in  Pemb.     4.  Lydia,  July  14,  1821,  m. 
Gad  J.  Bailey,  of  H.     5.  Andrew,  Nov.   3,  1825.     Works  in 
Barker's  Foundry,  on  King  st.     Not  m.     6.  Sophia  B.,  July 
1829.     7.  Henry,  Nov.  3, 1842.    In  E.  Ab'n.,  learning  the  car 
penter's  trade. 

7.  Zebulon,  s.  Belcher  4,  m.    Christiana,  da.  Isaac  Josselyn, 
1812,  and  lives  on  Broadway,  near  the  Four  Corners.     Black 
smith,  shipwright,  farmer,  &c.     ch.  :  1.  Almira,  Dec.  20,  1813, 
m.  Amander  Alden,  Oct.  7,  1838,  and  lives  inBridg'r.     2.  Geo., 
Nov.  6,  1815,  d.  in  Washington,  N.  C.,  ae.  27.     3.  Samuel,  Sep. 
21,  1817,  m.  Lydia  Eells,  and  lives  in  Medford.     Has  Mary  $., 
living.     Has  lost  2.     4.  Charles,  July  27,  1819,  m.  Sarah  Cook, 
and  lives  in  Pemb.     Has  Sarah  F.,    Chas.  C.,  Lomira  N.,  and 
Eliza  H.     Shoemaker  by  trade.     5.  Lovisa,  May  13,  1821,  m. 
Alexander  Alden,  of  Ab'n.,  June  9,  1850.     6.  William,  Nov.  23, 
1823.      Lives   with    Chas.,   in    Pemb.      7.  Priscilla,  Jan.    10, 
1826,  m.  George  W.  Eells,  Nov.  16,  1845.     8.  Mary  A.,  Nov. 
23, 1828. 


CORTHELL  —  CROOKER.  271 

CORTIIELL,  Levi,  s.  Robert,  of  Scit.,  b.  June  20,  1742,  m. 
Debo.  Curtis.  Oct.  12,  1769,  and  it  is  said,  lived  where  Enos 
Curtis  does,  on  Whiting  st.,  the  place  being  called  CorthelFs  hill. 
He  had  several  ch.,  and  moved  to  Me.  His  son  Calvin,  b.  Feb. 
10,  1775,  m.  Patience  Vinal,  of  Mf 'd.,  was  a  blacksmith,  lived 
nearly  opposite  Thos.  M.  Bates's,  on  Circuit  st.,  and  d.  Aug.  16, 
1839.  His  wid.  is  yet  living,  ch.  :  1.  Lucy  L.,  Mar.  17,  1808, 
m.  Francis  B.  Ellis,  Jan.  9,  1826,  who  d.,  and  she  lives  a  wid. 
with  her  mo.  2.  Calvin  C.,  Aug.  4,  1813,  d.  May  23,  1814. 
3.  David,  Mar.  16,  1816,  m.  Phebe  S.  Pratt,  May  9,  1837,  who 
d.  Nov.  5,  1841,  having  had  Phoebe  M.,  Dec.  7,  1838,  and  Ada- 
line,  May  29,  1841. 

CROOKER,  or  CROCKER,  Daniel,  was  in  H.,  in  1736,  m. 
Mary  Ramsclell,  Ap.  28, 1736,  and  had  Daniel,  b.  June  5,  1740, 
who  was  father  of  Ensign,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  b.  1770,  and  gr.  fa.  of 
Ensign,  of  H.  ? — also  Tilden,  b.  1755,  who  was  of  H.,  and  others. 

2.  Tilden,  s.  Daniel,  was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade,  and  kept 
tavern  for  a  time,  near  the  Four  Corners,  his  house  being  now  oc 
cupied  by  Rums  Farnum.     He  m.  Priscilla  Barker,  of  Pemb.,  and 
d.  Sep.  8,  1818,  ae.  63.     ch. :  1.  Capt,  Tilden,  June,  1782,  m. 
wid.  Dorothy  Hillborn,  Jan.  16,  1837,  and  lived   in  Boston.     2. 
Nathaniel,  Mar.  12,  1784,  m.  Anne  L.  Smith,  Mar.  9,  1806,  and 
lived  in  Chas'n.     3.  Priscilla,  Jan.  21,  1787,  m.  George  Langley, 
Esq.,  lawyer,  of  Boston.     4.  Mary  C.,  Feb.  19,  1790,  m.  Benja 
min  Stockbridge.  Jan.  26, 1814,  and  d.  Mar.  1, 1818.     5.  Sarah 
B.,  Nov.  14,  1794,  m.  David  Stockbridge,  jr.     6.  Silvia,  Mar.  11, 
1798,  m.  Charles  F.  Thacher,  of  Machias,  Me.,  Feb.  1,  1820. 

3.  Ensign,  s.  Ensign,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  gr.  s.  Dan'l.,  m.  1, 
Mary  Bailey,  Dec.  24,  1828,   who  d.   May,  1841;  and  2,  Silvia 
Foster,  Nov.  1841,  and  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  in  the  house  built  by 
Caleb  Whiting,  jr.,  and  Ezra  Whiting,     ch. :  1.  Charles  E.,  Ap. 
28,1830.     2.  Henry  W.,  Jan.,  1832.     3.  Mary  E.,  1835,  d. 
Oct.  6,  1845.     (By  2d.)  4.  James  F.,  Aug.  1,  1842.     5.  John 
H.,  Feb.  20,  1847. 

NOTE. — We  think  it  prob.  that  Dan'l.,  of  H.,  descended  from  Francis 
Crooker,  who  was  in  Scit.,  in  1748,  and  who  m.  Mary  Gaunt,  of  Banstable, 
1647.  Deane  says  of  him,  that  "  he  has  posterity  in  H." 


272 


CURTIS. 


THE   CURTIS   FAMILY. 

County  of  Kent. 

Arms :  Arg.  a  chev  sa.  betw.  three 
bulls  heads,  cabossed,  gu. 

Crest :  A  Unicorn  pass,  or,  betw.  four 
trees  ppr. 


CURTIS,  CORTEIS,  &c.,  an  ancient  English  Family,  settled 
in  the  Counties  of  Kent,  and  Sussex.  (See  Berry's  Genealogies.) 
Stephen  Curtis,  was  of  Appledore,  Kent,  ab.  1450,  and  several  of 
his  descendants  were  Mayors  of  Tenterden,  a  town  from  which 
some  of  the  first  settlers  of  Scituate  came.  The  earlier  desc'ts.  of 
this  pedigree,  are  taken  from  an  original  pedigree,  in  the  posses 
sion  of  the  family,  under  the  hand  and  seal  of  office  of  Sir  Wm. 
Segar,  Garter  King-of-Arms,  transcribed  by  John  Philpot, 
Blanch  Lion,  and  entitled,  "  This  descent  of  the  auntient  familie  of 
the  Curteises,  in  the  Co.  of  Kent,  gents.,  faithfullie  collected  out 
of  the  office  of  Arms,  the  public  records  of  the  kingdom,  private 
evidences  of  the  familie,  and  other  venerable  monuments  of  an- 
tiquitie  ;"  in  which  pedigree,  and  also  in  several  old  MSS.,  in  the 
Harleian  Coll.,  in  the  Brit.  Mus.,  the  arms  of  the  family  are  given 
as  annexed,  without  reference  to  any  particular  grant,  but  as 
borne  by  them  in  virtue  of  ancient  usage. 

William  Curtis,  came  to  N.  Eng.,  in  the  Lion,  in  1632,  and  was 
of  Boston  in  that  year,  and  afterwards  of  Rox'y.,  where  his  de- 


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scendants  still  reside.     He  was  the  ancestor  of  Geo.  T.,  and  Benj. 
R.,  Esq'rs.,  of  Boston. 

Richard,  William,  and  John  Curtis,  were  of  Scit.,  in  1643,  and 
Thos.,  in  1649,  who  was  of  York,  Me.,  and  who  returned  there. 
John  left  no  descendants  on  record.  A  few  of  the  desc'ts.  of 
Thos.,  are  in  Scit.,  and  elsewhere;  and  more  of  the  desc'ts.  of 
Richard.  The  desc'fcs.  of  Wm.,  are  quite  numerous,  in  Scit.,  Han 
over,  and  other  towns  in  Mass.  These  are  here  given. 

1.  William,  bro.  of  Richard  and  John,  was  in  Scit.,  in  1643, 
but  the  name  of  his  wife  is  not  given,  nor  have  have  we  found  the 
date  of  his  death.     His  farm  was  on  the  North  River,  next  South 
of  the  Wanton  farm,  (Deane,)  and  he  was  a  member  of  the  2nd 
Church.     His  ch.  were,  1.  Joseph,  May  1664.     2.  Benj.,  Jan., 
166T.     3.  Wm.,  Jan.,  1669.     4.  Jno.,  Feb.,  1671.     5.  Miriam, 
Ap.,  1673.     6.  Mehitable,  Dec.,  1675.     7.  Stephen,  Sep.,  1677. 
Left  no  desc'ts.  on  record.     8.  Sarah,  Aug.,  1679, m.  Wm.  Cook, 
Aug.  30,  1705.     9.  Sam'l.,  June,  1681. 

2.  Joseph,  s.  Wm.  1,  by  w.  Rebecca,  had  1.  Joseph,  Mar.  23, 
1694.     2.  Josiah,  Ap.  5,  1697.     3.  Rebecca,  May  9,  1699.     4. 
Martha,  Feb.  14,  1701,  prob.  rc.  Benj.  Mann,  Feb.  4,  1724.     5. 
Richard,  Nov.  8,  1702,  prob.  d.  unm.,  in  H.,  April.  28,  1768 
6.  Elisha,  Feb.  20,  1705.    7.  Thankful,  Jan.  17,  1708.    S.Jesse, 
Oct.  17, 1709.     9.  Peleg,  bap.  Oct.  12,  1712.     No  desc'ts.  are 
recorded. 

3.  Benj.,  s.  Wm.  1,  m.  Mary  Silvester,  in  1689,  and,  it  is  said, 
built  the  Curtis  mills,'  on  the  Third  Herring  Brook,  now  owned  by 
T.  J.  Gardner,  Esq.     ch. :  1.  Mary,  Aug.  22, 1691,  m.  Meletiah 
Dillingham,  Oct.  28,1723.  2.  Benj.,  Dec.  14,1692.  3.  Eben'r., 
Aug.  1,  1694.     4.  Lydia,  Feb.  27,  1693,  m.  Joseph  House,  jr., 
Dec.  13,  1716.     5.  Sarah,  Dec.  20,  1697,  m.  Sam'l.  Clapp,  jr., 
Jan.  7,  1725..    6.  Ruth,  Jan.   14,  1700.     7.  Susanna,  Mar.  23, 
1702,  d.  Ap.  14,  1714.     8.  Debo.,  Aug.,  1704.     9.  Wm.,  July, 
1706,  m.  Martha  Curtis,  Nov.  3, 1738,  lost  3  ch.,  d.  young,  and 
had  Anna,  May  19,  1748,  m.  Jno.  Curtis.     10.  David,  June  26, 
1708.     11.  Peleg,  Sep.,  1710. 

4.  Wm.,  s.  Wm.  1,  was  m.,  and  prob.  had  1.  Mary,  who  m. 


274  CURTIS. 

Joseph  Benson,  of  Hull,  May  17,  1727.  2.  Rachel,  who  m. 
Neh'h.  White,  Ap.  25,  1737,  and  3.  a  son  Wm.,  b.  ab.  1696. 
The  records  of  this  family  are  wanting. 

5.  John,  s.  Wm.  1,  m.  Experience  Palmer,  Mar.  4,  1708,  and, 
according  to  Deane,  settled  near  Hugh's  Cross.     We  think  it  is 
prob.  that  his  house- stood  where  stands  that  of  the  late  Lem'l. 
Curtis,  on  Washington,  near  Silver  st.     ch. :  1.  John,   Mar.  14, 
1709.     2.  Bezaleel,  Sep.  9,  1711.     3.  Susannah,  bap.  Oct.  1(3, 
1714.     4.  Elizabeth,  bap.  May  28,  1721. 

6.  Sam'L,  s.  Wm.  1,  m.  Anna  Barstow,   Sep.  11,  1707,  and, 
according  to  Deane,  settled   on  the  paternal   farm.     He  owned 
land  in  II.,  and  was  part  owner  of  the  first  saw-mill  erected  on 
Main  street.     His  ch.  were,  1.  Sam'l.,  June  24,  1708,  m.  Han 
nah  Whiting,  of  H'm.,  Nov.  14,  1739,  who  d.  Oct.  26,  1789,  ae. 
72,  and  he,  Mar.  24,  1794,  ae  86.     No  ch.     Lived  on  Main  st. ; 
and  Mr,  Sam'l.  Brooks,  who  was  named  from  him,  has  in  his  pos 
session  a  silver  watch,  and  a  pair  of  buckles,  a  legacy  from  Mr.  C. 
2.  Anna,  Ap.  14,  1711,  d.  Dec.  30,  1787,  ae  77.     3.  Martha, 
Aug.  3,  1713,  m.  Wm.  Curtis,  Nov.  23,  1738.     4.  Miriam,  Jan. 
7,  1715-6.     5.  Debo.,  Feb.  7,   1717-8.     6.  Simeon,  June  1, 
1720.     7.  Amos,  July  15,  1722,  m.  Mary  Faunce,  of  Kigs'n..  in 
1744,  lived  in  Scit.,  on  the  homestead,  and  d.  in  1748,  and  his 
wid.  m.  Nath'l  Church.    He  had  ch.,  Samuel,  Feb.  19, 1745,  and 
Amos,  Feb.  4,  1747,  d.  young.     8.  Mehitable,  Sep.  9,  1726. 

s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Mary 

7.  //       fs^S*    ^  Palmer,   Septem.  27, 

1727,  who  d  AP.-  9; 

1750,  and  he,  Dec.  31, 
1753.  Lived  on  Circuit  st.,  it  is  said,  and,  with  Joseph  House, 
was  proprietor  of  the  mill,  afterwards  called  Eliab's  mill.  He  was 
known  a.$Grovernor  Curtis,  and  was  a  man  of  enterprise  in  his  day. 
ch. :  1.  Mary,  Aug.  1,  1729,  m.  Wm.  Gould,  of  Bridg'r.,  Dec. 

25,  1751.     2.  Joseph,  Sep.    21,1731,  m.  Abigail ,  and  d. 

Aug.  14,  1759,  having   had  Joseph,  1754,  and  Seth,  1757.     3. 
Joshua,   Sep.    22,  1733.  4.  Experience,  July  28,  1735,  d.  June 
25,  1738.     5.  Stephen,  bap.  July  15,  1739,  d.  May  11, 1817  ? 
6.  Thankful,  Ap.  2, 1742. 


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/D  .„  s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Sarah 

/  U^£i/\  Collamore,  January  1, 
1729,  and  d.  in  H., 
Feb.  20,  1777.  Lived  on  Curtis,  now  Main  st.,  and  was  an  ex 
tensive  land  holder,  ch.  :  1.  Abner,  1727.  ?  2.  Rebecca,  bap. 
Dec.  19,  1731,  d.  Mar.  10,  1732.  3.  Seth,bap.  Aug.  25,  1734, 
d.  July  27,  1751.  4.  Job,  bap.  Aug.  17, 1730,  lived*on  Mainst., 
and  d.  unm.,  Ap.  6,  1804.  He  was  Selectman  in  1781. 

9.  Elisha,  s.  Joseph  2.,  m.  1,  Martha ,  and  2,  Sarah  Chit- 

tenden,  Nov.  12,  1741,  and  seems  to  have  lived  on  the  lane  now 
leading  to  T.  J.  Gardner's  mill,  in  Scit.     ch.  :  1.  Mehitable,  bap. 
May  18,  1735,  d.  young.     2.  Elisha,  bap.  Ap.   3,  1737.     3. 
Zechariah,  bap.  Nov.  25, 1739,  m.  Lydia  Palmer,  Jan.  21,  1762, 
and  had  Zecli.,  1703,  and  Lydia,  1707.     (By  2d.)  4.  Mehitable, 
d.  Aug.  10,  1744.     5.  Martha,  bap.  June  2,  1745.     6.  Calvin, 
bip.  Sep.  27,  1747.     7.  Luther,  bap.  Ap.  9,  1749.     8.  Mehit- 
abel,  bap.  Aug.  11, 1751. 

10.  Jesse,  s.  Joseph  2,  m.  Sarah  Mann,  Sep.  20,  1739,  and  d. 
in  II.,  July  22, 1759,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  17,  1802,  ae.  80.    Lived 
on  Curtis  st.     ch. :  1.  Elijah,  Ap.   16,  1740,  d.  Feb.  7,  1824. 
2.  Abel,  Mar.  21,  1742,  m.  Ruth  Turner,  Feb.  12,1776,  and  had 
Abel,  1777,  G-ideon,  1779,  and  Ruth,  1784.     3.  Jesse,  Mar.  27, 
1744.     4.  Debo.,  Ap.  17,  1746.     5.  Gershom,  Feb.  1,  1748,  m. 
Mary  Stetson,  in  1780,  and  moved  to  Me.     ch.  b.  in  II. :  Briggs, 
1776;  Diana,  1777:  Gfershom,  1781 ;  Turner,  1785  ;  and  Chas., 
1787.     6.  Sarah,  Feb.  17,  1750,  prob.  d.  Jan.  28,  1775.     7. 
Charles,  July  10,  1752.     Left  no  desc'ts.  on  record.     8.  Amos, 
Oct.  31, 1759,  d.  Mar.  8,  1808.     9.  Orpha,  Oct.  1C,  1759,  m. 
Thos.  Farrow,  in  1807. 

11.  Benj.,8.  Benj.  3,  m.  Hannah  Palmer,  Dec.  13,1716,  andd. 
in  H.,  Feb.  21, 1756.  He  was  Selectman  in  1727  and  '28.  ch. :  1. 
Benj., bap.  Ap.  27, 1718,  d.  young.  2.  Thos.,  bap.Sep.  4, 1720,  m. 
1,  Sarah  Utter,  Aug.  20, 1741,  who  d.  Dec.  28, 1753;  and  2,  Ruth 
Rose,  Feb.  26,  1756,  and  had  JZattnaA,  1742,  d.  1749 ;  Delo., 
1744,  m.  Levi  Corthell,  1769;    Sarah,  1740;    Thos.,  1750; 
Lydia,  b.  and  d.  1754  ;  Faith,  1757  ;  Ruth,  1759;  and  Hannah, 


276  CURTIS. 

1762.  3.  Luke,  bap.  Mar.  11,  1722.  Left  no  desc'ts.  on  record. 
4.  Hannah,  bap.  Mar.  1,  1724.  5.  Caleb,  bap.  May  8,  1726, 
prob.  m.  Mercy  Low,  of  H'm.,  Oct.  30,  1752.  6.  Nath'l.,  bap. 
Mar.  31,  1728,  in  Scit.  Left  no  desc'ts.  on  rec.  7.  Benj.,  bap. 
Oct.  4,  1730,  in  H.  .8.  Rachel,  bap.  Oct.  4, 1730,  m.  John 
Gould,  Bridg'r.,  Oct.  26,  1749.  9.  Mary,  July  15,  1732,  m. 
Marlboro'  Turner,  Nov.  26,  1753.  10.  Relief,  Oct.  1738. 

NOTE. — There  was  a  Benj.,  who  m.  Naomi  Bailey,  Mar.  9,  1741,  and 
had  Ezra,  Sep.  10,1741;  Stephen,  May  15,  1744;  Benj.,  Feb.  22,  1747; 
Nath'l.,  Ap.  16,  1749;  and  Jacob,  Mar.  22,  .1753,  A  little  obscurity  hangs 
over  these  families,  which  we  have  found  it  difficult  entirely  to  clear  up.. 

12.  Ebenezer,  s.  Benj.  3,  from  the  best  information  I  can  gam 
m.  Elizabeth  Ramsdell,  Feb.  2,  1749,  and  d.  Mar.  6,  1753,  and 
his  wid.  m.  Joseph  Bates,  Jan.  3,  1761.     He  had  ch.  :  1.  Elizab., 
May  18,  1750,  prob.  d.  Dec.  9,  1810.     2.  Wm.,  Oct.  14,  1751, 

m.  Rebecca ,  and  d.  June  25,  1793,  and  his  wid.  m.  Isaac 

Turner,  Aug.  28,  1795.     His  ch.  were  Wm.  Gr.,  bap.  June  25, 
1775,  stud.  Law  with  Benj.  Whitman,  Esq.,  and  d.  June  25, 
1795  ;  Rufas,  1777,  d.  1791 ;  Rebecca,  bap.  May  23,  1779,  m. 
Ozias  Vfhiting,  Mar.  2,  1797 ;  Sala,  bap.  Sep.   16,  1787,  m. 
Richard  Estes,  May  15,  1803;  and  Samuel,  bap.  July  4,  1790, 
d.  Sep.  12, 1792. 

13.  David,  s.  Benj.  3,  m.  Bethia  Sprague,  of  Dux'y.,  Dec.  14, 
1732,  and  had  in  H.,  1.  Nehemiah,  Jan.  3,  1733.     2.  Ezekiel, 
Ap.  30,  1735.     3.  Paul,  May  29,  1737.     4.  Michael,  Ap.  30, 
1739.     5.   David,  Aug.  23,  1741.     6.  Ruth,   July  31,  1743. 
Alter  this  date,  the  family  disappears,  and  we  find  no  farther  trace 
of  it.     The  father  prob.  moved  from  the  town  with  his  ch., — and 
tradition  says,  to  the  Western  part  of  Mass. 

/^/*]  (1  r     ft       /      s.  Benjamin  3,  m.  Experience  Ford, 
14       iJJuU    [W&A    ab.  1749,  and  lived  in  Scit.,  in  the 

r  »  /^~^ 

(/      ^-^  house  afterwards  occupied  by  his 

son  Peleg,  and  now  owned  by  his  gr.  s.  Philip.  He  was  quite  a 
business  man,  a  substantial  farmer,  and  a  man  of  industry  and 
thrift,  ch. :  1.  Lucy,  d.  unm.,  ab.  1825.  2.  Experience,  m 
Sam'l.  Randall,  of  Scit.  3.  Peleg.  4.  Bethia,  m.  Jas.  Gray,  ab. 
1785.  5.  Thankful,  m.  Peleg  Simmons,  of  Scit.  6.  Leafy,  d. 
young.  7.  Joseph,  Jan.  12,  1766, 


CURTIS.  277 

s'  Wm- 4'  m-  Marsaret 

Pratt,  Jan.  29,  1718,  and 
d.  in  H.,  Mar.  4,  1737.  Prob.  lived  on  Curtis  st.  ch  :  1.  Abel, 
Nov.  24,  1719.  Left  no  desc'ts  on  record.  2.  Jael,  or  Joel  ? 
Aug.  14,  1721.  No  desc'ts.  are  recorded.  8.  Wm.,  Aug.  27, 
1724,  (in.  Martha  Mann,  Nov.  13,  1747,  and  d.  Jan.  11,  1759  ? 
leaving  ch. :  Wm.,  Dec.  4,  1748,  m.  Debo.  Curtis,  Jan.  5, 1775,, 
was  Selectman  in  1786,  d.  June  26,  1793,  and  his  desc'ts.  are  in 
Me.  ;  Martha,  Dec.  11,  1750,  m.  John  Barnes,  jr.,  H'm.,  Feb. 
16,  1772  ;  Abel,  Aug.  10,  1752  ;  Joel,  June  28, 1754  ;  Samuel, 
May  24,  1756  ;  and  Margaret,  June  28,  1758,  m.  Ezra  Briggs, 
jr.,  May  13,  1784.)  4.  Marg't.,  Nov.  6,  1726,  m.  Jno.  Barnes, 
H'm.,  Dec.  24, 1746.  5.  Reuben,  Feb.  6,  1729.  6.  Lemuel, 
Nov.  9,1731.  7.  Mehitable,  Nov.  1,  1734,  m.  Elijah  Waters, 
of  H'm.,  Mar.  31,1755. 

NOTE. — Ebenezer,  s.  Wm.,  jr.,  m.  Zintha  Stetson,  «and  had  ch.,  of  whom 
a  da.  Cynthia,  m.  Wm.,  Whiting,  of  II.,  and  Mary  II.,  m.  Benj.  Munroe. 
He  had  other  ch.,  most  of  whom  are  m.,  and  live  in  Me. 

16.  John,  s.  John  5,  m.  1,  Abigail  Waters,  of  H'm.,  Sep.  23, 
1738  ;  2,  Sarah  Franklin,  of  H'm.,  June  29,1732  ;  and  3,  Mary 
Bryant,  of  Scit.,  Nov.  6,  1738,  who  d.  June  2,  1797,  ae.  86,  arid 
he  Mar.  23,  1799,  ae.  90.  He  had  no  ch.  by  his  first  w.  By 
the  2d.  w.  he  had,  1.  Sarah,  Mar.  16,  1733.  2.  Miriam,  Oct.  20, 
1734.  3.  John,  May  6,  1737,  d.  young.  (By  3d.)  4.  Betty, 
Aug.  26,  1739,  m.  Solo.  Bryant,  of  Plympton,  May  1,  1766.  5. 
John,  Jan.  2,  1741.  6.  An  infant  d.,  Ap.  23, 1743. 

17  J]LV  oJtc  t£     &p&> s-  Jolm  5'  m-  Mar? > 

\J}  who  d.   Mar.  8,   1792,  ae. 

73,  and  he,  Ap.  26,  of  the  same  year.  He  built  the  house  on  the 
W.  side  of  Washington  st.,  a  few  rods  S.  of  Hiram  Gardner's, 
and  there  lived  and  d.  ch.  :  1.  Susanna,  June  8,  1744,  m.  Thos. 
Hatch,  Jan.  12,  1769.  2.  Eben'r.,  Sep.  28,  1745,'  (m.  Mary 
Randall,  of  Scit.,  who  d.  in  Oct.,  1800,  and  he,  Aug.  12, 1807. 
Lived  where  Hiram  Gardner  now  resides,  and  had  Clarissa,  bap. 
Aug.  16,  1778,  m.  Nath'l.  Winslow,  jr.,  of  Scit.,  Oct.  13,  1796  ; 
Paid,  bap.  June  13,  1779,  d.  unm. ;  and  Michal,  bap.  June  16, 


278  CURTIS. 

1786,  m.  Col.  John  Collamore,  of  Scit,,  and  had  12  ch.,  of  whom 
are  John,  Esq.,  dealer  in  glass  and  china  ware,  Boston,  and  Davis 
and  Eben'r.,of  N.  York.)  3.  Mary,  bap.  Oct.  2,  1748,  d.  ae. 
18.  4.  Prince,  bap.  Ap.  1,  1750,  d.  Oct.  31,  1815.  5.  Ex 
perience,  bap.  Jan.  6,  d.  Jan.  7,  1754.  6.  Experience,  bap.  Ap. 
13,  1755,  d.  Jan.  1842.  7.  Elizabeth,  bap.  Oct.  1757,  d.  Dec. 
9,  1810.  8.  Paul,  bap.  Jan.  24,  1763,  d.  unm.  9.  Nabby,  bap. 
Sep.  9, 1764,  d.  Oct.  1,  1787. 

18-      fl  (.Capt.  Simeon,)  s.  Samuel 

m>  1'  Ascnath  Sprague, 
of  Duxbury,  April  20,  1742, 
who  d.  September  14,  1757;  and  2,  wid.  Lucy  Macomber, 
and  d.  March  7,  1810.  Lived  in  the  house  now  occupied 
by  Thomas  0.  Bates,  W.  of  Silver  st,  and  was  a  man  of  note 
in  the  town  ;  highly  intelligent,  and  useful  in  public  affairs,  ch. : 
1.  Simeon,  July  4,  1743,  d.  Nov.  14,  1753.  2.  Melzar,  Ap.  17, 
1745.  3.  James,  July  17,  1747.  Moved  to  Freeport,  Me.,  m., 
and  had  James,  Simeon,  &c.  Was  Rep.  to  the  Mass.  Leg.,  from 
Me.  4.  Asenath,  Nov.  21, 1749,  d.  Nov.  3,  1753.  5.  Lusanna, 
Nov.  25,  1753,  m.  Elijah  Stetson,  Dec.  13,  1791.  6.  Simeon, 
Oct.  11,  1756.  (By  2d.)  7.  Barker,  bap.  Nov.  18,  d.  Dec.  2, 
1759.  8.  Lucy,  May  4,  1761,  d.  Dec.  17,  1793.  9.  Asenath, 
bap.  June  19,  d.  July  1,  1763.  10.  Mary,  July  30,  1767,  m. 
Job  Young  ?  11.  Barker,  Nov.  11,  1769,  stud.  Law  with  Bcnj. 
Whitman,  and  had  an  office  for  a  time  where  Hiram  Curtis  now 
lives,  but  finally  moved  to  Me.,  and  m.,  but  had  no  ch. 

19.  Joshua,  s.  Joseph  7,  m.  Abigail  House,  Dec.  17, 1761,  and 
sett,  in  Ab'n.,  where  both  he  and  his  w.  d.     ch. :  1.  Joshua.     2. 
Abigail,  m.  Ebed  Vining,  of  Ab'n.      3.  Rufus.     4.  Joseph,  prob. 
lost  at  sea.     5.  Marlboro'.     6.  Leafy,  m.  Isaac  Burrill.     7.  Scth. 

20.  Abner,  s.  Josiah  8,  m.   1,  Debo.  Mann,  in  1749 ;  (Scit. 
Rec.)     2.  Sally  Ford,  July  3,  1766,  who  d.  May  2,  1795,  ae. 
64  ;  and  3,  wid.  Phebe  Dunbar,  formerly  a  Howard,  Ap.  6,  1799, 
and  d.  inH.,  Sep.  18,  1799,  ae   72     A  curious  document,  con 
taining  the  marriage  contract  between  Mr.  C.,  and  his  3rd  w.,  is  in 
the  possession  ofDea.  John  Brooks,  of  II.  Mr.  C.  lived  on  Curtis, 
now  Main  st.,  near  the  Baptist  Church,     ch. :  1.  Abner,  1754  ? 


CURTIS.  279 

2.  Debo.,  m.  Wm.  Curtis,  jr., -Jan.  5,  1775.  3.  Seth.  4.  Hul- 
dah,  m.  Eells  Damon,  July  6,  1775.  5.  Rebecca,  m.  Stephen 
Damon. 

21.  Elisha,  s.  Elisha  9,  m.  1.  Elizabeth  Studley,  Jan.  15, 1760, 
who  d.  July  10,  1776  ;  2,  Elizabeth  Church,  July  20,  1777,  who 
d.  Nov.  15,  1795,  ae  55  ;  and  3,  wid.  Macomber,  of  Mf  'd.  Lived 
near  Gardner's  mill,  also  at  the  Tiffany  place,  and  finally  moved 
to  N.  Salem,  N.  II.  ch. :  1.  Reuben,  m.  Hannah  Barker,  of 
Pemb.,  and  prob.  d.  Mar.  9,  1806,  ae.  44.  2.  Betty,  bap.  Ap. 
JC5,  1764,  m.  Thos.  Macomber,  jr.,  Mf'd.,  Ap.  3,  1794.  3. 
Martha,  bap.  Oct.  19,  1766,  d.  unm.  4.  Temperance,  m.  Nath'l. 
Stetson,  Nov.  7,  1793.  5.  Philip,  bap.  Aug.  12,  1776,  d.  same 
year.  6.  Rebecca,  m.  Elisha  Barker,  of  Pemb.,  Feb.  15,  1797. 

7.  Elisha,  m.  Hannah  Curtis,  and  went  to  N.  Salem,  in  1802. 

8.  Lucinda,  1817,  d.  June  21,  ae.  23. 

tain  Calvin,)   s.    Elisha  9,  m. 

la  Bryant,  and  lived  on  Mill 
st.,  where  T.  J.  Gardner,  Esq.,  now  resides.  His  old  house 
is  gone.  lie  was  an  officer  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  one  whose  name  is 
often  alluded  to  on  the  Rev'y.  Rolls,  and  the  records  of  the  town. 
See  chapter  8.  ch.  :  1.  Calvin,  Oct.  23.  1777,  moved  to 
Camden,  Me.,  m.  and  d.  there,  leaving  3  sons.  2.  Capt.  Edward, 
Sep.  10,  1779,  m.  Desire  Jacobs,  Mar.  24,  1811,  lived  on  his 
father's  place,  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  a  man  much  re 
spected.  He  d.  Nov.  12,  1845,  leaving  one  da.  Elvira,  Ap.  2, 
1814,  m.  T.  J.  Gardner,  Esq.,  Nov.  29,  1832.  3.  James,  May 
21,  1781,  m.  Prudence  Bird,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Charlcstown, 
Mass.,  leaving  ch.  4.  Lebbeus,  May  10,  1783,  lived  in  Chas'n., 
was  m.,  and  went  into  the  Army,  in  the  war  of  1812.  5.  Mary, 
Aug.  25,  1785,  m.  Joseph  Tibbett,  of  Methuen.  6.  Martha, 
ApT4,  1789,  d.  unm.,  Mar  25,  1847. 

23.  Jesse,  s.  Jesse  10,  m.  1,  Hannah  Peterson,  of  Scit.,  July 
27,  L768,  who  d.  Aug.  5,  1791;  and  2,  wid.  Lucy  Morton,  form 
erly  a  Leavitt,  and  d.  Dec.  13, 1811,  ae.  68.  Lived  on  Main  st., 
where  the  wid.  Thomas  now  resides,  ch.  :  1.  Hannah,  m.  Elisha 
Curtis,  Nov.  29,  1787.  2.  David,  Jan.  22,  1781.  3.  Jesse, 
Dec.  24,  1783.  4.  Joseph,  Feb.  12,  1786. 


280  CURTIS. 

'24.  Peleg,  s.  Peleg  14,  m.  Ruth  Bowker,  lived  in  Scit.,  was  a 
farmer,  and  d.  in  June,  1834,  and  his  wid.  Dec.  14,  1845,  ae.  86. 
ch. :  1.  Leafy,  Mar.,  1783,  m.  Stowers  Clapp,  and  d.  ab.  1803, 
leaving  a  son  Edward,  who  is  in  Pawtucket.  2.  Philip,  June  5, 
1786,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  m.  Sarah  Everton,  of  Canton,  and  has 
Leafy,  m.  Win.  Ulman,  of  Boston  ;  and  /Sarah,  m.  Samuel.  Q. 
Cochran,  of  Boston.  3.  Stephen,  Feb.  1792. 

25.  Joseph,  s.  Peleg  14,  m.  Polly  Bowker,  Feb.  1, 1808,  and 
lived  in  So.  Scit.,  near  the  3d  Herring  brook,  where  he  d.  Nov.  7, 
1834.     His  wid.  survives,     ch. :  1.  Leafy,  Nov.  29,1808,   m. 
Joel  Bowker,  and  lives  in  Bos'n.     2.  Joseph,  Aug.  10,    1810,  d. 
Aug.  5,  1811.     3.  Joseph,  June  11,  d.    Nov.    14,  1812.     4. 
Joshua,  July  21,  1814,  m.  Frances  M.,  da.   Seth  Curtis,  lives  in 
Brighton,  and  has  Joshua  F.,  July  1,  1848.     5.  Peleg,  Oct.    18, 
1818,  a  carpenter  by   trade,  m.  Abby  S.,  da.   Seth  Curtis,   and 
has  Sophronia  L.,  Sep.,  1849,  and  an  inf.  s.,  b.  1852.    6.  Joseph, 
Jan.  4, 1822.     Merchant,  of  the  firm  of  Curtis,  Sampson,  &  Co., 
Kilby  st.,  Boston.     Not  m. 

26.  Reuben,  s.  Wm.  15,  m.  Mary  Randall,  who  d.  Mar.  25,1757, 
and  he  May  15, 1758,  leaving  one  son,  Snow,  bap.  Aug.  10, 1755. 

the  son,  was  Selectman  of  H.   for 
eighteen  yearSj  and   pogsesse(i    gne 

business  talents.  He  m.  Bathsheba  Hatch,  lived  on  his  father's 
place,  on  "VVash'n.  st.,  where  Wm.  Curtis  now  resides,  and  there 
d.  of  a  cancer,  Dec.  31,  1823,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  2,  1831,  ae  70. 
ch. :  1.  Reuben,  Ap.  26,  1784,  d.  Feb.  20,  1818.  2.  Bcla, 
Nov.  20,  1785,  d.  Ap.  17,  1803.  3.  Capt.  Levi,  Oct.  29, 1787, 
m.  Ruth  Rogers,  in  1814,  lives  on  Elm  st.,  was  Selectman  from 
1821-1826 ;  T.  C.,  from  1815-18  ;  and  Capt.  of  the  H.  Artil.  Co. 
No  ch.  4.  Bathshua,  Oct.  2,1789,  d.  Oct.  28,  1794.  5.  Rob 
ert,  Ap.  1.,  1791,  m.  Katurah  Studley,  Ap.  16, 1826,  lives  on 
Wash'n.  st,,  and  has  Robert  S.,  Feb.  12,  1827,  Clerk  with  S. 
Josselyn.  6.  Mary  R.,  Ap.  28,  1793.  7.  Barshua,  July  31, 
1798,  m.  Luther  Curtis,  Jan.  30,  1820.  8.  Wm.,  Ap.  9,  1800, 
m.  Sarah  Winslow,  Mar.  3,  1833,  lives  on  his  father's  place,  and 
has  Mary  W.,  and  Sarah  J. 


CURTIS.  281 

s.  William  15,  m.  Ruth 
Mann,  Jan.  16,  1752, 
and  d.  Jan.  11,  1807, 
and  his  wid.  July  29, 
1808.  He  owned  part  of  the  Forge  in  H.,  now  known  as  the  Cur 
tis  Forge,  and  lived  on  Wash'n.  st.,  where  his  grand-son  John  now 
resides.  He  was  Selectman  from  1773-'78.  ch.  :  1.  Lemuel,  Ap. 
1753,  d.  June  27,  1767,  being  drowned.  2.  Ruth,  bap.  Dec.  21, 
1755,  d.  June  28,  1790.  3.  Olive,  bap.  Ap.  8,  1759,  d.  July 
14,  1798.  4.  Lillis,bap.  Mar.  22,  1761,  d.  Nov.  5.,  1776.  5. 

(Reuben,  Esq.,)  bap.  Ap. 

24'  1763<  m" 


Dec.  24,  1841,  and  he  Dec.  18,  1849.  He  was  T.  C.  from  1807- 
'15  ;  Rep.  from  1815-'18,  and  from  1823-'25  ;  lived  where  Capt. 
Thos.  B.  Donnell  does,  on  Elm  st.  ;  was  part  owner  of  the  Forge, 
and  a  trader.  Left  one  da.  Ruth,  b.  July  18,  1805,  m.  Capt. 
Thos.  B.  Donnell,  in  1843,  and  d.  Jan.  23,  1849.  6.  Consider, 
1765.  '  7.  Sarah,  bap.  Ap.  30,  1769,  d.  Nov.  17,  1802.  8. 
Lydia,  bap.  Jan.  6,  1771,  d.  unm.  ab.  1838.  9.  Lemuel,  June  6, 
1772.  10.  Nath'l.,  Sep.  14,  1777.  , 

28.  John,  s.  John  16,  m.  Anne  Curtis,  Mar.  28,  1765,  who  d. 
Jan.  14,  1823,  ae.  75,  and  he  Sep.  26,  1799.  Lived  on  Curtis 
st.,  near  where  Joseph  Dwelley  now  does.  His  house  is  gone.  — 
He  was  Selectman  in  1779.  ch.  :  1.  Debo.,  d.  unm.  2.  Anne, 
bap.  Dec.  14,  1766,  d.  Aug,  28,  1834.  3.  Charlotte,  bap.  Jan. 
3,  1768,  d.  Aug.  23,  1800.  4.  John,  1770.  5.  Wm.,bap.  Ap. 
24,  1774,  d.  July  3,  1800.  6.  Alathea,  bap.  Oct.  27,  1776,  d. 
June  9,  1777  .  7.  Alathea,bap.  Dec.  20,  1778,  d.  Ap.  16,  1  801. 
8.  Sam'L,  bap.  July  25,  1784,  d.  Aug.  20,  1826.  9.  Lucius,  bap. 
May  29,  1791,  moved  to  Me.,  m.  and  has  ch.  10.  Mary,  bap. 
Oct.  6,  1799,  m.  Thomas  Brooks,  Feb.  28,  1816,  moved  to  Me., 
and  d.  there.  11.  Christopher,  moved  to  Me.,  and  there  d.  12. 
Nath'l.,  went  to  Me.,  m.  and  had  ch. 
18 


282  CURTIS. 

j      /  (Melzar  Esq.,)  s.  Capt.  Siin- 

29.  <///£  £*f  4*>/  ^£dt^-  2^7  eon,  18,  m.   Keziah,  da.   Dr. 

.    Jere.   Hall,   Ap.    25,   1771, 

and  d.  Nov.  8,  1801,  and  his  wid.Mar.  9,  181G.  Lived  on  Silver 
st.,  where  the  wid.  of  his  son  Melzar  resides,  in  the  house  now  own 
ed  by  Martin  S.  Bates,  huilt  by  Mr.  C.  and  his  bro.  Jas.  He  was 
Selectman  from  1783-'85  ;  Rep.  in  1784,  and  from  1790-'92 ; 
and  T.  C.  from  1787-'93.  ch. :  1.  Keziah,  Aug.  25,  1771,  m. 
Joseph  Cushing,  Nov.  6, 1794,  and  moved  to  Me.  2.  Jeremiah, 
Feb.  25,1776,  d.  Dec.  1,1798.  3.  Joanna,  July  15,  1784,  m. 
Dr.  David  Bailey,  of  Scit,  Nov.  7,  1801.  4.  Lusannah,  June 
25,  1789,  d.  Ap.  16, 1790.  5.  Melzar,  Feb.  3,  1774,  d.  Jan.  25, 
1777.  6.  Melzar,  Esq.,  bap.  July  12,  1778,  m.  Sarah  Collamore, 
sister  of  Col.  John,  of  Scit.,  lived  on  Silver  st.,  was  Rep.  in  1822 
and '26;  T.  C.  from  181 8-' 24;  and  Selectman  for  11  years. — 
Left  no  ch.  He  d.  in  Jan.,  1836.  7.  Asenath,  May  8,  1781, 
m.  Geo.  Bailey.  8.  Laurentia,  Feb.  4,  1787,  d.  May  4,  1790.— 
9.  Luther,  Ap.  20,  1791,  a  carpenter  by  trade  ;  lived  on  Silver 
St. ;  m.  Bathshua  Curtis,  Jan.  30,  1820,  and  d.  Aug.  25,  1844, 
leaving  jBa^sAua,  Oct.  6,  1822,  and  Wm.  H.,  May  8,  1825,  m. 
Susan  M.  Tower,  of  Braintree,  Nov.  7,  1852,  and  lives  in  his 
father's  house. 

30.  Capt.  Simeon,  s.  Capt.  Simeon  18,   m.  Bathsheba  Sylves 
ter,  Dec.  13,  1791,  and  sett,  in  E.  Bridg'r.,  where  he  d.  in  1837, 
ae.  80.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n.  ch. :  1.  Bathsheba,  1791, 
m.  Capt.  Isaac  Keith,  of  Bridg'r.,  in   1815,  and  has    Quincy  A., 
m.  Priscilla  Hathaway,  has  3  ch.,  and   lives  in  Ky. ;  Robert    6'., 
m.  Louisa  Keith,  and  has  1  ch.  living ;  Itathsheba,notm. ;  Isaac; 
and  Simeon  C.     2.   Silvester,  1795,  m.    Heman  Keith,  of  East 
Bridg'r.     No  ch.     3.  Simeon,  1797,  is  unm.,   and  lives  on   his 
father's  place,  in  E.  Bridg'r.     4.  Robert,  1799,  m.  Abby  M.,  da. 
Dan'l.  Bryant. 

31.  Joshua,  s.  Josh.  19,  was  a  shipmaster  in  early  life,  m.  Nan 
cy  Ridyard,  of  Eng'd.,  and  sett,  in  Ab'n.,  where  he   d.  in   Ap., 
1825,  ae.  62.     ch. :  1.  Joshua,  1791.     2.  Rufus,  m.  a  da.  of  Dea. 
Elijah  Shaw,  of  Ab'n.,  lives  in  E.    Randolph,   and  has   ch.     3. 


CURTIS.  283 

John,  1707,  m.  Eliza  Holbrook,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a*  shoema 
ker,  and  has  Eliza  E.,  m.  Jesse  Reed,  of  Ab'n. ;  Sarah  IT.,  m. 
Turner  Reed;  Mary  L.,  m.  Wm.  Fobes ;  Ann,  d.  1851;  and 
John  ff.  4.  Nancy,  m.  Silas  Lane,  of  Ab'n.,  and  is  d.  5.  Jo 
seph,  is  m.,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  has  George ;  and  Rebecca,  m.  a 
Van  Ambridge  ?  6.  Thurza,  m.  Thos.  Foster,  of  Ab'n.  7.  Abi 
gail,  d.  unm.  8.  Marg't.,  d.  ae.  21.  9.  Salome,  m.  Reuben 
Burrill,  and  lives  in  N.  Y'k.  10.  Henry  R.,  18L1,  m.  1,  Sa 
lome  Studley,  and  2,  Elmira  Studley,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoe 
maker,  and  has  Mary  F. ;  Henry  S. ;  and  Edward  0. 

32.  Rufus,  s.  Josh.  19,  m.  Diana  Keen,  of  Dux'y.,  Nov.  29, 
1802,  and   she  is   living  a  wid.,  in  Scit.     ch. :  1.  Diana,  m.    1, 
Colman  Jenkins,  and   2,  Harvey  Merritt,     2.  Rufus,  m.   Rhoda 
Briggs,  Feb.,  1837,  and  has  Harriet  A.  B.,  July  1838  ;    Wm.  F., 
Jan.  1846  ;  and  Geo.  H.,  Mar.,  1851.     3.  Thomas  J.,  Nov.  17, 

1808,  lives  at  Scit.  harbor,  m.  Jane  T.  Chubbuck,  and  has  Mary 
J.  ;  Laura.  A  ;  Julia  T. ;  and  James  H.     4.  LydiaP.,  July  27, 

1809,  in.  Judson  Bates,  of  H.     5.  George,  m.  Debo.  Lincoln,  of 
H'm.,  who  d  ,  leaving  ch.  :  Emma  S.  ;  Geo.  If.;  and  Lizzy  M. 

33.  Marlboro,  s.    Josh.  19,  m.  Lupira  Bisbee,  of  Pemb.,  who 
•was  b.  Dec.  7, 1784,  and  d.  in  H'm.     ch.  :  1.  Abigail,  m.  Sam'l. 
Shaw,   of  E.  Bridg'r.     2.  Lupira,  m.  Eben'r.  Joy,  of  S.  Wey'h., 

3.  Joseph,  m.  Caroline  Thomas,  lives  in  S.  Wey'h.,  and  has  Joseph 
L.  ;   Caroline  F. ;  Edwin  M.  ;  and  Prescott.     4.  Elbridge,  m.  1. 
Eliza  A.,  da.  Jere.  White,   of  Wey'h.  ;  and  2,  Matilda  W.,  da. 
David  Horton,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  lives  in  E.  B.,  and  has   Elbridge 
R.  ;  Minot  S. ;  and  Edward  B.     5.  John,  m.  Mary  A.  Torrey, 
of  Wey'h.,  lives   in  S.  Wey'h.,  and  has  Anne  F.     6.  Robert.     7 
Mary  A.,m.  Chas.  Thompson,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  has  Susan  A. 
and  Mary  E.     Mr.  T.  is  a  painter  by  .trade,  and  is  s.  of  Cha's.  of 
Hf'x. 

34.  Seth,  s.  Josh.  19,  m.  Sophia  Pratt,  of  S.  Wey'h.,  and  had  ch. : 
1.  Seth,  Sep.  1806,    not  m.     2.  Sophia,  m.  Christopher  S.  Bass, 
of  S.  Wey'h.     3.  Sally,  m.  Noah  Vining,  shoe  mf'r.  of  S.  Wey'h. 

4.  Susan,  m.  Sam'l  Wales,  of  N.Ab'n,     5,  Maria,  m.  Wm.  Tri- 
bou,  of  E.  Bridg'r.     6.  Freeman,  m.  Hannah  Corthell,  of  H'm., 


284  CURTIS. 

lives  in  S.  Wey'h,  and  has  Joseph,  and  Jane  F.  7.  Joseph,  m. 
Melinda  Torrey,  lived  in  S.  Wey'h.,  and  there  d.,  leaving  no  chj 
8.  Jane,  d.  ae.  ab.  15. 

35.  Abner,  s.  Abner  20,  m.  Lydia  Bowker,   of  Scit.,  and   d. 
Feb.  2,  1838,  ae.  84,  and  his  wid.  in  1852,  ae.  94.     ch. :  1,  Da 
vis,  bap.  Oct.  13,  1T76,  m.  1,  Charlotte  Lovice,  of  H'm. ;  2,  Mary 
Oliver,  of  Me. ;  and  3,  Marg't.  Standley  ;  lives  in  Me.,  and   has 
Jas.  M.  ;  Jno.  0.;  Lydia,  m.  a  Gould,  and  d. ;   Charlotte  /S.,  m. 
Benj.  Carter;  Polly,  m.  Nathan  Barlow;  Charlotte,  m.  Jno.  Ben- 
ner,  and  is  d. ;  and  Hiram,  d.    ae.  4.     2.  Desire,  Feb.  1,  1778, 
m.  Thos.  Farrow,  of  Townsend,  Mass.     3.  Job.     4.  Sally  L.,  m. 
Levi  Nash.     5.  Deborah,  m.  Isaac   Wade,  of  H.     6.  Mary,  m. 
David  Vining,  of  H.     7.  Lydia,  m.  1,  Caleb  Torrey,  and  2,  Dan*l. 
Bishop. 

36.  Seth,  s.   Abner   20,  m.  Persis  Loring,  and  d.   in  June, 
1812,  and  his  wid.  Oct.  1,  1825.     Lived  first  where  Benj.  Mann, 
Esq.,   resides,  and  afterwards  where   Isaac  Wade  now  lives,  on 
Main  sk     ch. :  1.  Lucy,  Nov.  5,  1791,   m.    Dan'l.  Dunbar,   of 
H'm.     2.  Rebecca,  Feb.  16,  1773,  m.  Ephraim  Stetson,  of  Ab'n., 
Feb.  1, 1819.     3.  Seth,  Ap.  16, 1794,  m.  Ruth  Loring,  of  H'm., 
lives  in  So.  Scit.,  is  a  farmer,  and  has  Charles  A.,  Aug.  21,1817  ; 
Abty  S.,  Jan.  6,  1820,  m.  Peleg  Curtis;  Frances  M,,  May  25, 
1823,  m.  Joshua  Cartis  ;  and  liuth  A.,  Mar.  9,  1827.     4.  Lor 
ing,  Oct,  5,  1797,  lives  in  H.,  near  the  Bap.  Church,   m.  Merrill 
Mann,  Jan.  23, 1823,  and  has  Nancy  H.,  Jan.  26,  1825 ;  Mary 
H:,  Ap.  13,  1827  ;  and  Sarah  J.,  Feb.  23,  1829,  m.  Walter  W. 
Wardrobe,  Mar.  12,  1848.     5.  Abner,  Esq.,  June  11, 1800  ;  re 
sides  in  E.  Ab'n. ;  is  unm.,  and  is  one  of  the  most  extensive  and 
enterprising  shoe-manufacturers  in   Plym'h.  Co.  ;  giving  employ 
ment  to  several  hundred  bauds  annually,  and  doing  business  to  the 
amount  of  over  $200,000,  at  his  establishment  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  at 
his  extensive  warehouse,  on  Pearl  st.,  Boston.     Mr.  C.  is  distin 
guished  as  a  liberal  and  public-spirited  man  ;  always  ready  to  aid 
a  good  work  ;  and  for  business  talent,  and  decision  of  character, 
has  few  superiors.     6.  Hannah,  Mar.  15,  1802,  m.  Nath'l.  Fick- 
et,  of  Ab'n..  Mar.  4, 1821.     7.  Sophia,  1804,  d.  Feb.  12,  1808. 


CURTIS.  285 

8.  Enos,  Jan.  31,  1807,  m.  Mary  J.  Burrill,  of  Ab'n.,  lives  on 
Whiting  st.,  and  has  Sophia  J.,  1830,  m.  Wm.  Studley,  Dec.  17, 
1851  ;  Lysander  ;  and  Mary.  9.  Sarah,  Ap.  11,  1809,  m.  Edmund 
Shaw,  of  Ab'n.  10.  Peter,  m.  Clarissa  Ripley,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n., 
and  has  -Pern's,  and  Corinne. 

37.  David,  s.  Jesse  23,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Paul,  jr.,  and  gr.-da.    Paul 
Revere,  of  Bos'n.,  and  d.  in  B..ab.  1841,  and  his  wid.  in  1843. 
ch. :  1.  David,  d.  unm.  ab.  1838.     2.  Maria,  d.  ab.   1839.     3. 
Charles  R.,  m.  Lydia  S.  Barstow,  lives  inE.  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoema 
ker,  and 'has  Chas,  H.  ;  David  P.,  d.  young  ;  and  G-eo.  E.     4. 
Wm.  H.,  May  8,  1813,  m.  Jane  M.,  da.  Lem'l.  Dwelley,  and  wid. 
of  Geo.  Merriam,  in  Sep.,  1839,   lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Ed 
ward  R.,  Feb.  11,  1840  ;   G-eo.  M.,  Ap.    23,  1844  ;  and   Ellen 
M.,  Aug.  12, 1849.     5.  Caroline  L.,  d.    ab.  1838.     6.  Geo.  R., 
m.  Hannah  Hill,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  has  Mary  R.,   and  Edwin. 
7.  Edward  A.,  Feb.  22,  1822,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  is  a  Type  Founder, 
m.  Louisa  M.,  da.  Maj.  Ephraim  Andrews,  of  Lowell,  in  1851,  and 
has  no  ch.     8.  Sarah  A. 

38.  Jesse,  s.  Jesse  23,  m.  Sally  Nash,  and  d.  in  Chas'n.,  and 
his  wid.  is  living  on  Main  st.  in  H.,  in  her  father's  house.     He  was 
a  shipwright  by  trade,     ch. :  1.  Ruth,  m.  Wm.  Hayden,  of  Scit. 
2.  Roxa.,  m.  Capt.  Robinson.     3.  Debo.,  not  m.     4.  Sophronia, 
m.  Abner  Loring,  and  d.  in  Bos'n.     5.  Jesse,  m.  Alice  Forbush, 
lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  is  a  copper-smith.     Has  no  ch. 

39.  Joseph,  s.  Jesse  23,  m.  Hannah  Gardner,  of  H'm.,  and  d. 
Dec.  28,  1841,  ae.  56,  and  his  w.  Mar.  21, 1840,  ae.  59.     A  ship 
carpenter  by  trade,  and  worked  at  the  Navy  Yard,  Chas'n.     ch. : 
1.     Hannah  P.,   Ap.  5,  1806,  m.   Freeman  Farrow,  Nov.    21 
1824,  and  is  living  in  H.     2.  Joseph,   Dec.    5,  1 808,  m.  Debo. 
Hayden,  Nov.  26,  1829,  and  d.  Nov.  22,  1844,  and  his  wid.   m. 
Thos.  H.  Gardner,  Aug.  31y  1845.     His  ch.  were  :  Henry.,   Feb. 
23, 1833  ;   G-eo.  W.,   Feb.  22,  1841 ;  and  Joseph  H.,   Feb.  7, 
1844.     3.  Lucy  C.,  Mar.  1811,  m.  Laban  Wilder,  Jr.,  July  15, 
1832,  and  d.  Ap.  21, 1843.     4.  Capt.  Benj.  N.,  July  30,  1813, 
m.  1,  Lydia  S.,  da.  Capt.  Elisha  Barrell,  Dec.    25,  1836,  who  d. 
Mar.  24, 1840;  and  2,  Sarah,   da.   Calvin  D.  Wilder,   May   12, 


286  CURTIS. 

1844,  lives  on  Walnut  st.,  and  had  by  1st,  Lydi.a  M.,  May  30,  d. 
Oct.  8,  1838 ;  and  by  2d,  Frances  A.\  Dec.  14,  1846. 

40.  Stephen,  s.  Peleg  24,  m.  1,  Lucinda  Bailey,  June  16, 1816 ; 
and  2,  Mary  S.  Hitchcock,  Dec.  3,  1818,  and  d.  Mar.  6,  1831, 
and  his  wid.  m.  Eben'r.  Simmons,  Esq.,  and  d.  Ap.  30,  1837. 
ch. :  1.  Lucinda,  d.  Aug.  18,  1817.     (By  2d.)  2.  Stephen,  Sep., 
1820,  m.  1,  Matilda,  da.  Hon.  Sam'l.  A.  Turner,  of  Scit.,  in  Aug., 
1846,  who  d.  Oct.  2,  1847,  ae.  23  ;  and  2,  Eliza  F.,  da.  Sam'l. 
Payson,  of  Boston,  and  is  clerk  in  the  extensive  jewelry  establish 
ment  of  Palmer  &  Batchelders.     No  ch.     3.  Henry  J.,  June  2, 
1822,  m.  Abby,  da.  I.  R.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  of  Scit.,  Sep.  20,  1848, 
and  is  T.  C.  of  So.  Scit,     No  ch. 

41.  Consider,  s.  Lemuel  27,  m.  1,  Mary  House,  of  Pemb.,  Nov. 
10,  1806,  who  d.  in  1809;  and  2,  Hannah  Fuller,  in  1811,  who  d. 
Ap.  24,  1832,  and  he  in  May,  1840,  ae.  75.     Was  part  owner  of 
the  Curtis  Forge,  &c.     Had  one  son,  George,  b.  Sep.  23,  1807, 
m.  Nancy,  da.  Joel  Bowker,  of  Salem,  Nov.  11,   1834,  lives  on 
Elm  st.,  and  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Curtis  Forge.     No  ch. 


RESIDENCE    OF    MR.    GEORGE    CURTIS. 

42.  Lemuel,  s.  Lemuel  27,  m.  Abigail  Rose,  lived  on  Wash'n. 
st.,  where  his  son  John  now  resides,  and  was  part  owner  of  the 
Curtis  Forge,  &c.  He  is  d.,  and  his  wid.  survives,  ch.  :  1. 
Sally,  Dec.  25,  1803,  m.  Michael  Sylvester,  of  II.  2.  Nabby, 
Aug.,  1805,  m.  Josiah  Winslow,  of  H.  3.  Judith,  Oct.  11, 1808, 


CURTIS.  287 

m.  Geo.  Studley,  Jan.  30,  1834.     4.  Jno.,  Nov.,  1812.     Not  m. 
5.  Luanda,  Oct.,  1815.     Not  m. 

43.  Nath'l.,  s.  Lemuel  27,  m.  Nancy  Stoddard,  of  Scit.,  Mar. 
3,  1805,  who  d.  in  Oct.,  1842,  and   he  Feb.  4,  1849.     Lived 
where  Charles  Dyer  does,  on  Water  st.,  and  was  part  owner  of  the 
works  there,     ch. :  1.  Warren,  Feb.  4,  1806,  m.  Harriet,  da. 
Joseph  Noyes,  of  Bos'n.,  May  2,  1829,  lives  in  S.  H'm.,  and  has 
jtfam'eZ,  Feb.  22, 1831  ;  Joseph  W.,  d.  ae.  11  mo's.  ;  and  Sarah 
A.,  d.  ae.  8.     2.  Bethia,  Jan.  21,  1808,  m.  Major  Joshua  Mann, 
of  H.,  July  12,  1829.     3.  Nath'l.  H.,  July  6,  1812,  a  merchant, 
in  N.  Y'k.     Not  m.     4.  Nancy  N.,  Jan.  20,  1815,  m.  Benj.  B. 
Hall,  of  H.,  Nov.  26,1838. 

44.  John,  s.  John  2.8,  m.  Sally  Mann,  Nov.  1,  1798,  and  d. 
Dec.  5,  1851,  ae.  80.     Was  Selectman  in  1822.     ch.  :  1.  Sally, 
Jan.  17,  1799,  m.  Ezra  Whiting.     2.  John,  Aug.  3,   1801,  d. 
Mar.  3,  1817.     3.  Wm.,  Sep.  6,  1803.     4.  Benj.,  Nov.  1, 1807, 
d.  Aug.  28,  1833.     5.  Martin,  Feb.  6,  1810.     6.  Alathea,  July 
12,  1812,  m.  Calvin  Faxon,  of  Ab'n.,  Ap.  30,  1832,  and  d.  June 
29, 1845.     7.  John,  July  10,  1816,  m.  Marian  A.,  da.  Sam'l.  N. 
Fuller,  of  Bos'n.,  in  Oct.,  1845,  is  a  merchant,  in  Bos'n.,  and  has 
Alice  B.,  Ap.  1847.     8.  Lucinda,  Aug.  16,  1819,  m.  Joseph  H. 
Studley,  Nov.  2,  1839. 

45.  Joshua,  s.  Joshua  31,  m.  1,  Nancy,  da.  Eliab   Studley, 
Mar.  18,  1816 ;  and  2,  Marietta  Gurney  ;  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.  ;  is  a 
shoe  manufacturer;  and  has  1.  Albert,  d.  ae.  25.     2.  Leander, 
m.  Maria  L.  Lane,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a   shoe  mf 'r.,  and  has 
Albert,  Julia  M.,  Elvira  L.,  and    Charles   W.     3.  Elvira,  m. 
Leonard  Blanchard,  and  lives  in  Bos'n.     4.  Joshua,  May  31, 
1825,  m.  Antoinette  Atwell,  of  Lynn,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Wendell  ^.,and  Frederick  M.,  d.  Oct.,  1851,  ae.  2.     5.  Mary  E. 
6.  Marg't.  K.     7.  Sam'l.  G.     8.  George.     9.  Ellen. 

46.  Job.  s.  Abner  35,  m.  Bethia,  da.  Abiel  Farrow,  lived  in  S. 
Scit.,  and  there  d.,  in  Feb.,  1843.     His  wid.  survives,     ch. :  1. 
Bethia,  m.  Hosea  Whiting,  of  H'm.,  Oct.  24,  1827,  and  is  d.     2. 
Job,  m.  Marilla  Vining,  Sep.  15,  1827,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a 
shoemaker,  and  has  Edmund  B.,  (m.  Sasan  S.  Cobbett,  and  has 


288  GUSHING. 

Susan  M.,  Oct.,  1850)  ;  and  Catherine,  1830,  m.  Benj.  Burrill, 
of  E.  Ab'n.  3.  Hiram,  m.  Lucinda  Wilder,  Nov.  27,  1834,  lives 
in  Snappet,  and  has  Luanda  E.,  Sep.  15,  1835  ;  Frederick  IT., 
Ap.  27,  1838  ;  Sarah  W.,  July  5,  1843 ;  and  Lucius  W.,  Oct. 
19,  1848.  4.  Philip.  5.  Harriet,  m.  1,  Jas.  Doten,  Dec.  9, 
1832,  and  2,  Benj.  Jacobs.  6.  N ahum,  m.  Betsey  Harlow,  June, 

1835,  and  has  Roxa  A.,  Mar.  1,  1836;  Adaline  M.,  July  1, 
1839;  Betliia  C.,  Ap.,  1841;  Helen  A.,  Feb.  29,  1843;  and 
Oscar  H.,  Sep.,  1851.     7.  Abigail,  m.  Calvin  Wilder.     8.  Edwin, 
m.  —  Rogers,  of  Mf'd.,  and  has  ch.     9.  Julia  A.,  m.  Henry  A. 
Grose,  July  11, 1847.     10.  Adaline,  m.  Zenas  Smith,  of  Ab'n. 

47.  Wm.,  s.  Jno.  44,  m.  Cassandra  Stetson,  Dec.  3,  1826,  lives 
on  Union  st.,  is  a  trader,  and- has  1.  Geo.  W.,  Sep.  12, 1827,  m. 
Emma  M.  Brooks,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Julia  TK,  July  19, 
1850.     2.  Angeline,  Jan.,  1830.     3.  Cassandra  S.,  Jan.  23,  d. 
Feb.  18,  1832.     4.  Lucinda,  1834,  d.  1836.     5.  Lucinda,  May, 

1836.  6.  Maria,  Mar.,  1838.     7.  Benj.,  Sep.,  1840.     8.  John, 
May,  1842.     9.  Avis  L.,  May,  1844. 

48.  Martin,  s.  John  44,  m.  Debo.  Stetson,  in  Feb.,  1834,  lived 
on  Main  st.,  in  the  house  built  by  Wm.  Curtis  and  Ezra  Whiting, 
ab.  1827,  and  there  d.  Aug.  30,  1848,  and  his  wid.  improves  his 
residence,     ch. :  1.  Helen  M.,  Dec.  17,  1839.     2.  Ann  M.,  d. 
ae.  3  mo's.     3.  Ann  F.,  Ap.  17,  1844. 

GUSHING,  Matthew,  with  his  wife  Nazareth,  his  sons  Daniel, 
Jeremiah,  Matthew,  and  John,  his  daughter  Deborah,  and  his  wife's 
sister,  Frances  Ricroft,  widow,  sailed  from  Gravesend,  Ap.  26, 
1638,  in  the  ship  Diligent,  John  Martin,  of  Ipswich,  master,  and 
arrived  at  Boston,  on  the  10th  of  Aug.  Matt.,  the  fa.,  was  b.  in 
Eng'd.,  in  1588,  and  was  s.  of  Peter,  of  Norfolk,  whose  gr.  fa.  had 
possessed  large  estates  in  Lombard  st.,  London.  He  d.  in  H'm., 
Sep.  30,  1660,  ae.  72,  and  his  wid.  in  1681,  ae.  96.  The  Inven 
tory  of  his  estate  may  be  seen  in  the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  vol.  3,  pp. 
219,  220.  Date,  Nov.  12,  1660.  His  four  sons,  and  son-in-law 
Matthias  Briggs,  were  the  appraisers.  Deborah  and  Jeremiah,  left 
no  children.  The  descendants  of  Daniel,  and  Matthew,  are  in 
H'm.,  and  elsewhere.  John  settled  in  Scituate. 


GUSHING.  289 

2.  John,  s.  Matt.,  came  to  Rcit.,  in  1G62,  according  to  Deane, 
and  purchased  the  farm  on  "  Belle  house  neck,"  of  Capt.  John, 
s.  Wm.  Vassal,  to  whom  it  was  laid  out  in  163-4.     He  m.  Sarah, 
da.  Nicholas  Jacob,  of  IFm.,  1656  ;  was  Dep.  to  the  Col.  Ct., 
many  years,  from  1674;  Ass't.  of  the  Col.  Gov't.,  1689-'91  ; 
and  Rep.  to  the  Gen.  Ct.,  at  Boston,  after  the  union  of  the  Colo 
nies.     His  w.  d.  in  1678,  ae.  38,  and  he  in  1708.     Of  his  ch., 

3.  John,  s.  John  2,  b.  Ap.   28,  1662,  m.  1,  Debo.  Loring,  of 
Hull,  May  20,  1687,  who  d.  1713  ;   and  2,  Sarah  Holmes.  1714. 
He  lived  at  "Belle  house  neck,"  was   Chief  Just,  of  the  Infr. 
Ct.,  of  Plym'h.,  from  1702-'10  ;  Counc'r.  of  Mass,  from  1710-'28  ; 
and  Judge  of  the  Sup'r.  Ct.,  from  1728-37,  of  which,  according 
to  John  Cotton,  "  he  was  the  life  and  soul."1     He  d.  in  1737. 
Ofhisch., 


1697-8,  m.  Elizabeth, 
wid.  of  Isaac  Barker? 
of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Barstow, 
in  1724,  and  resided  on  that  part  of  the  territory  of  Hanover, 
afterwards  annexed  to  Pembroke,  and  near  the  spot  where  his 
grandson  Elijah  now  resides,  in  Hanson.  He  is  called  Lt.  and 
Capt.,  on  the  Rec.  of  II  .  ;  was  for  many  years  a  Just,  of  the 
Peace  ;  the  first  Rep.  of  the  town,  in  1737  ;  and  Selectman  eleven 
years,  from  1728-'39.  He  was  one  to  whom  much  of  the  public 
business  of  the  town  was  confided,  and  executed  his  trust  with 
fidelity  and  success.  Of  his  ch. 

(Hon.  Joseph,)  s.  Elijah  4, 
was  b.  Mar.  1,  1731-2,  grad. 
at  H.  C.,  1752,  was  one  of 
the  most  valuable  citizens 
of  the  town  in  his  day. 
For  a  sketch  of  his  life,  see  p.  110.  He  was  Selectman  six 
years,  from  1768—  '74,  and  Representative  from  1773-'75,  and  for 
'78-79,  also  Town  Clerk  from  1774-78.  He  m.  Ruth  -  ,  and 
lived  near  the  Four  Corners,  where  he  d.  Dec.  19,  1791,  and  his 

1  Deanc's  Scit.,  p.  255. 


290 


GUSHING. 


wid.  Feb.  12,  1822.  ch. :  1.  Ruth,  m.  David  Stockbridge,  jr., 
Dec.  23,  1779.  2.  Charlotte,  d.  Aug.  24,  1825,  ae.  60.  3. 
Elizabeth,  m.  Nathaniel  Barstow,  Aug.  31,  1786.  4.  Joseph,  m. 
Kezia  Curtis,  Nov.  6,  1794,  and  moved  to  Me.,  where  his  de 
scendants  still  reside.  He  has  a  son  Benj.,  in  Camdeii,  Me. 

5.  Deborah,  m.  John  Hathaway,  of  Camden,  Me.,  Oct.  29,  1797. 

6.  Horatio. 


THE  JUDGE  GUSHING  HOUSE. 


6.  Horatio,  Esq.,  s.  Hon.  Joseph  5,  m.  Ruth,  da.  John  Bailey, 
and  lived  in  his  father's  house  near  the  Four  Corners.     He  was 
Selectman  nine  years,  for  1820,  '23,  '24,  and  from  182G-'32  ; 
also  Rep.  in  1831,  and  '33.     ch.':  1.  Mary  B.,  Feb.  11,  1812, 
d.  Sep.  1,  1815.     2.  Horatio,  June  13,  1813.     3.  Henry  W., 
Feb.  18,  1815.     4.  Win.,  Jan.  12,  1817.     5.  Joseph,  Dec.  6, 
1818.     6.  Edward,  Ap.  26,  1820.     7.  Mary  E.,  June  12,  1821. 
8.  John  H.,  July  8,  1822.     9.  Frances,  July  17,  1824.     10. 
Benjamin,  June  20,  1825.     11.  Anna  0.,  July  17,  1826.     12. 
Charles  S.,  May  22,  d.  Oct.  15,   1828.      13.  Lucy  E.,  May 
18,  1829.     14.  Charles  S.,  Jan.  30,  1831. 

NOTE.  —  Mrs.  C.,  after  her  husband's  decease,  with  her  son  Henry,  built, 
it  is  said,  the  house  now  occupied  by  Capt,  Nath'l.  Barstow,  near  the  Four 
Corners.  She  now  resides  in  Hartford,  Ct. 

7.  Dr.  Ezekiel  D.  Gushing,  a  desc't.  of  Elijah  4,  was  in  H.,  in 


CUTLER  —  DAMON. 


291 


1827,  and  d.  Ap.  5,  1828,  ae.  88.  See  p.  100.  By  w.  Delia,  he 
had  a  son,  Capt.  Nath'l.,  who  m.  Elizabeth,  da.  Edward  Barstow, 
and  lived  in  II.,  near  the  Four  Corners. 


RESIDENCE    OF    EEV.    SAMUEL    CUTLER. 

CUTLER,  Rev.  Samuel,  s.  Sam'l.,  and  w.  Lydia  (Prout,)  was 
b.  May  12,  1805,  moved  from  Newburyport  to  Portland,  Me.,  in 
1826,  and  was  there  in  business  until  1834.  In  Feb.  of  that  year, 
he  moved  to  Bos'n.,  and  was  there  in  business  until  1889.  From 
1836,  to  1839,  he  spent  his  time  in  preparing  for  the  ministry,  under 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Stone,  and  was  settled  in  Hanover,  Mass.,  in  1842.  He 
m.  1,  Julia  A.,  da.  Levi  Cutter,  of  Portland,  Me.,  Aug.  31,  1829, 
who  d.  Dec.  28,  1830,  ae.  24 ;  and  2,  Elizabeth  D.,  da.  John 
Gardner,  of  Exeter.  N.  H.,  June  19,  1833.  Has  one  son  by  her, 
Samuel  G.,  b.  Oct.  30,  1835.  Mr.  C.  resides  near  the  Four 
Corners,  in  the  fine  parsonage  house,  erected  for  him  by  his  Soci 
ety,  in  1849,  a  view  of  \fhich  is  annexed. 

DAMON,  Jno.,  and  sis.  Han'h.,  were  in  Scit.  as  minors,  in 
1633,  under  the  guardianship  of  their  uncle,  Wm.  Gillson.  The 
desc'ts.  are  numerous,  in  Scit.,  H.,  and  Mfd. 

2.  Eells,  s.  Zach.,  of  Scit.,  and  a  desc't.  of  John,  m.  Huldah 
Curtis,  May  1,  1777,  lived  on  "Whiting  st,,  corner  of  North,  was  a 


292  DAMON. 

housewright,  and  d.  Aug.  26,  1805,  being  drowned  near  Boon 
Island,  Me.,  and  his  wid.  d.  Mar.  12,  1830.  ch. :  1.  Zach.,  Dec. 
17,  1775.  2.  Nath'l.  E.,  Jan.  4,  1780,  d.  1781.  3.  Eells, 
June  15,  1783.  4.  Job,  Nov.  9,  1785,  m.  Ruth  Gushing,  went 
off,  and  has  not  been  heard  from  for  20  years.  5.  Sally,  June  12, 
1788,  m.  Eliph't.  Belcher,  Wey'h.  6.  Rufus  C.,  July  14,  1792, 
went  to  Ill's.,  and  rn.  there.  7.  Huldah,  May  29,  1794,  m. 
Alvah  Wood,  and  died  in  Plym'h.  8.  Abner,  Ap.  19,  1797,  d. 
Ap.  30,  1799.  9.  Lenthea,  Aug.  22,  1800,  m.  Sam'l.  Turner, 
Randolph. 

3.  Zach.,  s.  Eells,  2.  m.   Sarah  Brooks,  lived  on  Whiting  st., 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  his  w.  d.  Ap.  4,  1847.     ch. :  1. 
Sarah  B.,  Mar.  16,  1801,  m.  Chas.  Thomas.     2.  Thos.,  Oct.  20, 
1804.     3.  Joseph  B.,  Nov.  13,  1809,  edu.  at  Newton,  m.  wid. 
Martha  Burbank,  and  is  sett,  as  a  Bap.  tnin.,  in  Lake  Village, 
N.  H.     4.  Zach.,  Sep.  7,  1812,  m.  1.  Abig.  Southward,  Dux'y.; 
and  2.  Ann  Rogers,  Wey'h.,  and  lives  in  Philipston,  Mass.     5. 
Debo.  C.,  Oct.  3,  1815,  m.  Benj.  Bowker,  jr.,  Hn.     6.  Frank 
lin,  Oct.  21,  1818,  edu.   at  Newton,  m.  Han'h.  Gushing,  and  is 
sett,  as  a  Bap.  min.  in  Brewster,  Mass. 

4.  Eells,  s.  Eells  2,  m.  Eleanor  Brooks,  lived  on  Curtis  st., 
was  a  housewright,  and  d.  Feb.  25,  1831,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  12, 
1846.     ch. :  1.  Elenor,   Oct.  28,  1810,  not  m.     2.  Eells,  July 
15,  1812,  not  m.     3.  George,  June  5,  1814,  m.  Sarah  H.  Crane, 
Dec.,  1838,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Sarah  M.,  Sep.  29,  1839 ; 
G-eo.  F.,  Aug.  6,  1841;  Lydia  A.,  Feb.  15,  1844;  and  Danl. 
W.,  Nov.  3,  1848.     4.  Esther,  Mar.  25,  1816,  m.  Wm.  Orcutt, 
and  d.  May  24,  1845.     5.  Lydia,  May  21,  1818,  d.   Oct.  22, 
1850.     6.  Danl.,  Sep.  8,  1821,  m.  Lucy  Crane,  1843,  and  lives 
on  Main  st.,  no  ch.  • 

5.  Thos.,  s.  Zach.  3,  m.  Nabby  Bates,  Dec.  25,  1827,  who  d. 
in  1852.     He  is  a  carpenter  by  trade,  lives  near  the  centre  of  the 
town,  was  Selectman  in  1839,  and  has  been  Constable,  Collector, 
&c.     ch. :  1.  Andrew  T.,  Nov.  19,  1829,  m.   Fanny  S.  Perry, 
Ap.  22,  1851,  and  lives  near  the  Cent.  M.  Ho.     2.  Bernard, 
Aug.  17, 1831.     3.  Nabby  F.,  Oct.  15, 1838.     4.  Rector,  1841. 


DAMON.  293 

6.  Ezra,  s.  Joseph,  of  Ab'n.,  and  a  dcsc't.  of  Jno.  of  Scit.,  m. 
Anna  Wilder,  of  Hm.,  and  d.  July,  1825,  ae.71,  and  his  wid.  Sep. 
23,  1831,  ae.  75.     ch. :  1.  Anna,  m.  Jos.  Jacobs,  Oct.  4,  1801, 
and  is  d.     2.  Elizab.,  m.  1.  Win.  E.  Smith,  June  3,  1804,  and  2. 
Jos.  Jacobs.     3.  Ezra,  of  Quincy,  Mass.,  is  m.  and  has  ch.     4. 
Joseph.     5.  Calvin,  Ap.,  1789.     6.  Piain.     7.  Mary,  m.  Jona. 
Arnold,  Ab'n.    8.  David,  m.  Lucy  Wade,  Aug.  8,  1821,  and  now 
lives  in  So.  Seit.     Has  sev.  ch.     9.  Sarah,  m.  a  Palmer,  and  lives 
in  Hm.     10.  Thos. 

7.  Joseph,  s.  Ezra  6,  m.  Lucy  Tower,  Sep.  6,  1812,  lives  on 
Whiting  st.,  is  a  farmer,  and  has,  1.  Lucy,  July  29, 1813,  m. 
Thos.  Mann,  and  is  d.     2.  Jno.,  Dec.   3,  1816,  m.  Martha  S. 
Chubbuck,  who  is  d..  and  he  lives  on  Wliiting  st.,  and  has  sev.  ch. 
3.  Alvira  A.,  Jan.  3,  1819,  m.  Ezra  Shaw,  Abn.     4.  Anne, 
July  3,  1821,  m.  Jas.  Bates,  Aug.  1G,  1828.     5.  Joseph,  Nov. 

26,  1823,  m.  Mary  Gerrish,  1852,  and  lives  with  his  fa!     6. 
Betsey,  Sep.  15-,  1825,  m.  Henry  Shaw,  Abn.     7.  Debo.  B.,  Jan. 
12,  1827,  d.  1847.     8.  Esteria,  Ap.,  1828,  d.  Dec.  10,  1850.  9. 
Jas.,  July  3,  1821.     10.  Mary  A.,  Feb.  3,  1835. 

8.  Calvin,  s.  Ezra  6,  took  his  mother's  name,  and  is  known  as 
Calvin  D.  Wilder,  lives  in  Snappet,  and  m.  Sarah  Barrell,  Jan.  15, 
1815,  who  died  in  1845.     He  survives.     His  ch.  are,  1.  Lucinda, 
June   9,  1816,  m.  Hiram  Curtis.     2.  Calvin,  Oct.  8,  1817,  m. 
Abig.  Curtis,  and  lives  in  So.  Scit.     No  ch.     3.  Wm.,  d.  ae.  9 
days.     4.  Sarah,  Sep.  13,  1829,  m.  Capt.  Benj.  N.  Curtis.     5. 
Jno.  B.,  Sep.  9,  1824,  m.  Lydia  J.  Randall,  1843,  lives  on  Wal 
nut  st.,  and  has  Ellen  jP.,  Dec.  9,  1845 ;   G-eo.  J..,  1849 ;  and 
Mary  0.,  Mar.  7,  1852. 

9.  Piam,  s.  Ezra  6,  m.  Olive  Whiting,  June  15,  1814,  lives  on 
Whiting  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has,  1.  Eliza  E.,  Jan.  26,  d. 
Feb.  21,  1817.     2.  Martin  W.,  May  23,  1818,  m.  Abig.  S.  Puf 
fer,  and  now  lives  in  Haverhill,  Mass.     3.  Ruth  F.,  Nov.  7, 1820, 
m.  Hosea  Chubbuck,  Dec.  22,  1839.     4.  Jane  T.,  May  6,  1823, 
m.  Jno.  Scott.     5.  Elizab.  E.,  Mar.  2, 1826.     6.  Henry  L.,  June 

27,  1828,  d.  ae.  13.     7.  Wm.  W.,  Jan.  13,  1832. 

10.  Thos.,  s.  Ezra  6,  m.  Almira  Phillips,  in  1828,  and  d.  Ap.  6, 


294       DARLING — DAVIS — DAWES — DELANO — DILL — DOTEN. 

1852,  leaving  ch. :  1.  Thos.  W.,  Aug.  30,1830.  2.  Ann  T., 
Feb  ,  1834.  3.  Alraira,  May,  1836.  4.  Piam,  Aug.,  1838.  5. 
Henry,  Jan.,  1842.  6.  Wash'n.,  June,  1843.  7.  Ezra,  1850. 

DARLING,  David,  of  Hull,  b.  July  1, 1793,  s.  Benj.,  of  Pemb., 
m.  Lydia  Studley,  Aug.  24,  1816,  lives  on  Circuit  st.,  and  has,  1. 
Sally  L.,  Oct.  8,  1818,  m.  David  J.  Davis,  Dec.,  1834.  2.  Har 
riet  L.,  Jan.  3,  1821,  m.  Seth  H.  Vinal,  May,  1840.  3.  Sophia 
S.,  July  11,  1820,  m.  Joseph  Vinal,  Ap.,  1848. 

DAVIS,  David  J.,  of  N.  Yk.  State,  s.  Jona.,  m.  Sally  L.  Dar 
ling,  Dec.,  1834,  lives  with  her  fa.,  and  has,  1.  Wm.  F.,  Mar.  25, 
1835.  2.  Jno.  T.,  Feb.  25, 1841.  3.  Lydia  A.,  May  14, 1843. 
4.  Horace  L.,  May,  1846. 

DAWES,  Win.,  b.  1790,  s.  Rev.  Ebenr.,  of  Scit.,  m.  1.  Bath- 
sheba,  da.  Wm.Torrey,  of  Pcmb.,  Ap.  28,1814;  and  2.  Amy,  da. 
Jno.  Bailey,  and  wid.  of  Edward  Barstow,  and  lives  on  Wash'n. 
st.,  near  the  Corners.  Had  2  ch.,  Wm.  E.,  d.  at  sea,  ae.  19,  and 
Elizab.  A.,  d.  ae.  18  mos.  Both  by  1st  w. 

DELANO,  James,  b.  Nov.  18,  1806,  s.  Geo.,  of  Dux'y.,and  a 
lineal  desc't.  of  Philip  de  la  Noye,  who  came  to  Plym'h.  in  the 
Fortune,  in  1621,  lives  on  Centre  st.,  with  Geo.  Bates,  is  a  shoe 
maker,  and  unm. 

DILL,  Joseph,  s.  Lem.,  of  Hm.,  m.  Julia  A.,  da.  Joseph  Vin- 
ing,  lived  in  II.  for  a  time,  and  had  Julia  A.,  1841,  and  Caroline, 
Jan.  25,  1843.  He  now  lives  in  E.  Abn.,  is  a  shoe  mfr.,  and 
has  Sariah,  1845,  and  Joseph  W.,  June,  1847. 

DOTEN,  Jno.,  s.  Edward,  of  Plym'h.,  b.  Feb.,  1823,  and  a 
lineal  desct.  of  Edward,  of  Plym'h.,  1623,  m.  Betsey  Hughes, 
1845,  lives  on  Broadway,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  Geo.  D.,  and 
Jno.  T.,  twins,  b.  July  14,  1849. 

DONNELL,  Joseph,  was  in  II.  1760,  m.  Sarah  Palmer,  and 
had,  1.  Joseph,  of  Bristol,  Me.  2.  Thos.,  d.  in  the  llev'n.  3. 


DOXXELL — DUXBAR DUXCAX.  295 

Patience  S.,  m.  Lovi  Mann,  and  d.  Mar.  6,  1846,  ae.  85.  4. 
Samuel.  5.  Rebecca,  m.  Lab  an  Wilder.  6.  Charles,  d.  Sep. 
14,  1832,  ae.  62. 

2.  Samuel,  s.  Joseph,  m.  Jane  D.  Barstow,  lived  at  the  Cor 
ners,  and  d.  June  5,  1807,  and  his  wid.  June  11,  1808.  ch.  : 
1.  Samuel,  of  Bath,  Me.,  was  m.  and  d.  there.  2.  Jane  B.,  m. 
Calvin  B.  Bailey,  of  Bath,  May  21,  1820.  3.  Thos.,  d.  Dec. 
1,  1802,  ae.  20  mos.  4.  Jno.,  d.  in  S.  Am'a.  5.  Capt.  Thos.  B., 
Feb.,  1804,  a  shipmaster  for  many  years,  now  a  farmer ;  lives  on 
Elm  st.  ;  m.  1.  Ruth,  da.  Reuben  Curtis,  in  Oct.,  1843,  who  d. 
Jan.  23,  1849,  and  2.  Sarah  Bailey,  Jan.  13,  1850.  ch. :  Ally 
C.,  June  17,  1844 ;  Jane  B.,  Aug.  5,  1845  ;  (by  2d)  Reuben 
C.,  Nov.  23,  1850. 

NOTE. — lion.  Saml.  Donnell,  b.  1645,  one  of  the  first  Councillors  of  Mass., 
and  J.  P.,  &c-.,  was  of  York,  Me.,  where  he  <1.  in  1717,  and  his  s.  Nath.  b. 
1689,  d.  in  York  in  1780,  ae.  90.  Possibly  Joseph,  of  II.,  was  a  deyc't.  of 
the  Donnell's,  of  Me. 

DUNBAR,  Amos,  of  Hm.,  s.  Amos,  b.  Sep.  1,  1786,  a  currier 
by  trade,  and  for  many  years  a  respected  citizen  of  H.,  but  now 
of  So.  Scit.,  m.  1.  Abig.  Gray,  who  d.  Feb.  12,  1830,  and  2. 
Rebecca  Gray,  May  18,  1835,  and  has,  1.  Debo.,  July  8,  1808, 
m.  David  Bailey,  Ap.  24,  1833.  2.  Amos,  Aug.  23, 1811,  m. 
Maria  Lyon,  and  lives  in  Wey'h.  3.  Abig.,  Sep.  25,  1814,  m. 
Richmond  Farrow,  of  So.  Scit.  4.  Lucinda,  Mar.  22,  1817,  m. 
Gilman  Thompson,  the  enterprising  expressman,  of  Wey'h.  5. 
Ruth  R.,  Feb.  16,  1820,  m.  Rufus  K.  Trott,  Wey'h.  6.  Elizab. 
G.,  Jan.  24,  1825,  m.  Jere.  Bailey,  and  is  of  Wey'h.  7.  Emma 
F.,  Dec.  14,  1828,  m.  Alexr.  Sherman,  of  Wey'h.,  Ap.  25,1850. 
(By  2d.)  8.  Jas.  M.,  Mar.  26,  1837.  9.  Harriet  M.,  Jan.  5, 
d.  Oct.  5,  1842. 

DUNCAN,  Rev.  Abel  G.,  b.  in  Chester,  Vt.,  June  25,  1802, 
s.  Jason,  jr.,  and  w.  Lucy;  gr.  s.  Jason,  and  w.  Sarah  (Gates),  an 
early  settler  of  Dummerston,  Vt.,  memb.  Leg.,  J.  P.,  Judge,  &c.; 
gr.-gr.-s.  Simeon,  and  w.  Bridget  (Richardson)  ;  and  gr.  gr.  gr. 
s.  John,  of  Edinburgh,  Scot'd.,  who  m.  Sarah  Dutton,  and  lived 
and  d.  in  Worcester,  Mass.  Rev.  Abel  G.  m.  Lucia  Harlow,  of 


DWELLEY. 

Harvard,  Mass.,  Sep.  23,  1828,  who  d.  Oct.  12,  1851,  and  has  1. 
Laura  J.,  July  9,  1829.  2.  Wm.  P.,  Ap.  1,  1831,  is  at  Amherst 
Coll.  3.  Lucia  A.,  Dec.  20,  1832.  See  Chap,  on  Eccl.  Hist., 
and  obit,  of  his  w.  in  the  Puritan  Recorder  for  1851. 

DWELLEY,  Richard,  supposed  by  Deane  to  have  been  the 
same  that  was  in  Lancaster,  1654,  and  in  H'm.  a  few  yrs.  after, 
was  in  Scit.,  1685,  and  his  farm  was  on  the  road  leading  from  the 
3d.  Herring  brook  to  the  harbor,  one  mile  north  of  the  brook  ;  and 
his  house  stood  where  stood,  in  1831,  that  of  Capt.  Seth  Foster, 
deces'd.  He  had  meadow  land  at  Tills,  aft.  Dwelley's  creek  ;  and 
in  1676,  was  a  soldier  in  Philip's  war,  and  received  for  his  servi 
ces  a  grant  of  land  on  what  is  now  East  st.,  in  H.  He  d.  May  27, 
1692.  We  have  not  ascertained  the  place  of  his  nativity,  nor  the 
year  in  which  he  came  to  N.  Eng.  The  name  is  not  common,  and 
is  rarely  found  in  genealogical  works.  The  name  of  his  w.  is  not 
given,  nor  the  dates  of  birth  of  his  ch.  We  have  only  the  bap. 
of  Mary,  in  H'm.,  in  1664.  There  were  sons  Richard,  and  Jno.; 
and  Sam'l.,  who  d.  1690,  in  Phip's  exped.  to  Canada.  Richard 
jr.,  m.  1,  Eamie,  da.  Roger  Glass,  Dux'y.  Ap.  4, 1682  ;  and  2, 
Elizab.  Simmons,  1690,  and  d.  Dec.  24,  1708, having  had  1.  Mary, 
1684  ;  2.  Richard,  1685,  m.  Grace  Turner,  Oct.  13, 1712,  (who 
d.  Feb.  16, 1715,)  and  had  Richard,  1714,  and  Grace,  1716,  m. 
1,  Jesse  Turner,  Dec.  18,  173.4  ;  and  2,  Joseph  Church  ?  Aug.  2, 
1742  ;  3.  Elizab.,  1687,  m.  Joseph  White,  Mf  d,,  Dec.  21, 1710. 
4.  Joshua,  1689  ;  5.  Ruth,  1691,  m.  Thos.  Slack,  Nov.  9, 1715  ; 
6.  Sam'l.,  1693;  7.  Lydia,  1695,  m.  Henry  Burditt  ?  Jan.  1, 
1712;  8.  Marg't,1696,  m.  Henry  Merritt,jr.,  Ap.  13,  1725. 

2.  John,  s.  Richard,  sen'r.,  m.  Rachel,  da.  Cornet  Jno.  Buck, 
Jan.  4,  1692-'3,  and  had  1.  Jno.,  Jan.  15,  1693-'4,  m.  Judith 
Bryant,  Dec.  20, 1721,  and  had  Jno.,  1722,  Simeon,  1725,  Ruth, 
1726,  and  Benj.,  1729.  2.  Rachel,  Sep.  27,  1695,  m.  Caleb 
Turner,  Oct.  27,  1713.  3.  Ichabod,  Dec.  30, 1696.  4.  Obadi- 
ah,  Feb.  21,1696-7,  d.  Mar.  17,  1706.  5.  Jedediah,  Sep.  5, 
1698.  6.  Abner,  Mar.  7, 1700.  7.  Simeon,  Dec.  22,  1701.— 
8.  Debo.,  July  25,  1703,  m.  Isaac  Keen,  Pcmb.,  Feb.  17, 1724. 


DWELLEY.  297 

9.  Joseph,  bap.  May  6, 1705.  10.  Thankful,  Dec.  12, 1706,  m. 
Wm.  Fobes,  W.  Bridg'r. ,  Feb.  3,  1725.  11.  Mary,  May  18, 1708, 
d.  young.  12.  Benj.,  May  22,  1708.  (T.  Rec.)  13.  Susannah, 
Dec.  30,1711.  14.  Mary,  Sep.  24,  1714,  m.  Josh.  Lincoln, 
Feb.  18,  1731.  15.  Lemuel,  June  25,  1717.  Some  of  this 
family  may  have  moved  to  Rhode  Island,  in  which  State  the  name 
is  still  extant. 

^~]  0  "     /     s^T)         //     s.  Jno.    2,    m.    Elizabeth 
3.  JiMUtJL     t-J/M&L  Houge)  Qct  7j  1726?  and 

d.  Ap.  16, 1738,  having  had,  1.  Elizab.,  Ap.  27, 1726.  2.  Debo., 
Sep.  22,  1728.  3.  Lusannah,  Mar.  20,  1730.  4.  Abner,  Mar. 

6,  1733.     5.  Josh.,  July  20,  1736.     6.  Jededi.,  Mar.  15,  1737. 

7.  Lot,  Ap.  6,  1740,  bap.  Mar.  16,  1741,  being  sick.     His  mo. 
then  a  wid.     (Rec.  2  Ch.,  Scit.) 

4.  Abner,  s.  Jno.  2,  m.  Sarah  Withercll,  Oct.  12,  1721,  lived 
on  Elm  st.,  near  Col.  Barstow's,  where  part  of  his  orchard,  known 
as  the  "  Abner  orchard,  "  is  still  standing;  and  d.  Sep.  1,  1732, 
as  trad,  says,  by  falling  from  a  load  of  hay.     He  was  Selectman 
in  1731  and  '32.     ch. :  1.  Bradbury,  July  17,  1722,  d.  1728.— 
2.  Wm.,  Ap.  13,  1724.     3.  Jas.  L.,  Jan.  5,  1726.     4.  Sarah 
L.,  Dec.  2,  1728.     5.  Luke  L.,  Mar.  21,  1730. 

5.  Joseph,  s.  Jno.  2,  m.  Mary  Ramsdell,  Oct.  9,  1729,  and  d. 
ab.  1748.     ch. :  1.  Lusannah,  bap.  Nov.  8,  1730.      2.  Mary, 
Jan.  15, 1731.     3.  Drusilla,  Dec.  11, 1733.     4.  Bradbury,  Nov. 
26,  1735.     5.  Joseph,  Oct.  14,  1727,  m.  Mary  Magoun,  Pernb., 
Jan.  7,  1762,  and  was  prob.  fa.  of  Dr.  Melzar,  of  II.     6.  Lemuel, 
Aug.  10,  1741.     7.  Ruth,  Jan.  S,  1743.     8.  Jno.,  bap.  Ap.  9, 
1749,  his  mo.  being  a  wid. 

6.  Abner,  s.  Jeded.  3,  m.  1,  Sarah ,  and  2,  Debo.  HOUM,  ? 

Jan.  26,  1769,  and  had,  1.  Abner,  Jan.  10,  1758,  prob.  moved 
to  the  Western  part  of  Mass.,  or  to  N.  Y.  State.     2.  Jede-diah, 
Oct.  5,  1760.     3.  Elizabeth,  Sep.  18,  1762.     4.  Lucy,  Sep.  9, 
1766.     5.  Debo.,  Nov.  13, 1768. 

7.  Joshua,  s.   Jeded.  3,  m.   Avis  Ramsdell,  Dec.  24,1761, 
lived  in  II.,  and  d.  Mar.  15,  1787,  and  his  wid.  Mar.  19,  1831, 
ae.  90.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n.     ch. :  1.  Debo.,  Oct.  18, 
1762,  m.  Asa  Whiting,  Ap.  13, 1786.     2.  Lemuel,  Nov.  7, 1764. 

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298  DWELLEY. 

3.  Josh.,  Dec.  13,  1766.     4.  Joseph,  Nov.  2,  1772,  moved  to 
Me.,  and  m.  and  d.  there,  leaving  ch.     5.  Lucy,  Sep.  18,  1775, 
m.  Seth  Rose,  Dec.  4,  1798,  and  d.  Ap.  25,  1845.     6.  Priscilla, 
May  20,  1780,  m.  Josh.  Stetson,  Oct.   20,  1804,  and  d.  Nov. 
27,  1845. 

8.  Jeded.,  s.  Jeded.  3,  was  of  Pemb.,  and  m.  Lydia  Soule, 
Dux'y.,  Feb.  14,  1763,  who  d.  Ap.  20, 1819,  ae.  79.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Fr.  war.  ch :  1.  Chas.,  of  Me.  2.  Benj.,  in. 
Bradbury  Stetson,  Dec.  7,  1788,  lived  in  P.,  and  had  Frances, 
Feb.  7, 1789  ;  Elizal.,  Nov.  13, 1792  ;  Bradbury,  Ap.  26,  1795, 
m.  Lem'l.  Grover,  jr.,  Mfd.,  Jan.  2,  1823 ;  Sophia,  Nov.  1,  1797 
d.  unm. ;  Mary,  July  22,  1799  ;  Benj.,  June  17,  1801,  d.  May 

4,  1802;   Chas.,  Ap.  19,  1803  ;  and  Julia,  Oct.  13,  1807.     3. 
Huldah,  m.  Christ'r.  Thomas,  Pemb.     4.  Lucy,  m.  Chas.  Josselyn, 
Pemb.     5.  Nathan.    6.  Aaron,  lived  and  d.  in  Pelham,  Mass.     7. 
George,  m.  Hope  Gushing,  Oct.  11, 1826,  lives  in  P.,  and  has  Greo., 
d.  ae.  3  ;  Laura  A.,  Feb.  19,  1829,  d.  young ;  and  Htddah,  m. 
Henry  Chapman,  of  P.     8.  Lydia,  m.  Elisha  K.  Josselyn,  of  P., 
Mar.  12, 1797. 

(7  C^f  /?/?  s-  ^osh-  7,  m.  1,  Jane, 
-"  J^JV^jSLda.  Col  David  Gushing, 
H'm.,  who  d.  Dec.  1, 1816, ae.  44  ;  and  2,  Lucia  Turner,  Chas'n., 
Dec.  1818,  lived  at  the  corner  of  Union  and  Main  sts.,  and  d. 
Oct  29,  1846,  ae.  84.  ch :  1.  Lem'l.,  June  18,  1798,  m.  Sarah 
J.,  da.  Calvin  Bailey,  Ap.  1827,  lives  on  Union  st.,  was  Selectman 
from  1827  — '31,  and  from  '42  — '44;  has  Geo.  R.,  Dec.  5, 
1829,  at  H.  Coll. ;  Edwin  B.,  Jan.  2, 1831 ;  Jedediah,  Feb.  28, 
1834;  Sarah  B.,  Mar.  6,  1838;  and  Chas.  II.,  Oct.  7,  1843. 
2.  Jane  R.,  Dae.  9,  1804,  m.  1,  Geo.  Merriam,  and  2,  Wm.  H. 
Cuftis.  3.  Geo.  R.,  Sep.  27, 1807,  d.  Nov.,  1827.  4.  Jedediah, 
d.  Mar.  26,  1834,  at  Middletown  Coll.,  Ct.  (By  2d,)  5.  Joseph 
T.,  d.  Oct.,  1836.  6.  Mary  T.,  m.  Joseph  Briggs,  jr. 

10.  Joshua,  s.  Josh.  7,  m.  Rachel  Hatch,  Mar.  16,  1797,  who 
d.  Dec.  11,  1831,  and  he  Dec.  14,  1847.  Lived  in  H.  ch  :  1. 
Josh.,  Aug  17,  1798,  m.  1,  Betsey,  da.  Chas.  Bailey,  Nov.  3, 
1823,  who  d.  Aug.  2,  1825  ;  and  2,  Keziah,  da.  Geo.  Bailey,  Jan. 
16,  1827,  and  d.  Jan.  30,1842;  had  Josh.,  d.  Aug.  25,1825; 
(by  2d,)  JosJi.j  Jan  7,  1828,  a  carpenter  ;  Betsey  B.,  Nov.  18, 


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1829,  m.  Josh.  S.  Whiting,  June  20,  1847  ;  Laurentia  <?.,  Mar. 
20,  1832 ;  Mehar,  Feb.  5,  1835  ;  and  Geo.  S.,  Aug.  7,  d.  Nov. 
10,  1841.  2.  Rachel,  May  3,  1800,  m.  Benj.  Bailey,  of  H.,  Ap. 
14,  1822.  3.  Jno.,  June  21,  1802,  in.  Mary  Stockbridge,  Ap. 
1829,  lives  on  Union  st.,  and  has  Almira,  Jan.,  1833,  d.  May  3, 
1839  ;  Jno.  //.,  Feb.  18,  1835  ;  Ifosea,  Dec.  10,  1836  ;  Jo 
seph,  Feb.  14,  1839  ;  and  Mary,  Dec.  31,  1843.  4.  Almira, 
Aug.  14,  1806,  d.  Dec,  9,  1807.  5.  Debo.,  Jan.  18,  1808,  m. 
Jos.  Stockbridge.  -6.  Joseph,  Ap.  6,  1813,  m.  Sally  Stockbridge, 
Feb.  3, 1836,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Almira  J.,  Aug.  3, 1840. 
11.  Nathan,  s.  Jeded.  8,  m.  1,  Elizab.  Bonney,  Sep.  26, 1793  ; 
and  2,  Amy  Bonney;  and  lived  and  d.  in  Pemb.  ch  :  1.  Betsey, 
Aug.  21,1794,  d.  Dec.  21,  1798.  2.  Nathan,  Feb.  19,  1797. 

3.  Mary  D.,  Feb.  1,1799,  m.  Melzar  Sprague,  Nov.  28,1820. 

4.  Amy  M.     5.  Jas.  H.,  m.  Lois  Josselyn,  lives  in  Pernb.,  and 
has  Jas.  H.,   G-eo.,  and  Mary  E,     6.  Abner,  Sep.  20,  1806,  d. 
Nov.  2,  1811.     7.  Chloe  B.,  Sep.  12, 1808,  m.  1,  Septa  Keith, 
Aug.  7,  1831,  and  2,  Thos.  Perkins.   .8.  Hannah  B.,  Oct.  29,  d. 
Nov.  5,  1811.     9.  Hannah,  m.  Silas  Hollis,  of  II. 


RESIDENCE    OF    CAPT.    NATHAN    DWELLEY. 

12.  Capt.  Nathan,  s.  Nathan  11,  m.  Huldah  B.  Eells,  Dec.  f>, 
1822,  and  lives  at  the  Corners,  in  the  Capt.  Rob't.  L.  Eells  house, 
a  view  of  which  is  annexed,  Mr.  D.  was,  for  a  time,  Capt.  of  the 


800 


DWELLEY. 


H.  Rifle  Company,  ch  :  1.  Elizab.  E.,  Nov.  29, 1823,  m.  Waldo 
Bradford,  Bridg'r.,  Nov.  28,  1847.  2.  Rob't.  E.,  Sep.  14,  1825, 
m.  Mary  Lyons,  July  2, 1848,  and  had  Edwin  #.,  Feb.  22, 1850, 
d.  same  yr.  3.  Huldah  B.,  June  8.  1880,  d.  young.  4.  Nathan 
II.,  May  7,  1832.  5.  Huldah  B.,  July  2, 1834. 

13.  Dr.  Melzar,  s.  Joseph,  and  gr.  s.  Joseph  5,  with  w.  Sally, 
came  to  II.  from  Ashburnham,  in  1797,  and  sett,  on  Hanover 
st.  (see  p.  20.)  where  ho  d.  Nov.  25,  1828,  ae.  57,  and  hiswid. 
Feb.  10,  1841,  ae.  65.  ch :  1.  Geo.  W.,  Feb.  25, 1790,  shipwright, 
of  S.  Boston.  2.  Chas.,  Mar.,  1798,  m.  1,  a  Thayer,  and  2,  a 
Spear,  and  lives  in  S.  Boston.  3.  Sally  S.,  Oct.  15,  1799,  m. 
Asia  Phillips,  of  Ashb'm.,  Dec.  25,  1820.  4.  Harriet,  Nov.  25, 
1801,  d.  Dec.  14,  1818.  5.  Jno.  M.,  Nov.  17,  1803,  living  in 
II.,  unm.  6.  Augustus,  Feb.  7,  1800,  of  S.  Boston.  7.  Caro 
line,  Aug.  23,  1808,  m.  Horatio  N.  Willard,  Ashb'm.,  Nov.  30, 
1831.  8.  Abig.  W.,  July  23,  1810,  d.  Oct.  1812.  9.  Fred'k., 
July  16,  1812,  of  S.  Boston.  10.  Abig,  W.,  Aug.  12,  1814,  m. 
LeavittL.  Stockbridge,  July  4,  1844.  11.  Anne  S.,  Nov.  1816, 
m.  David  Hatch,  Mf  'd.  12.  Joseph,  July  3,  1819,  d.  ae.  19. 


RESIDENCE    OF   MR.    CHARLES    DYER. 

DYER,  Charles,  s.  Christ'r,  of  Ab'n.,b.  Jan.  12,  1796,  m.  1, 
Cynthia  Jenkins,  of  A.,  Nov.,  1820,  who  d.  Feb.  7, 1826  ;  2,  Mary 
Ford,  of  Pemb.,  Sep.  10,  1826,  who  d.  Nov.  17,  1831 ;  and  3, 


EELLS.  301 

Sophronia  Oldham,  of  P.,  Oct.  21,  1832  ;  lives  on  Water  st.,  and 
has  been  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  mfr.of  Tacks.  (See  p.  141.) 
A  view  of  his  house  is  presented,  ch  :  1.  Eliza,  Sep.  27,  1821, 
in.  Geo.  M.  Josselyn,  Pemb.  2.  Cynthia  J.,  July  12,  1823.  3. 
Lucy  S.,  Jan  12,  1825,  m.  Rob't.  Horsey,  of  II.  (By  2d,)  4. 
Charles,  July  4,  1831.  (By  3d,)  5.  Theodore,  Sep.  19,  1886- 

EELLS,  or  EELES,  John,  was  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Dorchester,  and  "  dwelt  at  Fox-point."  According  to  the  History 
of  Dorchester,  no\v  in  the  course  of  publication,  and  from  which 
we  quote,  "  it  appears  that  he  removed  to  Hingham  ;"  arid  it  is 
suggested,  that  "  he  may  have  been  John  the  bee-hive  maker, 
who  finally  settled  in  Newbury.  He  had  a  son  Samuel,  bap.  in 
D.,  May  3,  1640." 

s.  of  Jno.,  according  to  family  doc'ts.,  sett. 
~  Milford,  Ct.  He  commanded  a  garrison 
at  Dartm'h,  Mass.,  in  Philip's  War,  1676  ; 
was  J.  P.;  and  Rep.  from  H'm.,  1705-6  ;  m.  Anna,  da.  of  Rer. 
Robt.  Lenthal,  of  Wey'h.;  and  had  7  sons,  and  1  da.,  the  latter  of 
whom  m.  on  Long  Island.  The  name  of  Lenthal  was  preserved  in 
this  family  for  a  long  time,  and  still  exists  in  it.  After  the  death  of 
his  1st  w.,  Mr.E.  moved  to  H'm.  ,  Mass.,  taking  \vith  him  his  youngest 
son,  Nath'l.,  and  there  m.  2,  wid.  Sarah  North,  formerly  a  Peck, 
(H'm.  Rec.)  She  was  prob.  the  wid.  of  Joseph  Peck,  of  H'm., 
and  her  maiden  name  was  North,  she  being  a  desc't.  of  the  noble 
family  of  that  name  in  England.  The  fa.  d."  in  H'm.,  in  1709,  and 
his  wid.  in  Scit.,  in  1711.  A  son  John,  lived  in  Milford,  Ct.,  and 
had  2  das.,  Ann,  who  m.  Thos.  Weldon,  and  Frances,  who  d.  at 
her  uncle  Nathl's.,  in  1718. 

NOTE.  —  We  find  the  name  of  John  Kales,  among  the  freemen  of  Mass.,  in 
1034,  (N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.,  Vol.  3,  p.  92)  ;  and  Henry  Eeles  was  a  Pass,  for 
Va.  in  the  Merchants'  Hope,  Hugh  Weston,  Master,  in  1635.  (Ib.  vol.  4, 
p.  190.)  It  has  been  suggested,  that  the  names  of  Eells,  and  Ellis,  were  for 
merly  one  ;  but  of  the  correctness  of  this  suggestion,  we  are  not  prepared 
to  decide.  Similarity  does  not  always  prove  identity. 


rt  /^>  P          >>  (ReV>  NathJ1'»)   S'  °f 

2'      JV0j&»»~       CSpM  Saml,  was  b.  in  1678,  grad. 

CJ?          at  H.  C.  1699,  and  sett,  in 
Scit.,  over  the  2d  Church,  in  1704.  He  was  m.  by  his  fa.  to  Hannah 


302  EELLS. 

North,  of  H'm.,  (aunt  to  Frederick,  Lord  North,  afterwards  Prime 
Minister  of  Geo.  III.)  Oct.  12,  1704,  and  d.  in  Scit,,  Aug,  25, 
1750,  ae.  72,  and  his  wid.,  May  1,  175-1.  He  is  described,  by 
Deane,  as  a  man  "  of  a  stature  rather  above  mediocrity,  of  broad 
chest  and  muscular  proportions,  remarkably  erect,  somewhat  cor 
pulent  in  his  late  years,  of  dark  complexion,  with  black  eyes  and 
brows,  and  of  general  manners  rather  dignified  and  commanding, 
than  sprightly  and  pleasing."  He  wrote  a  fair  hand,  as  the 
Church  Records  show  ;  and  as  a  preacher,  his  discourses  prove 
him  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  simplicity  of  style,  and  directness 
of  argument.  He  prepared  his  own  sons,  and  others,  for  College, 
and  was  a  ripe  scholar,  naturally  shrewd,  and  one  eminently 
qualified  for  usefulness  in  the  station  he  filled,  ch. :  1.  Sarah, 
Aug.  5,  1705,  m.  Benj.  Turner,  of  Scit.  2.  Samuel,  Feb.  23, 
1706-7.  3.  Jno.,  Jan.  23,  1709,  m.  Abiah  Waterman,  of  Scit., 
in  1730,  and  left  desct's.  4.  Nath'l.,  Feb.  4,  1710-11,  grad.  II. 
C.  1728,  sett,  at  Stonington,  Ct.,  in  1733,  m.  Mary,  da.  Hon. 
John  Gushing,  of  Scit.,  Oct.  18, 1733,  and  has  desct's.  in  Ct.  5. 
Edward,  Jan.  4,  1712-13,  grad.  II.  C.  1733,  ord.  at  Middletown, 
Ct.,  1737 ;  was  for  some  years  Tutor  at  Yale  Coll.,  where  3  of 
his  sons  grad.,  who  sett,  in  Ct.  The  fa.  d.  in  1776.  Concerning 
him,  we  find  the  following  note,  in  the  Stat.  Acct.  of  Mid'x.,  Ct. : 
« In  1738,  the  Rev.  Ed.  Eells,  s.  of  the  Rev.  Nath'l.  Eells,  of 
Scit.,  Mass.,  was  ord.  in  the  Upper  Houses.  Mr.  E.  acquired 
some  celebrity  by  a  pamphlet  which  he  pub.  in  1759,  on  the  Wal- 
ingford  case.  For  several  years  he  sustained  the  office  of  a  trus 
tee  of  Yale  Coll.,  where  3  of  his  sons  were  educated,  who  were 
ministers  in  Eastbury,  N.  Bramford,  and  Barkhatnpstead,  Ct." 
6.  Han'h.,  Jan.  30,  1714-15,  m.  Anth'y.  Eames,  of  Mfd.  7. 
Mary,  May  13,  1716,  m.  Seth  Williams,  of  Taunton,  1738.  8. 
North,  Sep.  28,  1718,  m.  Ruth  Tilden,  1741,  and  left  ch.  9. 
Anna  L.,  Oct.  16,  1721,  m.  Zach.  Damon,  1748. 

3.  Samuel,  s.  Rev.  Nathl.  2,  m.  Hannah,  gr.  gr.  da.  Rev.  Wm. 
Witherell,  of  Scit,  Dec.  18, 1729,  and  sett,  in  II. ,  his  house  stand 
ing  where  stands  that  of  Joseph  0.  Stockbridge,  on  Broadway. 
He  d.  in  1741,  (sec  p.  20,)  and  his  wid.  survived  many  years,  ch. : 
1.  Wm.  W.,  Dec.  14,  1730.  2.  Robert  L.,  Feb.  7,  or  18,  1732. 


EELLS.  303 

3.  Sarah,  June  4,  1733,  m.  Bezal.  Palmer,  Ap.  8,  1752.  4. 
Samuel,  Feb.  16,  1735.  5.  Hannah  N.,  Nov.  18,  1736,  d.  Sep. 
2,  1737.  6.  Hannah  N.,  Jan.  22,  1738,  m.  George  Bennett,  of 
Ab'n.,  Ap.  5,  1759.  7.  Mary,  Dec.  26,  1739,  m.  DeaconBenj. 
Bass,  Mar.  3,  1793.  8.  Bradbury,  Ap.  6,  1741,  m.  Benj.  Stet 
son,  Ap.  30,  1765. 

4.  Win.  W.,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Sarah  Pillsbury,  and  moved  to  Me., 
where  his  desct's.  still  reside.  His  w.  d.  Sep.  25,  1791  ?  ae.  62. 
ch. :  1.  Sarah,  May  12,  1758,  m.  Hezek.  Bosworth,  and  moved  to 
Me.  2.  Hannah  W.,  bap.  Sep.  11,  1763,  m.  Jacob  White,  of 
Ab'n.,  Mar.  12,  1778,  and  moved  to  Me.  3.  Mary  L.,  bap.  Sep. 
11,  1763,  m.  1,  Josh.  Young,  of  Scit.,  Feb.  23, 1804  ;  2,  a  Ewell, 
of  Mfd. ;  and  3,  a  Cobb,  of  Me.  4.  Priscilla,  bap.  March  31, 
1765,  d.  unm.  5.  Lydia,  bap.  Ap.  26,  1767,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  Lor- 
ing?  6.  Wm.  W.,  Dec.  4,  1768,  lived  in  Me.,  was  m.,  a>d  had 
ch.  7.  Rebecca,  bap.  Sep.  10,  1775,  m.  a  Bartol,  and,  with  her 
husband,  d.  in.  N.  York. 

(Captain  Robert 

s' SamL  3' 

m.  Ruth  Cope- 
land,  of  Scit.) 
Dec.  1,  1757,  and  lived  where  Capt.  N.  Dwelley  now  resides,  at 
the  Four  Corners.  For  a  sketch  of  his  life,  &c.,  see  p.  162.  He 
was  Rep.  in  1776  and '77  ;  Selectman  from  1790-93;  and  d. 
June  19,  1800,  and  his  wid.  May  21,  1831,  ae.  93.  ch. :  1. 
Ruth,  Oct.  31,  1758,  m.  Jno.  Young,  Feb.  2,  1797.  No  ch.  2. 
Betsey,  Oct.  30,  1760,  in.  Col.  J.  B.  Barstow,  Feb.  7,  1788,  and 
d.  in  1851.  3.  Huldah  C.,  March  8,  1763,  m.  Wm.  Wing,  Nov. 
26,  1789,  and  d.  in  N.  York.  4.  Anne  L.,  July  18,  1765,  m. 
Capt.  Albert  Smith,  Aug.  23,  1787.  5.  Robert,  Nov.  29,  1767. 
6.  Nabby,  Nov.  29,  1767,  m.  Josiah  Smith,  jr.,  Pemb.,  Mar.  13, 
1794.  7.  John,  May  20, 1770,  m.  Lucy  Thorndike,  and  went  to 
Cainden,  Me.,  where  he  d.  in  1848  ?  leaving  ch.  8.  Nathl.,  Sep. 
28,  1772,  m.  Mary  Terry,  moved  to  Belfast,  Me.,  arid  there  d.  in 
1840.  9.  Joseph,  June  5,  1774.  10.  Lucy,  Aug.  12,  1776, 
m.  Dea.  Elijah  Barstow,  Nov.  8,  1798.  11.  Edward,  Feb.  26, 


304  EELLS. 

1779.     12.  Sarah,  Aug.  2,  d.  Aug.  IT,  1781.     13.  Sam'l.,Mar. 
13,  1783. 

6.  Samuel,  s.  Samuel  8,  m.  Priscilla  Palmer,  lived  on  Elm  st., 
where  Josh.  Stetson  resides,  and  there  his  w.  d.,  Nov.  27,   1768. 
ch. :  Sam'l.,  Bezal.,and  Benj.,  all  bap.  Oct.  23, 1763.    Sam'l.m. 
Lydia  Josselyn,  of  Pemb.,   July   7,    1783,  had   Benj.,  Aug.  7, 
1784,  and  Henry  B.,  Dee.  10,  1786  ;  lived  in  his  father's  house 
for  a  time,  and  thence  moved  to  Me.     Bezal.  was  a  shipwright, 
and  d.  unm.,  in  Me.     Benj.  m.,  and  lived  in  Belfast,  Me.     The 
above  is  according  to  family  tradition. 

7.  Robert,  s.  Capt.   Robert  L.  5,  m.  Huldah  Bass,  Nov.  27, 
1800,  who  d.  June  24,  1812,  and  he  Oct.  5, 1844.    He  was  P.  M. 
for  39  years  ;  Selectman  from  1805-8  ;  Rep.  in  1819,  '20,  '27. 
'28  and  '30;  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  occupied  his  father's 
house* ch.:  1.  Huldah  B.,  Feb.  21,  1802.  in.   Capt.   Nathan 
Dwelley,  Dec.  5,  1822,  and  occupies  the  homestead.     2.  Robert, 
May  9,  1805,  d.  Aug.  29,  1808.     8.  Elizab.,  Jan.  1,  1808,  m. 
Jos.  Ramsdell,  jr.,  of  Warren,  Mass.,  Dec.  8,  1827. 

8.  Joseph,  s.  Capt.  Rob't.  L.  5,  m.  Sarah  Bass,  Nov.  25, 1802, 
and  lived  near  the  Four  Corners,  where  his  wid.  still  resides,  in  the 
old  Dillingham  house.     He  was  a  blacksmith   by  trade,     ch. :  1 . 
Sarah  B.,  May  31, 1803,  d.  July  25, 1812.     2.  Lucinda,  Ap.  14, 
1805,  m.  Isaac  M.  Wilder,   Feb.  5,  1834.     3.  Joseph,  Ap.  7, 
1807,  m.  Sarah  B.  Smith,  Mar.  11,  1827,  built  the  house  in  which 
Alex'r.  Wood,  Esq.  now  lives,  and  moved  to  Wisconsin.     Has  had 
12  or  13  ch.  in  all,  of  whom  were  b.  in  II.,  /Sarah  B.^  Aug.  1, 1 828  ; 
Muth,  Nov.  5,  1829  ;  Albert  S.,  Jan.  25,  1831  ;  Thos.  D  ;  Anne 
L. ;  Priscilla  ;  and  Lucinda.     4.  Ruth,  Ap.  22,   1809,  d.   Dec 
29, 1828.     5.  Mercy  B.,  Nov.  9,  1811.   6.  Rob't.,  Ap.  5, 1813  ? 
m.  Mary  T.  Stockbridge,  Jan.  20, 1838,  lives  at  the  Corners,  is  a 
wheelwright,  and  had  Ellen  A.,  Ap.  13,  1840,  d.  Sep.  12,  1847 ; 
Mob't.,  Feb.  22,  1846,  d.  ae.  6  mos. ;  Mary,  Ap.  7,   d.  Sep.  14, 
1847 ;  Mary  E.,  June  15,  1849,  d.  1852 ;  and   two  others,  d. 
young.     7.  Jas.  G.,  Jan.  16, 1817,  lives  in  Ct.     8.  Geo.  W.,  Nov. 
5, 1819,  m.  Priscilla  Clark,  Nov.  16,  1845,  lives  on  Broadway, 
and  has  Priscilla  (7.,  Aug.  30,1846  ;  Mary  L.,  Nov.  2,   1848; 

,  Nov.  29,1850. 


ELLIS.  305 

9.  Edward,  s.  Capt.  Rob't.  "L.  5,  m.   Sarah  Stetson,  and,  it  is 
said,  d.  in  Mcdford,  Mass.     He  was  a   shipwright  hj  trade,  and* 
whilst  in  II.  ,  was  Selectman  in  1809  and  '10.     eh.  :  1.  Sarah  C., 
Sep.  10,  1806,  d.  Mar.  23,  1812.     2.  BoVt.  L.,  Nov.  2,  1808,  m. 
a  Jones,  of  Boston,  lives  in  Medford,  and  has  1  ch.  living.     3.  Ed 
ward,  Sep.  2,  1810,  m.  Mary  L.  Smith,  and  d.  in  Arkansas,  leav 
ing  a  son  Josiah,  now  in  Niagara,  N.  Y.     4.  Sarah.     5.  Lusan- 
nah.     G.  Lydia,  m.  Sam'l.  Clark.     7.  Alfred,  m.  a  Parsons.     8. 
Ebenezer.     9.  Alexander.     10.  Micah,  d. 

10.  Sam'l.,  s.  Capt.  Rob't.  L.  5,  m.  Jerusha,  or  Rusha  Tower, 
and  lives  near  the  Corners,  on  Broadway.     He  was  Selectman  in 
1837,  and   '38.     His  w.  d.  Dec.  15,  1849,  ae.  G3.     ch.  :  1.  Ru 
sha  P.,  July  19,  1806,  m.  Benj.  Josselyn,  of  H'n.     2.  Benj.  II. 
T.,  Dec.  2,  1808,  d.  1834.     3.  Horace  T.,  Jan.  27,  1811,  prob. 
d.  at  Sea,     4.  Henry  B.,  Feb.  20,  1813,  in.,  and  lives  on  Staten 
Island,  N.  Y.     5.  Wm.  W.,  July  4,  1815,  d.    Oct.  4,  1833.     6. 
Nancy,  Jan.  4,  1818,  d.   Dec.  4,  1835.     7.  Elizab.  J.,  Nov.  8, 
1818.     8.  John  P.,  Aug.  12,  1822,  m.  Ann  Mitchell,  lives  at  the 
Corners,  and  has  Ann  E.,  Nov.  3,   1849.     9.  Helen  M.  T.,  Dec. 
22,  1824.     10.  Betsey  F.,  1828,  d.  young.     Another  ch.  d.  July 
17,  1820. 

ELLIS,  John,  was  of  Sandwich,  in  1G43,  and  from  him  descen 
ded  the  Ellises  of  II.  He  had  a  s.  Mordecai,  Mar.  24,  1650,  prob. 
gr.  fa.  of  Mordecai  of  H.  We  find  records  of  the  Ellis  family  in 
Eng'd.,  in  1559,  at  which  date  John  was  Dean  of  Hereford,  (Wil 
lis's  Cathedrals,  pp.  536,  and  591,)  and  there  is  a  Coat  of  Arms 
in  Berry's  Gen.  Kent,  p.  G4.  There  are  several  distinct  families 
in  N.  Eng.,  some  of  which  are  quite  extensive. 


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Otis,  Sep.  1739,  and  lived  on  Circuit  st.,  where  Abncr  Magoun 
now  resides,  and  there  d.  June,  1810,  ae.  92,  and  his  w.  Ap.  22, 
1796,  ae.  77.  He  was  for  13  yrs.  Selectman,  from  1750-63. 
ch.  :  1.  Ruth,  m.  Jno.  Bailey,  and  d.  in  1786  ?  2.  Rebecca, 
May  21,  1741,  m.  Geo.  Bailey.  3.  Sarah,  Oct.  31.  1742,  d.  Mar. 


306  ELLIS. 

13,  1803.     4.  David,   Aug.  1,  1744,  m.  1,   Ruth ,  who  d. 

Jan.  10, 1773  ;  and  2,  Ann  Jenkins.  He  d.,  and  his  wid.  m.  a 
Ford.  His  ch.  were  :  /no.,  m.  Nabby  Sylvester,  Ap.  28,  1801  ; 
Ruth'  d.  Oct.  15,  1802  ;  and  Nancy,  m.  David  Gurney,  of  Ab'n. 
5.  Mordecai,  Ap.  8,  1746.  6.  Lucy,  Aug.  16,  1748,  m.  Chas. 
Otis.  7.  Priscilla,  Nov.  12,  1750,  m.  Jno.  Little,  of  Mf  d.  8. 
Elizab.,  July  1 , 1752,  m.  Jos.  Ramsdell,  May  17, 1787.  9.  Clark, 
Aug.  23,1754.  10.  Nath'l.,  Nov.  14,  1756.  11.  Otis,  Feb.  8, 
1762,  d.  umn. 

3.  Mordecai,  s.  Mordecai  2,  m.  Priscilla  Rogers,  of  Mf'd.,  Nov. 
1777,  was  of  the  Soc.  of  Friends,  lived  where  Otis  Ellis  now  resides, 
and  there  d.,  and  his  wid.  Sep.  8,  1850,  ae.  06.     ch. :  1.  Huldah, 
Mar.  3,   1779.  m.  Nathan  Studley,  May  18, 1806.     2.  Rebecca, 
Mar.  16, 1781,  m.  Wm.  Gifford/of  Falmouth,  Mass.     3.  Abig., 
Oct.  16,  1782,  m.  Jno.  Sherman,  of  N.  Y'k.     4.  Mordecai,  July 
16,  1785,  drowned  in  N.  River,  Jan.  25, 1796.     5.  Priscilla,  Ap. 
30, 1787,  m.  Theoph.  Gifford,  of  Falm'h.     6.  David,  June  19, 
1789,  m.  Maria  Loud,   and   lives  in   Lynn.     7.  Sarah,  Mar.  25, 
1791,  m.  Sim.,  s.  Jas.  Hoxie,  of  Sandwich,  in  Aug.  1832,  who  d. 
in  H.,  Jan.   28,  1851,  ae.  79.     No  ch.     She  survives.     8.  Otis, 
Nov.  4,  1795,  m.  Ruth  Barker,  of  Dart'h.,  Mass.,Ap.  12,1827, 
lives  on  his  father's  place,  and  has  Rhoda  B.,  May  10, 1830,  and 
Priscilla  It.,  Ap.  26, 1835.     9.  Elizab.,  July  4,  1797,  m.   Jona. 
Pratt,  of  Lynn,  Dec.  2,  1817. 

4.  Clark,  s.  Mordecai  2,  m.  Ruth   Spooner,  of  Ab'n.,  Sep.  26, 
1782,  and  d.  Ap.  27,  1836,  and  his  wid.   Sep.  19,  1846.     Lived 
on  .Circuit  st.     ch. :  1.  Lucy,  Ap.  21, 1783,  in.  Barker  Ramsdell, 
Aug.  31,  1810,  who  d.  in  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  and  his  wid.  in  Michi 
gan,  ab.  1845,  leaving  ch.     2.  Spooner,  Nov.,  1787,  living  unm., 
on  his  father's  place.     3.  Thomas,  Oct.  20,  1791,  m.  Marg't.,  da. 
Jona.  Josselyn,  of  Pemb.,  Mar.  28,  1814,  lives  in  Bridg'r.,   and 
has  Jona.  W.,  Aug.  16, 1814,  m.  Meribah  Tallman,  and  is  a  mer 
chant,  in  N.  Bed.,  no.  ch. ;  Jane,  Mar.    3,  1816,  m.  Capt.  Jos. 
R.  Tallman,  of  N.  B.,  Oct.   29,  1838  ;  Lucy,  Mar.   3,  1816  ; 
Wm.,  Ap.  25,1820,  d.  ac.    21;  Eliza   W.,  Jan.  1,  1823,  m. 
Caleb  Hobart,  merchant,  of  Bridg'r.  ;   Tlws.  //.,  Ap.,  1827,  clerk 
in  N.  Bed. ;  and  Ruth  S.,  Oct.  28,  1829. 


ESTES.  307 

6.  Nath'l.,  s.  Mordecai  2,  m.  Mary  Ramsdell,  July  20,  1787, 
and  d.  Feh  5,  1817,  and  his  wid.,  Jan.  22,  1848.  Lived  on  his 
father's  place,  ch.  :  1.  Nath'l.,  Jan.,  1790,  m.  Sally  Josselyn, 
Dec.  21,  1818,  lives  in  E.  Bridg'r.,and  has  Sarah  JS.,  m.  Sam'l. 
Hawes,  Jan.  1,  1835  ;  and  Waterman  /.,  Nov.,  1825,  is  m., 
lives  in  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  has  ch.  2.  Elizab.  B.,  June,  1791,  m. 
John  Estes,  Feb.  26,  1815.  3.  Francis  B.,  Oct.,  1796,  m.  Lucy 
L.  Corthell,  Jan.  9,  1826,  and  d.  Nov.  2,  1843,  and  his  wid. 
lives  with  her  mother,  on  Circuit  st.  ch. :  Lucy  L.,  Feb.  13, 
1828,  d.  May  26,  1830  ;  Francis  B.,  Jan.  23,  1831 ;  Lucy  H., 
Aug.  8,  1833,  m.  Frank  Hutchins,  and  lives  in  Me. ;  Lydia  E., 
May  1,  1843,  d.  same  year;  and  Calvin  C.,  Dec.  17,  1837.  4. 
Mary  II.,  Jan.  1805,  m.  Abner  Magoun,  jr.,  Ap.  16,  1825.  5. 
Joseph,  Ap.  1807,  m.  Mary,  da.  Benj.  Bowker,  of  H'n.,  Oct.  1830, 
lives  on  Circuit  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  Benj.  jP.,  Jan.  8, 
1831 ;  Nath'l.  B.,  Feb.  18,  1834;  and  Joseph  T.,  Ap.  21,  1836. 

ESTES,  Matthew,  according  to  an  old  Bible,  in  the  possession 
of  Wm.  Estes,  of  H'n.,  was  s.  Rob't.  and  Dorothy  E.,  and  was  b. 
in  Dover,  Eng'd.,  3  mo.  28  d.  1645,  and  m.  Philadelphia,  da. 
Renald  and  Ann  Jenkins,  of  Dover,  N.  Eng.,  4  mo.  14  d.,  1676. 
She'd.  10  mo.  25  d.  1721,  and  he  6  mo.  9  d.  1723.  Of  their  ch., 
Jrio.,  b.  5  mo.  14  d.  1684,  and  Richard,  b.  7  mo.  2  d.  1686,  were 
of  Lynn,  in  1703,  and  signed  the  letter  written  by  the  Quakers  of 
that  town  to  Gov.  Dudley.  (N.  Eng.  Gen,  Reg.  vol.  2,  p.  149.) 
Joseph,  who  was  of  Dover,  1719,  who  m.,  and  whose  desc'ts.  are 
in  Me.,  v,as  another  of  the  sons  ;  also  Matthew,  jr.,  who  d.  in  H.,  in 
1774,  ae.  85.  The  desc'ts.  of  the  latter  are  here  given,  and  in 
their  possession  is  the  old  family  Bible. 

2.  Matt.,  s.  Matt.,  with  w.  Alice,  appears  in  II.  ab.  1726,  lived 
on  Plain  st.,  where  his  desc'ts.  yet  reside,  and  there  d.,  May  11, 
1774,  ae.  85,  and  his  wid.Dec.  14,  1778,  ae.  84.  ch. :  1.  Edward, 
b.  ab.  1708,  and  with  w.  Patience,  appear  on  the  Recs.  in  1731, 
and  had  ch.,  but  none  of  his  desc'ts.  are  in  the  town.  Tradition 
says  they  removed  to  Bristol  Co.,  where  the  name  is  extant,  in  the 
vicinity  of  Fall  River,  and  N".  Bed.  2.  Wm.,  b.  ab.  1710.  3. 
Matt..  Dec.  19,  1826,  drowned  Sept,  24,  1747,  in  a  rash  attempt 


808  ESTES. 

to  swim  over  N.  River,  with  his  clothes  on.  4.  Sarah,  June  8, 
1733,  m.  Thos.  Sylvester.  5.  Rob't,,  Jan.  12,  173G.  Two  ch. 
d.  young. 

3.  Wm.,  s.  Matt.  2,  m.  Elizab.  Stetson,  in  1730,  and  lived  near 
his  fa.     ch.  :  1.    Susanna,  June  29, 1737,  m.    Jno.  Barker,   ab. 
1760.     2.  Alice,  June  29, 1737.     3.  Wm.,  Feb.  11,  1739,  mov 
ed  to  Wareham  ?     4.  Ruth,  Nov.  9, 1741.     5.  Richard,  June  25, 
1745.     6.  Elizab.,  Aug.  10,  1747,  d.  May  31,1750.     7.  Zilpha, 
June  1,  L750,  d.  181G.     8.  Matt.,  Jan.   17,  1754,  m.,    and   left 
ch.,  and  some  of  his  desc'ts.  are  in  Mf'd. 

4.  Rob't.,  s.  Matt.  2,  a  saddler  by  trade,  m.   Beulah  Wing,   6f 
Sandwich,  lived  on  Plain  st.,  and  there  d.,  Nov.  2G,  1803,  and  his 
wid.  Sep.  20,  1833,  ae.  83.     ch. :  1.  Zaccheus,  Dec.  20,   1700. 
2.  Rob't.,  Feb.  11,  1703,  d.  young.3.  Robert,  Ap.  20, 1704,  d. 
young.     4.  Hannah,  Aug.  7,  1765,  m.  Jos.  Dillingham,  of  N. 
Y'k.  State,  Sep.  9,  1810  ?     5.  Abig.,  d.  young.     0.  Joseph,  m. 
Ruth  Diliingham,   and  moved  to  N.  Y'k.  State,  where  he  has  de 
sc'ts.     7.  Alice,  m.  Steph.  Rogers,  Mf'd.,  andd.  May,  1851 ;  no 
ch.     8.  Benj.,  m.  Sarah  Kirby,  and  d.  in  Wheatland,  N.  Y.,  leav 
ing  ch. 

5.  Richard,  s.  Wm.  3,  m.  Mercy  Ramsdell,  Nov.  4, 1778,  and 
d.  Mar.  11, 1797,  and  his  wid.  m.  Josiah  Ellis,  of  Sandwich,  May 
23,  1800.     Lived  on  School  st.,  where  Josh.  Gates  now  resides. 
ch. :  1.  Betsey,  m.  1,  Benj.  Stetson,  Nov.  1, 1798,  and  2,   Josh. 
Gates,  Sep.  1,  1828,  and  d.  Sep.  8, 1851.     No  ch.     2.  Richard, 
1781.     3.  Elijah,  1783,  d.  1790.     4.  Ruth,  1785,  m.  1,  Dan'l. 
Barstow,    2,  Roland  Sylvester,  and  3,   Joseph  Sylvester,   of  Me. 
5.  Mercy,  1787,  m.  1,  Geo.  Vaughn,  of  Middo'.,  Nov.  20,  1807, 
and  2,  a  Borden,  of  M.,  and  d.  Dec.  13,  1840.     0.  Edward,  Ap. 
1790,  went  off  40  years  since.     7.  Wm.,  July  23,  1794. 

0.  Zaccheus,  s.  Rob't.  4,  m.  Elizab.  Dillingham,  who  d.  May  17, 
1833,  and  he  Feb.  19,  •  1840,  ae.  85.  Lived  on  Plain  st., 
where  his  son  Zaccheus  now  resides,  ch. :  1.  Robert,  Oct.  20, 
1788.  2.  Zaccheus,  June  14,  1790.  3.  Jno.,  Ap.  28,  1792. 
4.  Sylvanus,  Mar.  16,  1794,  m.  Ruth  S.  Ramsdell,  Oct.  25,  1818, 
lives  in  Mich'n.,  and  has  ch.  5.  Reuben,  Mar  27, 1790,  m.  Ma 
ry  B.  Ramsdell,  Mar.  18, 1819,  and  lives  in  N.  Y'k.  State.  Has 


ESTES.  309 

ch.  G.  Stephen,  Ap.  10,  1798.  m.  Lydia  Briggs,  Feb.  28,  1819, 
lives  in  N.  Y'k.  State,  and  has  ch.  7.  Elijah,  Jan.  14, 1800,  m. 
Jerusha  Wheeler,  June  6.  1824,  lives  in  Mich'n.,  and  has  ch. 
8.  Win.,  Feb.  15,  1802,  m.  1,  Lucy  E.  Ramsdcll,  Mar.  14,  1825, 
who  d.  in  N.  Y'k.  State  ;  and  he  has  since  m.  a  2d  w.,  and  lives 
in  Baltimore,  Md.  9.  Hufus,  Jan.  11,  1804,  is  m.,  and  lives  in 
Mich'n.  10.  Clarissa,  June  27, 1806,  m.  Nathan  Wing,  of  Sand 
wich. 

7.  Richard,  s.  Rich'd.  5,  m.  Saba  D.  Curtis,  who  d.  Nov.  22, 
1831.     He  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.     ch :  1.  Richard,  July  26, 1805.     2. 
'Saba  D.,  in.  Sam'l.  Barstow,  Oct.  28,  1830.     3.  Betsey,  m.  Danl. 
Barstow,  Dec.  30,  1830.     4.  Priscilla  L.,  Oct.  31, 1815,  d.  1817. 
5.  Elijah,  Jan.   17,  1818,  d.  same  day.     6.  Edward,  Jan.  10, 

1819,  m.  Betsey  Stoddard,  of  Ab'n.     7.  Elijah,  May  30, 1824. 

8.  Win.,  s.  Rich'd.  5,m.  Bethia  Josselyn,  Sep.  10,  1815,  lives 
in  H'n.,  is  a  blacksmith,  and  has,  1.  Wm.,  Mar.  29,  1816,  m.  1, 
Jane  Lewis,  of  Pcmb.  ;  2,  Emeline  Stetson;  and  3,  Lauretta  Wing; 
lives  in  Sandwich,  and  has  ch.     2.  Lucy  J.,  Dec.  15,  1817,  m. 
Saml.  H.  Reed,  of  H.     3.  Florin,  Nov.  15,  1819,  d.  Aug.  28, 

1820.  4.  Florin,  m.  1,  Lydia  Barker,  of  H'n. ;  and  2,  Harriet, 
Barker ;  lives  in  H'n.,  and  has  Betsey,  and  florin.     5.  Mercy  B., 
Dec.  3, 1824,  m.  Alvin  Studley.     0.   Calvin  J.,  Mar.   8,   1827, 
m.  Julia  A.  Sprague,  lives  in  H'n.,  and  has  Gary  Lee.    7.  Helen, 
Mar.  8,1831.     8.    Dorothy  J.,  Jan.   3,  1834.     9.    Dan'l.   B., 
Jan  22,  1839. 

9.  Rob't.,  s.  Zaccheus  6.,  m.  Experience   Studley,  lives- in  E. 
Ab'n.,  is  a  blacksmith  and  machinist,  and  has,  1:  Elizab.  D.,  Ap. 
12,  1812,  m.  Josiah  Torrey,  of  Ab'n.,  Jan.  5,  3830,  and  has  sev. 
ch.     2.   Rob't..  July  4,  1815,  m.  Ann  M.  Morse,  had  RoVt.  W., 
and  Ellen  M.,  and  d.  1841.     3.    Clarissa  B.,  Oct.  27,  1818,  m. 
Cyrus  Pool,  of  Ab'n.,  Aug.  9, 1835,  and  d.  Mar.,  1843,  leaving  1 
ch.,  wh.  d.  soon  after.     4.  Nancy  J.,  Aug.  9,  1820,  m.  Washing 
ton  Jenkins,  of  Ab'n.     5.    Bculah   W.,  Oct.  3,  1823,  d.  May  27, 
1835.     6.   Rufus  T.,  Sep.  20,  1826,  m.  1,  Sarah  J.   Tribou,  who 
d.  Dec.  29,  1850,  and  2,  Marg't.  Binney ;  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and 
has  Alonzo  G.,  Oct.  81,  1850.     7.  Warren,  Nov.   7,  1829,  m 
Marietta  Torrey,  1852.     8.    Geo.  II.,  Mar.  27, 1832. 


310  FARNHAM—  FITZGERALD. 

10.  Zaccheus,  s.  Zach.  6,  m.  Mary  Dillingham,  Nov.  2,  1818, 
lives  on  his  father's  place,  and  has,  1.  Elizab.,  Aug.  3,  1819,  m. 
Philander  Studley,  May  11,  1837.     2.  Henry  C.,  Jan.  29,  1822, 
m.  Sarah  A  Torrey,  of  Wey'h.,  in  May  1844,  lives  in  W.,  and 
has  Mary  E.,  July,  1849.     3.   Mary  A.,  Dec.  3, 1830. 

11.  Jno.,  s.  Zach.  6,  m.  Elizab.  B.  Ellis,  Nov.  26,  1815,  lives 
on  Pleasant  st.,  and  has,  1.  Jno.  W.,  Dec.  16,  1816,  m.  Polly 
Whiting,  Dec.  30, 1841,  and  has  Alonzo    Tf.,  d.  ;  and  Mary  W. 
2.    Elizab.  B.,  Dec.  22,  1819,  m.  Hiram  B.  Bonney.  of  H.    3. 
Mary  R.,  Aug.  19,  1821,  m.  Allen  F.   Bonney,  of  II.     4.   Ruth 
D.,  m.  Dan'l  Willis,  of  H. 

12.  Joseph  J.,  s.  Joseph,  and  w.  Rebecca,  of  Bethel,  Me.,  and 
prob.  a  desc't.  of  Joseph,  s.  Matt.   1,  m.  Mary  L.,  da.  Josiah 
Torrey,  of  Ab'n.,  Mar.  27,  1851,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  is  clerk  in 
the  store  of  Mr.  Ellis.     The  mo.  of  Mr.  E.,  m.  Otis  Perry,  of  H'n. 

FARNHAM,  or  FARNUM,  Rufus,  of  Hampton,  Ct.,  s.  Zebe- 
diah,  b.  Mar.  9,  1796,  m.  1,  Loisa  C.  Reed,  of  Ct.,  Sep.  2, 1798, 
who  d.  Feb.  17, 1805  ;  2,  Mrs.  Elizab.  Kelley,  da.  Gco.  Langley, 
Esq.,  of  Boston,  Sep.  2,  1811,  who  d.  Jan.  29,  1814 ;  and  3, 
Priscilla,  wid.  of  Geo.  Langley,  jr.,  and  da.  of  Capt.  Tilden  Crock 
er,  June  12,  1815 ;  Avas  formerly  a  jeweller,  in  Boston,  and  now 
resides  in  H.,  near  N.  River  bridge,  in  the  old  "  builder  Sylvester 
house,"  which  was  improved  as  a  tavern  for  a  time  by  Capt. 
Crooker.  ch.:  1.  Rufus,  July  23,  1799,  d.  July  6,  1805.  2. 
Albert  A.,  May  29,  1802,  m.  Eliza  Wakefield,  of  Eng'd  ,  and 
lives  in  N.  York.  (By  2d,)  3.  Sarah  W.,  Aug.  13,  1812,  d. 
Sep.  25,  1813.  (By  3d,)  Loisa  R.,  Jan.  13,  1823,  m.  Genl. 
Jas.  D.  Thompson,  of  N.  Bed.,  Dec.  12,  1843. 

the  first  schoolmaster  in 
^  H.,  m.  Marg't.  Snow- 
V  don,  of  Scit.,  Ap.  1729, 
and  d.  Feb.  11,  1746, 
and  his  wid.  Mar.  22,  1763.  (See  p.  87-8.)  ch. :  1.  Marg't., 
May  23,  1733,  m.  Hezekiah  Bowker  ?  Ap.  7, 1765.  2.  Catherine, 
Mar.  16,  1736,  d.  June  8, 1752. 


FOSTER — GARDNER.  311 

FOSTER,  Joseph,  of  Mason,  N.  II.,  s.  Jona.,  m.  Grace  Tur 
ner,  in  1809,  lives  on  Cedar  st.,  and  has,  1.  Reuben  T.,  Feb.  16, 
1810,  d.  1812.  2.  Louisa,  Sep.  27,  1811,  m.  1,  Asa  Harlow, 
and  2,  Jno.  Puffer,  Aug.  15,  1881.  8.  Reuben  T.,  Jan.  20, 
1814,  m.  Augusta  J.  Joice,  and  d.  in  1848.  No.  ch.  4.  And. 
J.,  Jan.  4,  1816,  m.  Rachel  J.  Lane,  Dec.  6,  1838.  No.  ch.  5. 
Sylvia,  Ap.  29,  1818,  m.  Ensign  Crocker.  6.  Josh.,  Nov.  23, 
1820,  m.  Rosamond  Scott,  Nov.  23, 1846,  and  has  Anna,  Emma, 
and  a  da.  b.  1852.  7.  Mary,  Dec.  16,  1824,  m.  Philander  Lind- 
sey.  8.  Joseph  E.,  June  29,  1827.  9.  Harriet  A.,  July  29, 
1830,  m.  Jno.  S.  Tower,  of  Ab'n. 

GARDNER,  a  name  common  in  H'm.,  from  which  town  most 
of  the  Gardners  of  Plym'h.  Co.  originated.  It  is  found  in  N.  Eng. 
as  early  as  1640,  at  which  date  Edmond,  and  Thomas,  were  made 
freemen.  The  name  was  anciently  spelled  Garnet. 

s'  J°snua>   °f  H'm-j  b. 
1770,  m.  Susanna  Hatch, 

of  II.,  May  8,  1798,  and 
d.  in  II.,  Nov.  25,  1852,  ae.  82.  His  wid.  survives,  ch. :  1. 
Thomas  J.,  Esq.,  Selectman  in  1834,  and  '35,  and  Rep.  in  1834, 
and  '58,  m.  Elvira,  da.  Capt.  Edward  Curtis,  lives  on  Mill  st.,  is 
proprietor  of  the  old  Curtis  Mills,  and  has  one  da.,  Ellen.  Mr.  G. 
is  a  man  highly  esteemed  in  the  town,  for  his  intelligence,  and  in 
tegrity.  A  view  of  his  residence  is  given  on  the  next  page. 
2.  Hiram,  Ap.,  1803,  a  farmer,  lives  in  the  Ebenezer  Curtis 
House,  at  the  corner  of  Mill  st.,  m.  1,  Rebecca,  da.  Dr.  David 
Bailey,  June  5,  1831  ;  and  2,  Lucinda,  da.  Geo.  Bailey;  and  has 
Alfred,  Oct.,  1831,  d.  Nov.,  1848 ;  Anne  R.,  Nov.  21,  1833,  d. 
Dec.  17,  1842  ;  Seth,  Mar.  6, 1836  ;  Eberfr.  P.;  (by  2d,)  Char 
lotte  #.,  May  17,  1842  ;  Anne  R.,  Feb.  8,  1844  ;  George,  Nov. 
2,  1846  ;  and  Curtis,  July  24,  1850,  d.  July  26, 1851  ?  3.  Abi 
gail,  Oct.  25,  1804,  m.  Thos.  Jones,  of  Scit.,  Nov.  13,  1831,  and 
has  one  son,  Marcellus.  4.  Israel  H.,  July  28, 1808,  m.  Harriet, 
da.  Capt.  Elisha  Barrell,  Nov.  15,  1830,  lives  with  Capt.  B.,  and 
has  John  B.,  Sep.  25,  1831,  and  Mary  B.,  Ap.  29,  1836. 


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GARDNER — GARRATT. 


RESIDENCE   OF   T.    J.    GARDNER,    ESQ. 

8.  Noah,  s.  Noah,  of  Il'm.,  b.  June  9,  1778,  m:  Patience,  da. 
Jos.  Damon,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  one  son, 
Henry  W.,  Mar.  22,  1821,  m.  Hannah  E.  Ames,  of  Mf'd.,  Nov. 
2,  1845,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and  has  James  JL,  Ap.  7,  1847  ; 
Iteuben  N.,  Nov.  9, 1848,  d.  1849  ;  and  Sarah  A.,  Feb.  10, 1851. 

4.  Minot  T.,  s.  Amos,  of  Ab'n.,  b.  Feb.  24,  1826,  m.  Abigail 
W.,  da.  Elias  Pratt,  of  Scit.,  June  5,  1851,  lives  on  Whiting  st., 
in  the  house  with  Justus  Whiting,  and  has  one  son,  b.  March  1, 
1852. 

5.- Thomas  II.,  b.  Nov.  18,  1818,  s.  Alexander,  of  IFn.,  m.  1, 
Sally  B.,  da.  Thos.  Chubbuck,  and  had  1.  Mary  A.,  June  30, 
1837,  d.  Oct.  18, 1840  ;  2.  Robert  C.,  Jan.  23, 1889 ;  3.  Henry 
C.,  Mar.  13,  1841 ;  4.  Jiio.  D.,  Mar.  24, 1843  ;  arid  5.  Lorenzo 
T.,  Mar.  30,  1845.  His  first  w.  d.  May  23,  1845,  and  he  m.  2, 
Debo.,  wid.  of  Joseph  Curtis,  Aug.  31,  1845,  lives  in  South  Scit., 
and  has  by  her,  G.  Mary  A.,  July  23,  184G  ;  and  7.  Abby  S., 
March  13,  1849. 

GARRATT,  Alfred  C.,  M.  D.,  s.  Richard,  of  Brookhavcn,  L. 
I.,  was  b.  Oct.  3,  1813,  received  his  preparatory  education  at 
Lenox  Acad.,  and  grad.  at  Columbia  Coll.,  as  A.B.;  and  as  M.I)., 


GOODRICH. 


313 


at  the  Coll.  of  Phys.  and  Surgs.,  N.  Y.,  in  1835-G  ;  studied  med. 
with  Duryee,  a  distinguished  French  physician,  and  receive!  an 
additional  degree  of  M.  D.,  at  the  Berkshire  Med.  Coll.  His 
health  being  feeble,  he  sett,  for  a  time  in  Fulton  Co.,  Ills.,  and  was 
Surgeon  to  the  U.  S.  Dragoons,  at  Fort  DCS  Moines.  Leaving 
the  West,  he  travelled  through  the  U.  S,  and  the  Brit.  Prov's., 
and  also  visited  the  W.  I.  Islands,  the  Spanish  Main,  Venezuela, 
Hayti,  &c.,  and  was  U.  S.  Vice  Consul  for  two  years,  at  Port  an 
Prince.  He  ra.  1,  Harriet  L.,  da.  Geo.  W.  Taylor,  Esq.,  of  N. 
York,  Cct.  13,  1836,  and  by  her  had  Harriet  L.,  Jan.  20,  1838, 
and  Charles  S.,  Oct.  23,  1843.  His  w.  d.  Jan.  5,  1847,  and  he 
m.  2,  Elizabeth,  only  da.  of  Capt.  Joshua  Howe,  of  Ab'n.,  Jan. 
19,  1848,  and  by  her  has  Joshua  II.,  Feb.  19,  1850,  and  Alfred, 
Jan  7,  1853.  Dr.  G.  was  sett,  in  Ab'n.  for  a  few  years,  as  a 
physician  and  apothecary,  and  now  resides  in  H.,  near  the  Four 
Corners,  in  the  fine  mansion  house,  erected  by  Rev.  J.  G.  Cooper, 
formerly  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  and  lately  occupied  by 
Dr.  J.  B.  Fobes.  £  view  of  his  residence  is  annexed. 


RESIDENCE    OF    DR.    ALFRED    C.    UARRATT. 

GOODRICH,  George  W.,  m.  Celia  Chubbuck,  of  Ab'n.,  lives 
on  Walnut  St.,  and  has  George,  William,  Nathan,  Celia,  Joseph, 
Perez,  Sewall,  and  Eliza. 
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314  GRAY  —  GROSE. 

GRAY,  Thomas,  of  Dublin,  with  his  w.  Sarah,  was  in  in  Scit. 
1730,  and  had  ch. :  1.  George,  moved  to  Me.  2.  William,  m. 
1,  Abigail  Perry,  1753,  and  2,  Sarah  Hayden,  1765,  and  sett. 
in  Boston.  3.  Lucy,  m.  a  Lane,  of  Cohassett.  4.  Abigail,  m. 
Dwelley  Clapp,  of  Scit.  5.  Elizabeth,  Oct.  18, 1741,  m.  Samuel 
Brooks,  of  H.  6.  Mary,  Nov.  24, 1745.  7.  Sarah.  S.James, 
1755. 

2.  James,  s.  Thos.,  -was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  lived  on  the  lane 
W.  of  Rocky  Swamp,  m.  Bethia  Curtis,  in  1785,  and  had,  1. 
Abigail,  June  3,  1787,  m.  Amos  Dunbar.  2.  Wm.,  prob.  d.  at 
sea.  3.  Harrison,  of  the  firm  of  Billiard  &  Gray,  publishers  and 
booksellers,  Boston  ;  m.  Clarissa  Eastham,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  d., 
and  his  wid.  returned  to  E.  4.  Bethia,  m.  Capt.  Thos.  Simmons, 
of  H.  5.  Rebecca,  June  1797,  m.  Amos  Dunbar,  now  of  South 
Scit.  6.  Elizab.,  Aug.  22, 1802,  d.  Aug.,  1824. 

GROSE,  GROCE,  or  GROSS,  Edmond*  was  in  Boston,  in 
1642,  and  there  d.  in  1655,  the  Inv.  of  his  Est.  being  entered  5 
d.  2  mo.,  1655,  on  the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  Vol.  3,  p.  21,  in  which 
he  speaks  of  land  at  Muddy  River,  &c.  His  estate  was  appraised 
at  X185,  and  Jere.  Huckins,  and  Lt.  Jas.  Johnson,  were  ap 
pointed  to  administer  in  behalf  of  the  wid.  and  ch.  The  estate 
was  in  debt  to  Matt.  Grose,  Mr.  Cole,  Clement  Grose,  Goodman 
Weeden,  Mr.  Starr,  jr.,  Matt.  Barnes,  Mr.  Starr,  senr.,  Brother 
Burton,  Goody  Baker  ?  Sister  Davis,  Mrs.  Bowyer,  Mr.  Garret's 
fa.  in  Eng'd.,  for  liquors,  and  to  Barnard  Squire.  He  left  a  s. 
Isaac  ?  also  a  s.  Simon  ?  who  m.  Mary  Bond,  of  Boston,  in  Oct., 
1675,  (N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.  2,  254,)  and  sett,  in  H'm.,  where  he 
was  fa.  of  Simon,  Aug.  11,  1676 ;  Thomas,  Nov.  4,  1678;  Jno., 
Ap.  13,  1681 ;  Josiah,  Aug.  2,  1683 ;  Micah,  Feb.  20,  1685  ; 
Alice,  Ap.  26,  1689 ;  and  Abigail,  June  28,  1692.  Most  of 
these  m.  and  left  desc'ts.  (See  H'm.  Rec.)  Edmond  Gross,  a 
desc't.  of  Edmond,  of  Boston,  was  in  H'm.  in  1700,  where  he  d. 
Mar.  18,  1727-8,  and  his  w.  Martha,  Sep.  19,  1726.  .He  had 
Elizab.,  Jan.  13,  1700 ;  Anne,  Feb.  22, 1701 ;  Edmund,  May  10, 
1705;  Obadiah,  Mar.  28,  1708;  and  Martha,  Mar.  29,  1711. 


GROSE  —  GURNEY.  315 

We  incline  to  the  opinion  that  there  was  also  another  son,  Isaac 
b.  ab.  1713,  and  not  entered  on  the  H'm.  Rec.  Edmond,  son  of 
Edmond,  m.  Olive  Sylvester,  in  1736,  and  sett,  in  Scit.,  where 
his  desc'ts.  yet  reside,  and  was  fa.  of  Elisha,  whose  sons  John  and 
Lewis,  are  still  living  in  So.  Scit. 

2.  Isaac,  m.  Ruth  Sylvester,  Oct.  27,  1740,  and  d.  Oct.  17, 
1773.     His  ch.  were,  1.  Mary,  Mar.  21,  1742,  m.  Morris  H. 
Clark,  Ap.  2,  1789.     2.  Sarah,  Ap.  21,  1743,  d.  May  6,  1774. 

3.  Ruth,  1746,  d,  Sep.  6, 1820.     4.  Thos.,  1747,  d.  June  26, 
1798.     5.  Saml.,  1749.     6.  Jacob,  a  mariner,  went  off  many 
years  since.     7.  Zilpha,  1752,  d.  Mar.  17,  1808.     8.  Elizab.,  d. 
July  23,  1775.     9.  Isaac,  1756,  d.  July  28,  1804. 

3.  Samuel,  s.  Isaac  2,  m.  1,  Elizab.  Torrey,  Feb.  24,  1780 ; 
and  2,  Submit  Gardner,  of  H'm.,  Mar.  3,  1791,  who  d.   Sep.  15, 
1816,  ae.  45,  and  he  Nov.  16,  1817.     A  soldier  in  the  Rev'n. 
ch. :  1.  Elizab.  T.,  m.  1,  Nathl.  Pratt,  Hfx.,  Nov.  29, 1803;  and 
2,  Joseph  Sylvester,  of  II.     2.  Mary,  m.  David  Turner,  Aug.  3, 
1800.     3.  Ruth,  m.  Thos.  Winslow,  Feb.  20,  1800.     (By  2d,) 

4.  Sarah  S.,  m.  Harris  W.  Totman,  of  Scit.     He  d.   1852.     5. 
Pamelia,  m.  Wm.  Lucas,  Plym'h.     6.  Sylvia,  m.  Nathl.  Bennet. 

7.  Nathl.,  drowned.     8.  Melzar,  Dec.  5,  1808,  is  m.,  lives  in 
Cohas't.,  and  has  ch.     9.  Ansel  G.,  July  14, 1803.     10.  Nathl., 
is  m.,  and  lives  in  E.  Ab'n. 

4.  Ansel  G.,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Rebecca,  da.  Laban  Wilder,  Nov. 
27,  1816,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  and  has,  1.  Henry  A.,  Mar.  12, 1826, 
in.  Julia  A.  Curtis,  July  11,  1847,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  and  has 
Geo.  H.,  Nov.  22,  1850.     2.  Charles,  June  15,  1828,  m.  Mary 
A.  Hobart,  July  11,  1847,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  and  has  Chas.  W., 
Ap.,  1849.     3.  Dexter,  June  9,  1830.     4.  Nelson,  Aug..  12,. 
1832.     5.  Rebecca,  Sep.  22,  1834.     6.  Mary,  Sep.  20,  1836, 
m.  Perkins  Clapp.     7.  Helen  M.,  Dec.  1,  1838,  d.  Oct.  1, 1840. 

8.  Jno.,Dec.  1,  1840.     9.  Geo.  W.,  Jan.  14,  1844,  d.  Mar.  17, 
1847.     10.  Edward  E.,  Sep.  14, 1845,  d.  Ap.  27,  1846..    11. 
Ellen,  June  24,  1848.     12.  Emma,  Feb.  27,  1851. 

GURNEY,  Joseph  W.,  s.  Melvin,  of  Ab'n.,  and  $rob.  a  desc't, 
of  Saml.,  of  Ab'n.,  1694,  m.  lantha  E.  Studley,  May  25,  1837, 
lives  on  Pleasant  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has,  1_  Wajreu  S.,  June 


316         HALL — HAMMOND — HARDING — HATCH. 

5,  1839.     2.  Matilda  S.,  May  8,  1841.     3.  LySander  F.,  June 
8,  1843.     4.  Ann  E.,  Dec.  20,  1847. 

2.  Benoni,  s.  Benoni,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Eliza  W.  Delano,  Oct.  14, 
1846,  lives  on  King  st.,  and  has,  1.  Elenor  J.,  Feb.  19,  d.  Sep. 
18,  1847.  2.  Willard  A.,  Ap.  17,  1848.  3.  Benoni  H.,  Jan. 
21, 1851. 

HALL,  Benj.  B.,  s.  Danforth,  and  w.  Betsey  (Trouant),  of 
Mfd.,  ra.  Nancy  N.,  da.  Nathl.  Curtis,  Nov.  26.  1838,  lives  on 
Centre  st.,  in  the  Amos  Bates  house,  and  has,  1.  Benj.  E.,  Ap. 
11,  1840.  2.  Nancy  A.,  Oct.  30,  1842.  3.  Sarah  C.,  Jan.  18, 
d.  Feb.  11,  1846.  4.  Helen,  Oct.  31,  1847.  5.  Francis  A., 
Dec.  1,  1850. 

HAMMOND,  Henry,  b.  Feb.  3, 1825,  and  Joseph,  b.  1834, 
sons  Francis,  of  Peinb.,  with  their  mo.,  a  wid.,  live  on  Wash'n.  st., 
near  East  st. 

HARDING,  Seth  W.,  s.  Jno.,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  prob.  a 
desc't.  of  Jno.,  of  Braintree,  1707,  m.  Cynthia  J.  Tribou,  lives  on 
Centre  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  had  Everett  E.,  June  8,  1819,  d. 
Oct.  27,  1851. 

(William  Hatch)  a  merchant,  of 
Bandwich,  England,  with  his  w. 
Jane,  five  children,  and  servants, 
embarked  in  the  Hercules,  of  Sandwich,  John  Witherley, 
master,  for  N.  Eng.,  in  1634,  with  many  others,  who  sett,  in 
Scit.  ;  and  the  same  year  we  find  him  in  Scit.,  living  on  Kent  st. 
He  was  the  first  ruling  elder  of  the  2d  Church,  in  1643,  and  was 
an  active  and  useful  man  in  the  settlement  of  the  town.  His 
desc'ts.,  in  Plym'h.  Co.,  and  elsewhere,  are  very  numerous.  Of 
these,  Jeremiah  bought  the  place  of  John  Hanmer,  ab.  1680,  now 
occupied  by  Albert  White,  Esq.,  (see  p.  24,)  but  of  his  desc'ts., 
none  remain  in  Hanover.  Israel  Hatch,  of  Mfd,  had  sons  Jno., 
and  Thos.,  who  were  of  H.,  and  some  of  their  desct's.  are  still  in 
the  town. 


HATCH — HERSEY.  317 

2.  John,  b.  May,  1739,  s.  Israel,  of  Mf'd.,  m.  Barshaway  Tur 
ner,  1760,  and  built  the  house  on  Main  st.,  in  which  his  son  Jno. 
now  lives.  He  was  a  Capt.  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  d.  May  1,  1809. 
and  his  wid.  in  1824.  ch. :  1.  Barshaway,  May  30,  1761,  m. 
Snow  Curtis,  of  H.  2.  Jno.,  July  28,  1762,  d.  Ap.  27,  1775, 
3.  Ezekiel  T.,  June  14,  1764,  m.  Han'h.  Bailey,  May  8,  1788, 
and  d.  Feb.  1,  1797,  leaving  ch.  4.  Melzar,  May  8,  1766.  5. 
Ruth,  Oct.  15,  1768,  d.  Mar.  7,  1775.  6.  Sibyl,  Sep.  7,  1770. 
Yet  living,  in  H.  7.  Lucy,  Mar.  12, 1772,  m.  Ezra  Beal,  Pemb., 
Ap.  15,  1790.  8.  Rachel,  Mar.  1,  1774,  m.  Josh.  Dwelley, 
Mar.  16,  1797.  9.  Jno.,  Ap.  27,  1776,  (m.  Nancy  Cleaves,  of 
Beverly,  who  is  d.,  and  he  lives  on  his  father's  place.  Of  his  ch., 
Lucy,  m.  Wm.  E.  Smith,  of  II. ;  Sibyl,  m.  Danl.  Dill,  of  Hull  ," 
John,  is  living  in  H.,  on  Circuit  st.,  m.  Elizab.  E.  Stetson,  Aug. 
25,  1836,  and  has  Ann  E.,  Aug.  7,  1837 ;  Sarah,  Nov.  29, 
1838 ;  Alice  J.,  Ap.  6,  1840 ;  Benj.  S.,  Sep.  22,  1842,  d.  Sep. 
9,  1843  ;  and  Benj.  S.,  Ap.  2,  1848 ;  Benj.  C.,  lives  in  Taun- 
ton,  and  is  m. ;  and  the  wid.  of  Ezekiel  T.,  is  living  in  H.,  on 
Main  st.  There  is  also  a  da.  Ruth,  living  with  her  fa.)  10. 
Gamaliel,  Feb.  14,  1778,  m.  1,  Mary,  da.  Capt.  Edward  Wilder, 
of  H'm.,  and  sett,  in  Beverly ;  and,  2.  Ann  Bowker.  He  is  d. 
Left  sev.  ch.  11.  Ruth,  Jan.  5,  1780,  m.  Stephen  Bailey,  Oct. 
27,  1816. 

3.  Melzar,  s.  Jno.  2,  m.  Sally  Barstow,  Jan.  3,  1802,  and  d. 
Jan.  5,  1807,  and  his  wid.  Dec.  1,  1831,  ae.  51.  ch. :  1.  Melzar} 
1803,  m.  Ruth  T.,  da.  Benj.  Bass,  May  25,  1828,  lives  on  Main 
st.,  in  the  house  erected  by  himself,  and  has  one  son,  Melzar,  Oct. 
2,  1832,  m.  Sarah  E.,  da.  Capt.  James  Farrow,  and  has  a  son 
Walter,  b.  1852.  2.  Sarah,  1805,  m.  Joshua  Gushing.  3. 
Barshaway  T.,  1808,  m.  Jacob  Sprague,  Nov.  15,  1829. 

HERSEY,  David,  b.  Nov.,  1785,  s.  Stephen,  of  E.  Bridg'r., 
and  a  desc't.  of  Wm.,  of  Ab'n.,  1719,  m.  Jane,  da.  Col.  J.  B. 
Barstow,  Nov.  12,  1816,  who  d.  April  14,  1847.  He  lives  on 
Broadway,  in  the  old  Bardin  house,  ch. :  1.  Jacob,  Dec.  31, 
1816,  is  a  ship-master  ;  m.  Frances  G.,  da.  Judge  Kilborn  Whit 
man,  of  Peinb.,  and  lives  in  P.;  no  ch.  2.  Jane  B.,  March  8, 


318  HENDERSON — HOLLIS — HOLMES. 

1820,  d.  March  1, 184T.  3.  Robert,  Ap.  10,  1824,  m.  Lucy  S., 
da.  Chas.  Dyer,  in  1848,  lives  with  his  fa.,  and  has  Jane  JB., May 
23, 1849.  4.  Mary,  Dec.  17,  1830. 

HENDERSON,  Wm.,  son  Sam'L,  b.  Oct.  8,  1796,  m.  Mary 
Mann,  Mar.  11,  1821,  and  d.  in  California,  in  1828.  His  wid. 
lives  on  Main  st.  ch. :  1.  Wm.  L.,  May  18,  1823,  m.  Sarah 
Morse,  Sept.  1,  1834,  is  in  Cala.,  and  has  Wm.  F.,  Jno.  P.,  and 
Charles  C.  2.  Mary  M.,  Sept.  27,  1830,  m.  Capt.  Duncan  T- 
Stoddard,  Sept.  1851.  3.  Sam'L  A.,  Aug.  5,  1833,  m.  Rebecca 
Spear,  June  15,  1851.  4.  Lloyd  G.,  Jan.  1836.  5.  Joseph  M., 
June  22,  1840. 

HOLLIS,  Silas,  s.  Jno.,  m.  Hannah  B.  Dwelley;  lives  on  Broad 
way,  is  a  carpenter,  and  has  1.  Mary  D.,  Aug.  1833,  m.  Chas. 
E.  Thayer,  of  H.  2.  Lydia  A.  S.,  Jan.  1836.  3.  Hannah  J., 
Feb.  1838.  4.  Elizab.  A.,  Mar.  9, 1844. 

2.  Abel,  of  Plym'h.,  m.  Betsey  Pratt,  Nov.  1820,  lives  on 
Broadway,  and  has  1.  Abigail,  Feb.  27, 1826,  m.  Zenas  Sturtevant. 
2.  Josh.,  May  16,1828.  3.  Betsey  S.,  Sep.  9,  1833,  d.  1834. 
4.  Betsey  S.,  Jan.  4,  1836.  5.  Sam'L,  Dec.  8,  1841.  6.  Lo 
renzo,  Mar.  20, 1844,  d.  1848. 

HOLMES,  Rev.  Cyrus,  s.  Nath'L,  of  Hf  x.,  b.  July  9,  1800, 
stud,  at  Phillips  Acad.,  Exeter,  N.  H.,  grad.  at  Dart.  Coll.  1828,  and 
at  And.  1831;  was  Princ.  of  the  Acad.  in  Woburn,  1831-'35;  Tutor 
of  the  Clas'l.  Dep't  of  the  High  School,  Northampton  ;  after  which 
he  preached  for  a  time,  but  ill  health  compelled  him  to  abandon  his 
profession,  and  in  1840,  he  came  to  H.,  and  was  Princ.  of  the 
Acad.  till  his  death  ;  and  Rep.  in  1848-'49.  He  d.  Aug.  16, 
1849,  and  his  wid.,  Sophia  A.,  da.  Dr.  Ant'y.  Collamore,  of  Pemb., 
whom  he  m.  June  17,  1832,  survives,  and  lives  in  the  Judge 
Gushing  house,  ch. :  1.  Elizab.,  Ap.  24,  1833,  d.  Sep.  20, 
1834.  2.  Cyrus  C.,  Oct.  2,  1836.  3.  Luther  W.,  Sep.  15, 
1839.  4.  Sophia  A.,  Ap.  20, 1842.  5.  Thos.  B.,  May  14, 1844. 
6.  Eliza  C.,  and  7.  Nancy,  Mar.  10,  d.  July,  1848. 


HOUSE  — HOWLAND  — JACOBS. 


319 


HOUSE,  Sam'l.,  was  of  Bos'n.,  prob.  the  same  as  Sam'l.  of 
Scit.,  1634  ;  and  Sam'l.  of  the  6th  gen.  from  him,  is  now  living 
in  H.,  m.  1,  Ruth  Turner,  and  2,  Elizab.  T.  White,  and  has  1. 
Sam'l.,  May  15, 1823,  m.  Mary  C.  Josselyn,  lives  in  H'n.,  and 
has  ch.  2.  Jas.  W.,  May  17, 182T. 

2.  Julius,  a  desc't.  of  Sam'l.  the  first,  m.  Ruth  Bailey,  lives  on 
King  st,  and  has  sons  Julius  and  William. 

HOWLAND,  Alvin,  s.  Jona.,  of  H'n.,  b.  Nov.  20,  1808,  m. 
Marcia  Josselyn,  Nov.  20, 1838,  lives  on  Summer  st.,  is  a  shoema 
ker,  and  has  1.  Alonzo  H.,  Aug.  4,  1839.  2.  Charles  A.,  June 
1842. 


JACOBS    FAMILY. 


Arms :  A  chev.  gu.,  between  three 
wolves   heads,  erased,   ppr. 

Crest:   A  wolf,  pass.  ppr. 


JACOB,  or  JACOBS,  an  English  family,  probably  of  Jew 
ish  descent,  settled  in  Berkshire,  Middlesex,  Suffolk,  Warwick 
shire,  and  Wiltshire.  William  was  among  the  gentry  of  Berk 
shire,  in  1433;  Nicholas  was  of  Suffolk;  Humphrey  was  of  the 
gentry  of  Warwickshire,  in  1433  ;  and  Thomas  was  of  Wiltshire, 
and  d.  in  1646,  ae.  73.  (See  Fuller's  Worthies  of  Eng.  passim.) 
The  coats  of  arms  of  different  branches,  vary  in  some  points,  but 
agree  in  the  main,  tigers  heads  being  occasionally  substituted  for 
wolves  heads.  (See  Betham's  Baronetage,  and  Burke's  General 
Armory.) 


320  JACOBS. 

Nicholas,  the  ancestor  of  a  portion  of  the  families  in  N.  Eug., 
according  to  Dan'l.  Cushing's  record,  "with  his  w.,  and  2  ch.,  and 
their  cosen  Thos.  Lincoln,  weaver,  came  from  old  H'm. ,  and  sett. 
in  this  H'm.,  in  1633.'"  He  resided  a  short  time  at  Wat.,2  and 
was  made  freeman  in  1635 — 6. 

In  June,  1635,  there  were  granted  to  him  6  acs.  of  Planting 
ground,  upon  "weariall  Hill."  June  4,  1636,  the  first  of  the 
Great  Lots  next  to  Wey'h.  river  was  assigned  to  him  ;  and  a  lot  of 
6  acs.  "at  the  head  of  the  plain  next  to  Edward  Gillman,  his 
bro.  in  law."  He  had  also  a  house  lot  in  Bachelor  river,  which  he 
sold  to  Mr.  Gillman.  Mar.  23,  1637,  he  was  one  of  the  nine  Se 
lectmen.  July  6, 1640,  he  was  one  of  the  9  to  divide  Conohasset, 
where  he  had  land.  In  1648 — 49,  he  was  Rep.  to  the  Gen'l. 
Court.  In  1655,  he  was  one  of  the  3  Commissioners  to  be  pre 
sented  to  the  Court  for  the  year  ensuing.  He  d.  June  5,  1657, 
leaving  an  estate  of  .£393  8s.  6d.,  and  a  will,  in  which  he  gives 
legacies  "to  wife  Mary,  .£30  ;  to  Joseph,  Hannah,  and  Debo.  Lor- 
ing,  .£10  each ;  to  son  John,  a  double  portion  ;  to  son  Joseph,  to 
da.  Mary,  w.  of  Jno.  Otis,  to  da.  Elizab.,  w.  of  Jno.  Thaxter,  to 
da.  Sarah,  w.  of  Jno.  Gushing,  and  to  das.  Debo.,  and  Han'h., 
equal  shares."  ch. :  1.  John,  b.  in-  Eng.  2.  Elizab.,  b.  in 
Eng.,  m.  Jno  Thaxter,  Dec.,  1648.  3  Mary,  b.  in  H'm., 
m.Jno.  Otis,  1652 — 3.  4.  Sarah,  m.  Jno.  Gushing,  1653. 
5.  Hannah,  bap.  Feb.  23,  1640,  m.  Lt.  Matt.  Gushing? 
(See  her  brother's  will.)  6.  Josiah,  bap.  Nov.  6, 1642,  d.  young. 
7.  Debo.  L.,  bap.  Nov.  26,  1643,  m.  Cap.  Nath'l  Thomas,  M'fd. 
Jan.  19,  1664,  had  10  ch.,  and  d.  in  1696.  8.  Joseph,  bap. 
May  10,  1646. 

NOTE  :  the  wid.  of  Mr.  J.,  m.  Jno.  Beal,  of  H'm.,  in  1G59. 

(Captain    John, )    son 
ft  Nicholas,  m.  1,    Mar- 
tt£QU\    gory,  da.   of   Anthony 
Eames,    Oct.  20,  1653 
*  who    d.  Ap.  7,   1659 ; 

and  2,  Mary,  da.  Geo.  Russell,  Oct.  3, 1661  ;  was  of  Glad  Ti- 

i  Lincoln's  Bi.   Cent  address,  p.  42.      a  Ibid,  p.  37. 
*  Deane's  Scit  p.  292,  and  Prob.  Rec.  Suff. 


JACOBS.  321 

dings  Plain  ;  surveyor,  1658  ;  one  of  the  13  who,  in  1G60,  oppos 
ed  Capt.  Josh.  Hobart's  being  freed  from  taxes  "on  acc't.  of  be 
ing  Capt."  In  1670, 10  shares  in  each  of  the  1,  2,  3,  and  4, 
divsn's.  of  land  were  assigned  him.  In  1680,  he  was  one  of  the 
11  who  voted  against  building  the  old  meeting  house,  now  Mr. 
Richardson's,  where  it  at  present  stands.  His  quarterly  tax  this 
year  was  £3 4s.  6d.  In  1682,  he  was  Capt.  of  the  Anc.  and 
Hon.  Artil'y.  Co. ;  and  in  1685,  he  was  one  of  Com'ee.  of  8,  to 
lay  out  highways  in  the  Conohasset  grant.  He  was  much  employ 
ed  in  town  business  ;  and  was  a  man  of  enterprise  and  shrewdness. 
He  d.  Sep.  18,  1693,  leaving  a  will,  in  which  he  gives  to  his  bro. 
Joseph,  a  piece  of  fresh  meadow,  then  in  his  occupancy  ;  to  his 
eldest  son  David,  £50,  over  and  above  what  he  had  already  had  ; 
— to  Peter,  and  Sam'l.,  a  saw  mill  and  fulling  mill,  with  the  ponds 
and  land  adjoining,  on  both  sides  of  the  river,  &c.  ;  and  to  Peter, 
£60,  for  his  services  since  of  age  ;  to  John,  house  and  land  at  Co- 
hasset,  at  Cold  Spring,  occupied  by  Francis  Ho  well,  together  with 
70  shares  in  the  1st  div.  of  lands,  if  he  lives  to  have  heirs,  other 
wise,  1-2  of  the  same  to  David's  eldest  son,  and  the  other  1-2  to 
Peter,  and  Sam'l. ; — to  da.  Mary  Bisbe,12  acs.,  at  G't.  Plain,  bought 
of  Jno.  Otis,  and  formerly  owned  by  Thos.  Turner,  and  £17,  to  be 
paid  in  six  years  ;  to  da.  Sarah  Hawkes,  4  lots  at  the  Ware  river 
and  £  20,  to  be  paid  in  six  years  ; — to  da.  Jael  Gushing,  home  land, 
bought  of  Jno.  Magoone,  and  £10,  in  6  years  ; — to  Blizab.  Tur 
ner,  2  shares  in  the  Major's  purchase,  and  £50,  in  6  years  ; — to  da- 
Hannah,  £100,  1-2  in  1  year,  and  the  rest  in  6  years ; — to  da. 
Debo.,  £100, 1-2  when  of  age,  and  the  rest  in  7  years  ;  to  da. 
Lydia,  1-2  corn  mill  at  Wey'h.,  and  £20,  when  18  years  of  age  ; 
— and  to  da.  Abigail,  barn,  upland,  &c.,  at  Cohasset,  at  a  place 
called  Beach  Island, — the  profits  to  be  for  her  education  till  of  age. 
He  speaks  of  his  gr.  fa.  Russell,  for  whom  he  makes  provision  in 
his  old  age  ;  also  of  his  fa.  Russell,  and  of  his  bros.  in-law,  Capt. 
Nath'l.  Thomas,  and  Lt.  Matt.Cushing  ;  and  his  estate  was  apprais 
ed  at  £1298  5s.1  ch. :  1.  John,  Oct.  2,  1654,  slain  by 
the  Indians,  near  his  father's  house,  Ap.  19,  1676.  2.  Mary, 

1  Prob.  Rec.  Sufl'.  Aug.  1693,  and  the  files. 


322  JACOBS. 

March  30,  1657,  called  Mary  Bisbe  in  her  father's  will; 
prob.m.  Sam'l.  Bisbe  ?  3.  Sarah,  Sep.  20, 1657,  m.  Jas.  Hawkes, 
July  9,  1678.  (By  2d,)  4.  Jael,  Sep.  7, 1662,  m.  Matt.  Gushing, 
3684,  and  d.  Dec.  23,  1708.  5.  David,  June  20,  1664.  6. 
Elizab.,  Ap.  11,  1666,  m.  Elisha  Turner  ?  7.  Peter,  Feb.  12, 
1667.  8.  Hannah,  Dec.  26,  1669.  9.  Sam'l.,  Nov.  30,  1671. 
10.  Debo.,  Aug.  15,  1674,  d.  Aug.  22,  1675.  11.  Debo.,  May 
8,  16  77,  m.  Jno.  Gushing  ?  Dec.  27, 1694.  12.  John,  July  13, 

1679,  prob.  m.  Sarah,  da.  Dan'l.  Gushing,  Feb.  19,  1711,  was 
of  Cohasset,  and  Dea.  of  the  Church,  but  left  no  ch.  on  record. 

13.  Lydia,  Ap.  18,  1681,  m.  Jno.  Gould,  Hull,  Jan.  17,  1699- 

14.  Abigail,  Nov.  13,  1683,  m.  Nath'l  Gill,  Aug.  15.  1705. 

o       f^,f  /      /v/        S     son  Nicholas,  wasfreem.,  in 

]uCri&9/ls    CycUCt^^'W™.,  and  had  lot  of  land 

'  near  Great  Hill,and  4shares 

in  the  divis.  of  Lands  in    1670.     He  was  a   carpenter  by  trade, 

and  by  wife  Hannah,  had   1.     Joseph,  Feb.    20,    1672,    prob. 

d.   young.     2.    Joseph,   Ap.,   10,    1675.     3.    Benj.,  Ap.    10, 

1680.  4.   Mary,   Sep.    16,  1686,    d.    Mar.    22,  1695.     This 
is  all  the  record  we  have  found  of  the  family.     He  is  named  in  the 
will  of  his  bro.  John. 

/"~\  s.  Capt.  John  2,  sett,  in 

4*        y^C^     ^)    <?  J?    Scit'  ab'  1688'  when  he 

u^-  c/^^u  d^-^-^x.    purchased  the  lands  of  his 

uncle,  Geo.  Russell,  on  the  south-east  of  Stockbridge's  mill, 
anciently  the  Stedman  place,  and  his  house  stood  where  stands 
that  of  the  late  Sam'l  Hatch.  He  is  called  a  "weaver "  on 
the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  and  was  an  active  man  in  the  town? 
of  good  education,  Dea.  of  the  church,  and  always  employed  in 
public  affairs,  and  as  a  school-master.  He  m.  1,  Sarah,  da.  Jno. 
Gushing,  Esq.,  1689,  she  being  his  cousin  ;  and  2,  Mary  Gushing. 
ch. :  1.  David,  Oct.  28,  1690,  prob.  d.  young.  2.  Mary,  July 

15.  1692,  m.  Josh.  Barker.     3.  Sarah,  Sep.  15,  1694,  m.  Jedc- 
di.  Lincoln.     4,  Elisha,  Oct.  30,  1696,  d.  young.     5.  Debo.,  Ap. 
22,  1698,  m.  Dr.  Isaac  Otis,   Scit.,  the  first  regularly  edu.  phy?. 
sett,   in    Scit.,    and  a  gent,    of  uncommon  accomplishments  of 


JACOBS.  323 

person  and  mind.  He  d.  1718.1  6.  Lydia,  Aug.  1,  1700.  7. 
Josh.,  Mar.  31,  1702.  8.  Hannah,  Ap.  27,  1704,  m.  Jno.  Spar- 
rowhawk,  Pljm'h.,  Dec.  2,  1715  ;  and  2.,  Sam'l.  Gushing.  9.  Jo 
seph,  Aug.  16, 1707.  10.  Benj.,  Ap.  10, 1709.  11.  Elisha,  Oct. 
7,  1711.  Left  no  desc'ts.  on  record  . 

5.  Peter,  s.   Capt.  Jno.  2,  m.  Hannah,  da.  Sam'l.   Allen,  of 
Barnstable,  is  called  a  "Fuller,"  on  the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  and  lived 
and  d.  in  H'm.     ch.  :  1.  Jno.,  Oct.  7,  1694,  m.  Mercy  Farrow, 
1724,  was  Rep.  1726,  and  had  Jno.,  1724,  Mary,  1726,  and  Al- 
lyn.  1728.     2.  Hannah,  July  22,  1695,  m.  Jacob  Loring.     3. 
Mary,  Sep.  19,  1698,  m.  Abel  Cashing.     4.  Elizab.,  Ap.  9,1700, 
m.  Thos.   Andrews,  H'm.     5.  Peter,  Oct.  25,  1701.     6.  Jael, 
May  10,  1703,  m.  Benj.  Loring,  Dec.  24,  1728.     7.  Lydia,  Ap. 
16,  1705,  m.  Rev.  Ne'h.  Hobart,  Cohas't.,  Jan.  14,  1724,  and  d. 
Feb.  12,  1736.     8.  Joseph,  Aug.  11, 1706,  d.  young.     9.  Jo 
seph,   Ap.    14.  1708,  m.  Ruth  Wilson,  and  had  Mary,,  1735, 
Ruth,  1737,  ancTl  da.  d.  young.     10.  Abig.,  Dec.  3,  1709,  m. 
Josh.  Herrick,  Beverly,  Sep.  8. 1737.     11.  Sarah,  July  13, 1712, 
m.  Jona.  Lazell,  Dec.  21  1743.     12.  Debo.,  Aug.  28, 1714,  m. 
Jas.  Fearing,  Nov.  22,  1733. 

6.  Sam'l.  s.  Jno.  2,  m.  Elizab. ,  is  called  a  "  husbandman," 

in  the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  and  d.  intestate,  Oct.  29.  1695,  leaving 
one  s.,  Sam'l.,  b.  June  27,  1695,  of  whom  his  mo.  was  appointed 
guardian,  arid  who  sett,  in  Pernb.,  being  called  Lt.  Sam'l.,  on  the 
Pemb.  Rec.  By  w.  Susanna,  he  had,  1.  Seth,  m.  Penelope  Burton, 
Oct.  23,  1751,  and  had  Sam'l.,  (m.  Mary  Sprague,  and  had  Jno. 
who  m.  Grace  Lamed,)  Seth,  Stephen,  and  Sam'l. ;  and  2.  Bur 
ton. 

7.  Joshua,  s.  Capt.  David  4,  m.  Mary  James,  Ap.  7,  1726,  and 
lived  in  Scit.,  where  I.  R.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  now  resides,  having  built 
that  house.     He  was  an  early  proprietor  of  the  Jacobs  Mills,  with 
his  bro.  Dr.  Joseph,  and  was  an  extensive  landholder,  and  a  man 
of  industry,  and  active  business  habits.     He  d.  Dec.  9,  1784,  ae. 
82,  and  his  wid.  July  22,  1803,  ae.  99.  ch.. :  1.  Sarah,  Nov.  2, 
1727,    d.   Aug.    13,  1753.     2.    David,    Jan.    16,    1729.     3. 

1  See  the  Otis'  Geneology,  in  the  N.  E.  Gen.  Reg. 


324  JACOBS. 

Mary,  July  17,  1732,  m.  Col.  Jno.  Gushing,  of  Scit.,  and  d.,  Ap. 
27,  1814,  ae.  82.  4.  Jno.,  May  23,  1735.  5.  Joshua,  June  23, 
1737.  6.  Eunice,  July  23,  1740,  d.  Dec.  4.  1784.  7.  James, 
Mar.  6.  1742.  8.  Lucy,  Nov.  3,  1748,  m.  Nath'l.  Jacobs,  Jan.  G, 
1780,  and  d.  in  1812." 

8.  Dr.  Joseph,  s.  Capt.  David  4,  m.  Mary,  da.  Edward 
Foster,  of  Dorchester,  in  1734,  was  sometime  Deacon  of  the  2d. 
Church  in  Scituate,  and  lived  where  Col.  Jno.  Collamore  now 
resides.  He  was  a  skilful  physician,  a  man  of  good  talents,  suc 
cessful  in  his  practice,  and  of  respectable  standing.  He  Avas  also 
part  proprietor  of  the  Jacobs  Mills,  and  a  large  land  holder, 
both  in  Scituate  and  Hanover,  ch.  :  1.  Elisha,  Aug.  29,  1735. 
2.  Relief,  Jan.  16,  1737,  m.  David  Jacobs.  3.  Hannah,  May  9, 
1739,  m.  Jno.  James.  4.  Sarah,  May  1741,  m.  Jno.  Foster.  5. 
Lydia,  May  30,  1743,  m.  Amasa  Whiting.  6.  Joseph,  May  7, 
1745,  d.  young.  7.  Debo.,  May  12,  1747,  d^unm.  8.  Nath'l., 
Oct.  7,  1748,  d.  young.  9.  Nath'l.,  Ap.  6,  1750.  10.  Mary, 
Jan.  27,  1751,  m.  Jno.  Foster,  —  his  2d  w.  11.  Abig.,  Dec.  1, 
1753,  m.  Caleb  Sylvester.  12.  Joseph,  July  12,  1755,  d.  young. 
13.  Joseph,  May  5,  1757. 

9.  Benj.,  s.  Capt.  David  4,   m.  Mary  Thomas,  of  Pemb.,   arid 
lived  and  d.  at  his  father's  place,  in  Scit,  since  known  as  the  Sam'l. 
Hatch  place,     ch.  :  1.  Anne,  July  6,  1738,  d.  young.     2.  Mary, 
Sep.  8,  1739,'m.  Sam'l.  Hatch.     3.  Anne,  May  30,~  1743,    d. 
young.     4.  Priscilla,  Feb.  8,  1746,    d.  young.     5.  Priscilla,    d. 
unm.     6.  Anne,  Nov.  25,  1753,  d.   unm.     7.  Sarah,  Jan.    10, 
1756,  d.  unm.,  Mar.  27,  1837. 

10.  Peter,  s.  Peter  5,  m.  Lydia,  da.  Jno.  Lane,  Ap.  5,  1731, 
and  lived  and  d.  in  H'm.,  a  respected  and  useful  citizen,     ch.  :  1. 
Jno.,  Aug.  14,  1732.     2.  Lydia,  Aug.  3,  1734,  m.  Jno.  Lincoln, 
Aug.  5,1760.     3.  Bethia,  1736.     4.  Peter,  Aug.  23,  1738.     5. 
Nicholas,  Aug.  26,  1741.     6.  Hannah,  1744,  m.  Isaac  Sprague. 
7.  Mary,  1746.     8.  David,  1747.  m.  Hannah  Abbot  ? 

_-  /s.  Josh.  7,  lived  in  H.,  m.  1, 

t<-  C  °~^  Hannah  Richmond,  June   2, 


1759,  who  d.  Mar..l7,  1776  ; 
and  2,  Relief,  da.  Dr.  Joseph  Jacobs,  Jan.  16,  1778  ;  lived  where 


JACOBS.  325 

Rev.  R.  L.  Killam  now  resides,  in  Snappet;  and  built  that  house, 
•which  he  improved  for  many  years  as  a  Tavern.  (Seethe  view 
under  Mr.  Killam's  name.)  He  was  an  extensive  land  holder, 
and  surveyor  ;  Selectman  from  1776-'78  ;  a  member  of  the  Com. 
of  Safety  in  the  Rev'n.;  Rep.  in  1780,  81,  and  86  ;  and  d.  Dec.  16, 
1808,  ae.  79,  and  his  w.  Jan.  6,  1805,  ae.  68.  ch. :  1.  David, 
Ap.  20,  1763.  2.  Perez,  Oct.  29, 1765.  3.  Richmond,  Sep.  12, 
1767,  d.  Feb.  4,  1775.  4.  Hannah,  May  29,  1769,  m.  Nath'l. 
Gushing,  Scit.  5.  Eunice,  Feb.  4,  1775,  d.  Feb.  27,  1850 

12.  Col.  Jno.,  s.  Josh.  7,  m.  Hannah  Tolman,  and  lived  in  Scit., 
where  Dr.  Bailey's  desc'ts.  now  reside.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade, 
a  Col.  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  a  man  of  great  activity  and  ability,  ch. : 

1.  Jno.,  Sep.  22, 1759,  m.  Mabel  Litchfield,  was  a  blacksmith  by 
trade,  and  lived  fora  time  in  H.,  where  Hiram  Curtis  now  resides, 
whence  he  moved  to  Carlisle,  Mass.,  where  his  desc'ts.  still  reside, 
and  of  which  town  his  son  Jno.,  was  Rep.  to  the  Mass.  Leg.  in  1850. 

2.  Sam'l.,  or  LeiriL,  June  10,   1761,  m.    Sarah  Randall,  was   a 
shipwright  by  trade,   lived  in  Scit.,  and  had  Sarah,  m.  Michael 
Ford. ;  Lem'L,  d.  unm. ;  Benj.,  now  living  in  So.  Scit.,  (m.  Tripho- 
sa  Sylvester,  and  has    Sarah,  Adeline,  Warren  and  Tempe,)  and 
Nancy.  3.  Hannah,  Ap.  4,  1763,  m.  Col.  Chas.  Turner,  and  is  yet 
living,  in  So.  Scit.     4.  Sarah,  Dec.  15, 1764,  m.  Calvin  Bailey,  of 
H.     5.  Francis,  Oct.  2,   1766.     6.  Mary,  July  20,   1768,  m. 
Jas.  Bourne.    7.  Chas.,  May  26,  1770,  m.  Elizabeth  Snelling,  was 
a  carpenter,  lived  in   Bos'n.,  and  had,  Elizal.,   m.  a  Peterson ; 
Nancy  S.  ;  Harriet ;  and   Chas.      8.  Roland,  Mar.  17,  1772,  m 
Anna  Eames,  lives  in  Me.,  is  a  shipwright,  and  has  JRoland,  m.   a 
Young,  and  has    ch. ;    Warren;   John;  Mary,  m.   a  Bradford; 
Ann  ;  and  Hannah.    9.  Walter,  Dec.  27, 1774,  m.  Elizab.  Turner, 
d.  in  Scit.,  and   his  wid.  lives  in  Ab'n. ;  had  Walter;  Mary  A., 
(m.  Milo  Kellogg,  arid  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.)  ;  Mariah,  (m.  Marshal 
H.  Litchfield,)  ;  Roland,  (m.  Emily  Blanchard,    and  has  Chas., 
Geo.,  Lyman,  and  Emily)  ;    Chas.  ;  Lyman  ;  Ellinor  ;  and  Lydia. 
10.  Fanny,  Nov.  18,  1776,  living  in  So.  Scit.     11.  Warren,  Mar. 
29,  1778,  m.  Rachel  Clapp,  was  killed  by  falling  from  a  building 
in  Boston,  and   his  wid.  m.   Stephen  Hall,  and  is  now  a  wid.,  in 
Medford.     His  ch.   were    Warren,  (m.  Tamsen  Puffer,  May  10, 


326  JACOBS. 

1833,  lives  in  So.  H'm.,  and  has  Warren  H.,  Jan.  10,  '35,  drown 
ed  in  1845  ;  Mary  C.,  Oct.  29,  '38  ;  Jno.  2.,  Jan.  23,  '40  ;  An 
drew,  Feb.  8,  '43  ;  and  Warren  II.,  June  4,  1850,  d.  May,  1851)  ; 
Rachel,  m.  Dr.  Milton  Fuller,  of  Meclford  ;  and  Elizab.,  m.  Ste 
phen  Coats,  of  Saugus.  He  is  d. 

13.  Capt.  Josh.,  s.  Josh.  7,  m.  Elizab.  Richmond,  and  lived 
where  his  son  Loring's  desc'ts.  now  reside.  He  was  a  cooper  by 
trade  ;  a  Capt.  in  the  Rev'n. :  sometime  Selectman  of  Scit. ;  and  a 
man  of  sound  sense,  few  words,  and  steady  habits.  He  d.  Aug. 
9,  1808,  ae.  71,  and  his  w.  Dec.  9,  1781,  ae.  47.  ch.  :  1.  Josh., 
Sep.  22, 1767.  2.  Elizab.,  Oct.  24,  1769,  d.  unm.  3.  Loring, 
May,  1771.  4.  Lucy,  Ap.  16,  1773,  m.  Josh.  Hersey,  H'm., 
Mar.  6,  1794.  5.  Rhoda,  Aug.  17,  1778,  m.  Jacob  Beal,  Mar. 
14,  1798.  6.  Mary,  Aug.  26,  1780,  m,  Alex'r.  Vining,  and  is 
living  a  wid.,  in  So.  Scit.  7.  Sylvester,  Sep.  1, 1782,  lives  in  Gro- 
ton,  and  has  Elizab.  ;  Cynthia  S.,  d.  ae.  ab.  28  ;  Sylvester,  d.  ae. 
ab.  12  ;  Lucy ;  Amelia  ;  and  Charles,  now  at  H.  Coll. 

s.  Josh.  7,  m.  Debo.  Richmond, 

(/    y      Mar.  19, 1772,  and  lived  where 
faaTV 

/f  his  son  1.  K.  Jacobs,  Esq.,  now 

{/  resides,  in  So.  Scit.,  where   he 

d.,  Sep.  12,  1827,  ae.  86,  respected  in  life  and  lamented  in  death, 
ch.:  1.  Jas.,  Jan.  3,  1773,  d.  atH.  Coll.,  Sep.  16,  1793.  2.  Ich- 
abod  R.,  June  27,  1774.  3.  Debo.,  June  22,  1776,  m.  Capt, 
Chas.  Cushing,  H'm.  4.  Thos.  M.,  Sep,  22,  1777.'  5.  Nabby, 
June  19, 1780,  m.  Abiel  Farrow,  and  is  living,  a  wid.,  in  So.  Scit. 
6.  Michael,  July  17, 1782,  m.  wid.  Huklah  Bowker,  lives  in  So. 
Scit.,  and  has  Julia,  d.,  and  Edwin.  7.  Eunice,  Feb.  3,  1783, 
m.  Sam'l.  Hatch,  Scit.,  and  d.  Jan.  2,  1811. 

s.  Dr.  Joseph,  8,  m.  Lu- 
sanna  Randall,  was  a  farm- 
er  an(i  brickmaker,  lived 
in  Scit.,  where  his  son, 
Hon.  E.  F.  Jacobs,  now 
resides,  (having  built  that  house,)  and  d.  Dec.  8,  1779,  ae.  43, 
and  his  wid.,May  4,  1821,  ae.  82.  ch. :  1.  Elisha,  Aug.  12, 1760, 


JACOBS.  327 

m.  in  N.  York,  was  Capt.  of  a  corps  of  Artificers,  in  the  Rev'n., 
and  prob.  d.  at  the  South.     2.  Saml.,  Mar.  4,  17G2,  a  shipwright; 
sett,  in  Me.;  m.  1,  Marg't.  Stinson  ;  and  2,  Marg't.  McGlathery; 
was  many  yrs.  Rep.  to  the  Mass.  Leg.;  Justice  of  the  Peace  and 
Quorum;  and  d.  Sep.  5,  1809,  and  his  wid.  in  1837,  ae.  75;  having 
had,  by  2d  w.,  Samuel,  stud,  law,  but  sett,  as  a  merchant,  and  d. 
unm.,  in  1835,  ae.  44  ;  Frederic,  m.   Julia,  da.  Benj.   Gushing, 
Esq.,  had  Benj.  C.,  Robt.  W.,  Eliza,  Adaline,  Frederic,  and  Delia, 
and  d.  in  1834,  ae.  39;  Robert,  d.  unm.,  in  1829,  ae.  31  ;  Bela, 
d.  unm.,  in  1849,  ae.  52  ;  and  Caroline,  m.  Dr.  Joseph  H.  Esta- 
brooks,  in  1823,  and  had  19  ch.,  of  whom  12  are  living.     3. 
Braddoc,  May,  1764.     4.  Benj.,  Sep.  29,  1766.     5.  Lydia,  Aug. 
25,  1768,-  d.  Sep.  24,  1785.     6.  Bela,  May  1,  1770,  m.  Polly 
Eaton,  lived  in  Me.,  and  d.,  leaving  no  ch.     7.  Polycarpus,  May 
29,  1772,  m.  1,  a  Clapp;  and  2,  Rebecca  Coffin,  Nantucket;  sett. 
first  in  Me.,  as  shipwright;  and  d.  in  Milton,  Mass,  in  1852; 
having  had,  Melintha,  d.;  Susanna,  m.  Lewis  Tucker,  Milton,  and 
is  d.  ;    Elizab.    G-.,  m.  Rev.   Gamal.   C.  Beman,  Winchendon, 
Mass.  ;  Leah  L.,  m.  Henry  Allen,  of  Me.  ;  Edwd.  F.,  m.  Lavina 
Ficket,  and  is  d.  ;  Almena,  m.   Nathl.   Swift,  Andover,  Mass.  ; 
Rachel,  m.  Jno.  Myers,  Milton,  Mass.  ;  and  Benj.    T.,  d.     8. 
Edward  F.,  Oct.  23,  1774.     9.  Lusanna,  Nov.  20,  1777,  m. 
Nathl.  Tucker,  and  lives,  in  Dorch'r. 

s.  Dr.  Jos.   8,  m. 


Jan.  b,  1780,  who 
d.  Mar.  20,  1812  ;  and  2,  Charlotte  Wade,  Mar.  1,  1814;  and  d. 
Sep.  22,  1822,  and  his  wid.,  Mar.  1,  1852.  Lived  in  II.,  wber3 
the  present  Alms  House  stands  ;  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of  good 
natural  abilities,  a  kind  father,  and  an  industrious  citizen,  ch.  :  1. 
Nathl.,  July  16,  1782.  2.  Stephen,  Mar.  6,  1786.  3.  Wm., 
Oct.  6,  1788,  a  carpenter,  d.  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  25, 
1814. 

17.  Joseph,  s.  Dr.  Joseph  8,  m.  Hannah  Eells,  Dec.  3,  1780, 
was  a  schoolmaster,  in  H'm.,  for  several  years,  and  d.  June  14, 
1811,  and  his  wid.  Feb.  3,  1818.  ch.  :  1.  Joseph,  Nov.  6,  1781. 


328  JACOBS. 

2.  Hannah,  Mar.  11,  1783,  m.  Smith  Downing,  of  Lynn,  and  d. 
Aug.  7,  1837.     3.  Ruth,  Dec.  13,  1784,  m.  Job  Damon,  of  H., 
and  d.  Sep.,  1819.     4.  Jas.  H.,  Ap.   2,  1787,  m.  1,  Celenda 
Stetson,  Nov.  24,  1811,  who  d.  1812;  and  2,  Lusanna  Stetson, 
Nov.  26,  1812,  and  d.  Mar.  4,  1825,  and  his  wid.  lives  in  South 
Scit.,  with  her  da.   Celenda,  b.  Nov.   3,  1813.     5.  Elisha,  Oct. 
11,  1790,  is  prob.  d.     G.  Clarissa,  Oct.  28,  1792,  m.   1,  Elijah 
Downing;  and  2,  a  Pool;  and  lives  in  Lynn.     7.  George  W.,Dec. 

3,  1797,  d.  Mar.  14,  1799.     8.  David,  Ap.  5,  1799,  m.  Olive 
Fly,  of  Me.,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has    Clarissa,  m.   Gridley 
Wheeler  ;  David,  (m.  Abigail  Wheeler,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Wilbur  R.)  ;    Wm.  F.  ;  Olive  M. ;  Jas.  H. ;  Danl.  W. ;  Mary  A., 
d. ;  Joseph,  d. ;  and  Walter  R.     9.  Benj.,  Jan.  2, 1804,  m.  Har 
riet  Doten,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  and  has  Creo.  T. ;  Philip  C.  ;  Gus- 
tavus  ;  Amasa,  d. ;  Harriet  8.  ;  and  Everett,  d. 

18.  Jno.,  s.  Peter  11,  m.  Lydia  Beal,  Ap.  10,  1761,  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade,  lived  in  H'm.,  and  d.  Dec.  4,  1806,  ae.  76, 
respected  by  the  community,  and  lamented  by  his  friends,  ch. :  1. 
Jno.,  Sep.  5, 1762.  2.  Lydia,  July  26, 1764,  m.  Ezek'l.  Gushing, 
and  moved  to  Worthington.  3.  Peter,  Aug.  28, 1766.  4.  Dan'l., 
July  18,  1768,  m.  Mary  Jones,  was  a  blacksmith,  lived  in  S.  H'm., 
and  d.  Ap.  15. 1806,  having  had  Sarah,  m.  Piam  Gushing,  of  H'm. ; 
Mary,  m.  Leavitt  Tower,  of  H'm. ;  and  Catherine,  m.  Philip  R. 
Bennett,  and  lives  in  Ills.  5.  Hannah,  Feb.  5,  1771,  m.  Tsa.  Tower, 
H'm.  6.  Debo.,  July  6.  1773,  m.  Crocker  Wilder,  of  H'm.,  and 
was  mo.  of  Crocker  and  Alden,  to  whose  Factory  we  have  al 
luded  on  p.  34.  7.  Jotham,  Ap.  27.  1775. 

David  n' 

i>  Han.  tler- 
sey,  H'm.,  and 

lived  in  H. ,  in  the  house  which  stood  where  stands  that  of  Perez 
Simmons,  Esq.,  and  there  d.  Aug.  2,  and  his  wid.  Aug.  28,  1799. 
Had  his  life  been  spared,  we  donbt  not  that  the  son,  like  the  fath 
er,  would  have  been  a  prominent  man  in  the  town,  as  his  abilities 
were  good,  and  his  prospects  flattering,  ch.:  1.  Hannah  R.,  Oct.  13, 
1782,  living,  unm.  2.  Relief,  Feb.  29,  1785,  m.  C.  P.  Sumner, 


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JACOBS.  329 

Esq.,  of  Bos'n.,  and  is  mo.  of  Hon.  Charles  Sumner,  now  in  the. 
U.  S.  Senate.  3.  David  0.,  July  19,  1787,  in.  Lydia  Blake,  of 
Keene,  N.  H.,  is  living  in  S.  H'rn.,  and  had  Henry  H.,  d.  ae.  2  ; 
and  Caroline.  4.  Amanda,  July  18,  1789,  m.  Capt.  Galen 
James,  Medford.  5.  Matilda.  Feb.  16,  1792,  d.  Aug.  25,  1799. 
6.  Hiram,  Ap.  22,  1795,  d.  unm.,  in  Bos'n.  7.  Maria,  Sep.  10, 
1797,  d.  ab.  1825,  being  drowned,  at  the  Navy  Yard,  Chas'n. 

s.    David   11,   m.  Relief  Bow- 
t  crfr-      ker,  Scit.  ;  lived  in  part  of  his 

father's  house  ;  and  d.  Mar.  8  ? 
1828,  ae.  62,  and  his  wid.  May,  1845,  both  leaving  a  good  name 
for  their  children,  as  a  valuable  inheritance,  ch.  :  1.  Desire,  Sep. 
25,  1788,  m.  Capt.  Edward  Curtis,  and  is  living,  a  wid.,  in  H. 
2.  Rebecca,  Oct.  25,  1790,.  m.  Jno.  Bryant,  of  Chas'n.  3. 
Debo.  R.,  August  9,  1795,'  d.  May  17,1796.  4.  Debo.  R.,' 
March  14,  1798,  m.  Snell  Wade,  May  11,  1819.  5.  Eunice, 
December  12,  1799,  m.  1,  Joseph  Mann,  Dec.  5.  1822,  and  2, 
Martin  Stoddard,  and  lives  in  Mf'd.  6.  Perez  R.,  Oct.  22,  1806, 
m.  Nancy  Howe,  Sep.  21,  1831,  lives  in  Chas'n.,  is  Dep.  Sheriff, 
and  has  G-eorge,  Charles,  Charlotte  E.,  Edward  C.,  Caroline  M., 
and  Julia  M.  7.  Theodosius,  m.  Sophronia  Whittemore,  and  both 
are  d  ;  no  ch. 

21.  Capt.  Josh.,  s.  Capt.  Josh.  13,  m.  Hannah  Gushing,  May 
30,  1796,  lived  in  So.  Scit.,  where  his  son  Piam  now  resides, 
and  d.  May  3,  1840,  and  his  w.  Ap.  5,  1824,  ae.  50.  He  was  a 
man  of  sobriety,  industry,  intelligence,  and  virtue,  ch.  :  1.  Han 
nah  W.,  Feb.  24,  1798.  2.  Mary  J.,  Jan.  3,  1800,  m.  Benjamin 
Hersey,  H'm.  3.  Josh.,  Nov.  19,  1801,  m.  Ruth  A.  Davis,  Feb. 
1843,  lives  in  Boston,  is  a  stairbuilder,  and  has  Mary  E.  D.  4. 
Theophilus,  Dec.  15,  1803,  d.  Oct.  31,  1844,  in  Ohio.  5.  Emma, 
Feb.  23,  1806,  m.  David  Gushing,  H'm.  6.  Bela  T.,  March  18. 
1808,  resided  for  some  years  in  Valparaiso,  but  now  in  So.  Scit: 
a  carpenter  by  trade  ;  not  m.  7.  William  C.,  Nov.  15,  1810,  m. 
Louisa  Dodge,  is  a  stairbuilder,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  has  Hannah 
W.,  Helen  L.,  Clara  D.,  and  Martha,  living.  8.  Piam,  Jan.  5, 
1813.  9.  David  R.,  July  24,  1817,  lives  in  Salisbury,  Ohio,  is 
m.,  and  has  Emma  J.,  and  Hannah. 

21 


330  JACOBS. 

22.  Lorlng,  s.  Capt.  Josh.  13,  m.  1,  Mary  Simmons,  May  30, 
1802,  who  d.  Aug.  23,  1805  ;  2,  Rachel  Wilder,  Oct.  17,  1808, 
who  d.  Aug.  2T,  1810  ;  and  3,  Meriall  Wilder,  June  12,  1811  ; 
and  d.  Dec.  6,  1846  ;  his  wid.  survives.     Mr.  J.  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade,  but  the  latter  part  of  his  life  resided  in  So.  Scit.,  as  a 
farmer.     An  excellent  citizen,  and  an  honest  and  liberal  minded 
man.     ch. :  1.  Franklin,  March  ll,  1803,  fitted  for  Coll.,  but  d. 
Sept.  5,  1833.     (By  2d,)  2.  Mary  S.,  Ap.  19,  d.  Aug.  6, 1810. 
(By  3d,)  3.  Loring,  June  18,  1812,  m.  Mary  E.,  da.  Capt.  Jno. 
M.  Nichols,  Plym'h.,  May  31,  1840,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  was  for 
some  years  a  trader  and  shoe  manufacturer ;  and  was  Selectman 
of  So.  Scit,  from  1848-'51 ;  no  ch.     4.  Andrew,  July  29,  1813, 
m.   Sophronia  Litchfiel,d,  Ap.   1844,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  and  has 
AndreivF.,  and  Lucy  A.     5.  Mary  A.,  Nov.  15,  1815,  m.  Dex 
ter  Bowker,  Jan.  19,  1840,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  and  has  ch.    6.  Mar 
tha  A.,  Sep.  28, 1817,  unm.     7.  Meriall,  Oct.  18, 1822,  m.  Rev. 
H.  P.  Stevens,  Sept.  13,  1846,  and  has  one  son.     8.  Washington, 
Nov.  19,  1825,  m.  Harriet  E.   A.   Keyes,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  is  a 
stairbuilder,  and  has  Josephine,  d.  young  ;    Washington  I.  ;  and 
Ella  M. 

23.  Ichabod  R.,  s.  Jas.  14,  m.  Clarissa  Richmond,  of  Little 
Compton,  R.I.,  Oct.  16,  1805,  who  d.  November  7,1840,ae.  62  ; 
an  amiable  woman  and  an  excellent  mother.     Mr.  J.  early  learned 
the  shoemaker's  trade,  but  most  of  his  life  has  been  devoted  to 
farming,  and  he  has  received  a  premium  for  the  best  cultivated 
farm  in    Plymouth  County.     He    was    Selectman   of    Scit.,   in 
1840-41 ;  has  been  for  ten  years  a  J.  P.,  and  is  a  gentleman  of 
amiable  manners  and  high  moral  worth,  ch.  :  1.  Mary  S.,  Sept.  24, 
1806,  m.  Rev.  Massena  B.,  s.  Rev.  HoseaBallou,  Dec.  21,  1825, 
lives  in  Stoughton,  and  has  three  children  living,  Massena  7^., (who 
is  m.)  ;  Clementina  C.  ;    and  BertJiea  R.     2.  Richmond,  Oct.  4, 
1808,  d.  Sept.  6,  1838,  in  N.  Orl's,  merch't.     3.  Sarah,  Feb.  18, 
1810,  m.  Rev.  Jno.,  s.  Jno.  Boyden,  lives  in  Woonsocket,  R.  I., 
and  has  Jno.  R.     4.  Thos.,  July  8,  1812,  m.  Elizab.  S.  Ratley, 
March  9,  1847,  lives  in  Shreeveport,  La.,  and  has  Benj.  72.,  1847. 
5,  Benj.,  Sept.  4,  d.  Oct.  21,  1814.     6.  Benj.,  Sept.  17,  1815, 


JACOBS.  331 

m.  1,  Lydia  M.  P.,  da.  Rev.  R.  L.  Killam,  May  26,  1839,  who  d. 
Sept.  7, 1846  ;  and  2,  Sarah  J.,  da.  Samuel  Hatch,  June  25, 1848; 
lives  in  part  of  the  ancestral  homestead,  and  has  Maria,  Feb.  7, 
1841,  and  Augustus,  July  24,  1843.  7.  Clarissa,  Mar.  19,  1818. 

8.  Abby  S.,  Ap.10,  1821.  in.  Henry  J.  Curtis,  Sept.  20, 1848. 

9.  Barton  R.,  June  23,  1823. 

24.  Thos.  M.,  s.  Jas.  14,  m.  Hannah,  wid.  Joseph  Pocorny,  and 
da.  of  Geo.  W.  Felton,  of  Petersham,  Mass.,  March  22,  1815,  and 
d.  Nov.  4, 1845.     He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  but  resided,  the 
latter  pajt  of  his  life,  in  So.  Scit.,  opposite  the  Universalist  Church, 
was  a  farmer,  and  by  honest  industry  commended  himself  to  the 
favorable  notice  of  those  who  knew  him  best.     ch.  :  1.  Eunice  H., 
Jan.  5,  1816,  d.  Dec.  17,  1838.     2.  James  M.,  merchant  tailor, 
Bos'n.,  of  the  enterprising  firm  of  Jacobs  &  Deane,  Court  st;  m. 
Caroline  E.  Hendley,  Sept.  9, 1849,  who  d.  Mar.  28, 1852,  ae.  28, 
leaving  a  da..  Frances  A.,  b.  Nov.  25, 1851.     3.  David  H.,  a 
master  mason  and  contractor,  living  in  Bos'n.  ;  m.  Elizab.  Ayres, 
Ap.  25,  1847,  and  hasJas.  A.,  October  15, 1848,  and  Anna  E.y 
Jan.   14,  1852.     4.  Aurelia  F.,  June  22,  1823.     5.  Thos.  R., 
Nov.  24,  1825,  clerk  with  his  brother  James. 

25.  Braddoc,  s.  Elisha  15,  m.   Sarah  Hersey,  H'm.,  in  1787, 
lived  first  in  Scit.,  where  the  wid.  of  Thos.  M.  Jacobs  resides  ;  sett, 
in  Littleton  ab.  1807,  and  there  d.,  April  5,  1847.     His  wid.  sur 
vives,     ch. :  1.  Sarah,  June  9,  1788,  m.  Moses  Foster,  ab.  1812, 
and  d.  Dec.  22,  1845,  leaving  Sam'l.  IT.,  Moses  IT.,  Mary  A, 
Joseph  V. ,  Francis  E.,  and  Hannah  A.     2.  Ancil,  Dec.  20, 1789, 
d.  Dec.  17,  1796.     3.  Benj.  H.,  Dec.  9,    1792,  sett,   in  Lynn, 
1810, m.  Elizab.  Downing,  Oct.  4,  1818,  and  has  Lydia  M.,  July 
24,  1819  ;  Benj.  H.,  Sept.  27,  1821,  d.  young ;  Edwin  S.,  Jan. 
15,  1826  ;  Sophia  E.,  Oct.  15, 1826  ;   G-eo.  IT.,  Sept.  25,1829; 
and  Joseph  E. ,  Sept.  23,  1832.     4.  Lydia,  Feb.  22,  1793,  m. 
Nathan  Johnson,  Sept.  10,  1850,  and  he  d.  March  9,  1851.     5f 
Joann,  May  28, 1797,  m.  1,  Oliver  Locke.  Lex'n.,  April  1,  1817, 
and  had  Faustina  M.,  d.  1850,  and  Joann  S.     Her  1st  husb.  d- 
Oct.  15,  1825,  and  she  m.  2,  Win.  Smith,  Lex'n.,  1832,  and  has 
Mary  E.  B.     6.  Hannah,  June  26,  1799,  m.  1,  Dan'J.  Harrin^- 


332  JACOBS. 

ton,  Lex'n.,  Dec.  1824,  who.  d.  1826  ;  and  2,  Luther  Brooks, 
Camb.,  June  1,  1830,  who  d.  July  4, 1839,  leaving  her  Luther  F., 
Susanna  J '.,  CJias.  E.,  and  Everett  W-  7.  Susanna,  Aug.  7, 
1801,  m.  James  Wellington,  Medford,  Nov.  19,  1820,  and  has 
Jas.  -Z?.,d.  1826  ;  Angeline  W.  ;  Jas.  E.  ;  and  Adria.  8.  Mary 
W.,  May  30,  1803,  m.  Isaac  Wellington,  Nov.  19,  1824,  and  has 
Oliver  L.,  Isaac  B. ,  Francenaj  Mary  A.,  and  Luther  B.  9. 
Geo.  H.,  Oct.  5,  1805,  of  Chas'n.,  m.  Persis  A.  Teel,  1829,  has 
been  a  successful  merchant,  and  Alderman  of  C. ;  has  G-eo.  H. , 
June  20,  1830;  Persis  A^  October  20,  1831,  d.  Feb.  27,  1832 ; 
AngeliaP.,Dec.l,  1834;  and  Jas.  W.,  May  12,  1839.  10. 
Sophia,  Oct.  9,  1807,  d.  April  6, 1810.  11.  Chas.,  April.  27, 
1810,  of  Medford,  in.  Octavia  Burbank,  Lex'n.,  Dec.  7,  1837, 
and  has  Chas.  #.,  Sept.  15,  1838  ;  Octavia  A.,  Jan.  23,  1840  ; 
Elizab.  B.,  Dec.  16, 1842  ;  Henry  B.,  April  1, 1845  ;  Sarah  H., 
Jan.  8,  d.  June  20,  1848  ;  and  Ed.F.,  Dec.  15,  1850. 

26.  Benj.,  s.  Elisha  15,  sett,  in  Dorch'r.,  Mass.,  in  1783,  and 
m.  1,  Sarah,  da.  Timo.  Foster ;  and  2,  Jemimah,  da.  Edward 
Foster ;  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  ;  a  man  of  successful  enter 
prise,  and  honest  industry  ;  leaving  to  his  children,  at  his  decease, 
a  valuable  estate,  and  the  legacy  of  a  character,  true  in  all  the  re 
lations  of  life.     ch.  :  1.  William,  a  cabinet  maker,  m.  Eliza,  da. 
Dea.  Isaac  Howe,  Dorch'r.,  and  has  Wm.  T.,  (m.  Ann,  da.  Wm. 
Holmes,  and  has  Geo.  H. ;)  /Sarah  F.  ;  JBenj.,  (in  Cala.)  ;  Eliza 
A.;   Caroline  H.;   Henry;  and  Elisha.     2.  Elisha,  d.     3.  Benj., 
merchant,  of  Bos'n  ;  resides  on  his  father's  estate,  in  Dorchester, 
and  is  unmarried ;    a  gentleman   of  character  and   standing  in 
the  community,  well  known  to  the  business  public.     4.  Sarah,  d. 
(By  2d,)   5.  Sarah  A.     6.  Mary  D.,  d.      7.  Timothy,  d.     8. 
Elisha,   merchant,   of  Bos'n.,   m.    Mary  G.,  da.   Nath'l.  Coffin, 
Newburyport,  and  has  Benj.  F.;  Mary  C.;   Gertrude  T.;  Sarah 
A.,  d. ;  Amelia  G.;  and  G-eo.  C.  S. 

27.  Hon.   Ed.  F.,  s.  Elisha  15,  m.  Priscilla,  da.  Wm,  Clappr 
Scit.,  Jan.  5,1802,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  was  a  shoemaker  in  early 
life,  and  afterwards  a  trader,  and  a  manf'r.  of  brick,  at  his  yard 
ia  S.  '  A  gentleman   of  great  natural  ability,  who,  even  in  high 


JACOBS.  333 

party  times,  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen,  being  often 
elected  to  offices  of  trust;  acting  for  many  years  on  the  board  of  Select 
men;  as  Rep.  to  the  State  Leg.  ;  and  as  a  memb.  of  the  Govr's. 
Council  in  1836,  and '37.  ch.  :  1.  Edward,  brick  manuf'r.,  lives 
in  So.  Scit.,  m.  Adaline,  da.  Perez  Whiting,  Ap.  16,  1826,  and 
has  George  E.,  Nov.  29,  1827,  (a  mason  by  trade,  m.  Esther 
C.  Litchfield,  Nov.  28,  1850,  and  has  Alfred,  Dec.  6,  1851) ;  and 
Howard  J?.,  a  carpenter,  b.  June  14,  1833.  2.  Lucy  C.,  May 
14,  1805,  m.  Perez  Southard  Whiting,  and  lives  in  N.  Y'k.  3. 
Elisha,  Mar.  12,  1808,  merchant,  Bos'n.,  m.  Delia  T.,  da.  Luke 
Fay,  Ap.,  1842,  and  has  Elisha  A.,  Mar.  28,  1843  ;  Delia  M., 
Dec.,  1844,  d.  Ap.  15,  1849  ;  Ed.  F.,  Dec.,  1848  ;  and  Eveline 
W.,  Dec.  31,  1850.  4.  Lydia  S.,  Jan.  29,  1811,  m.  Rev.  H. 
W.  Morfce,  June,  1840,  lives  in  N.  Reading,  and  has  ch.  5. 
Henry,  Aug.  24,  1813,  formerly  an  engraver,  in  N.  Y'k.,  and 
Bos'n.  ;  a  gent,  of  fine  natural  abilities,  and  an  excellent  portrait 
painter ;  not  m.  6.  Frederick,  Oct.  28,  1817,  merchant,  Bos'n. ; 
m.  Martha  M.  Fay,  May  20,  1841,  and  has  Fred'lc.  P.,  Mar.  3, 
1842  ;  Walter  H.,  Nov.,  1847  ;  and  Alfred  H.,  Oct.,  1849.  7. 
Mary  P.,  Oct.  26,  1820,  d.  Sep.  14,  1821. 

28.  Dr.  Nathl,  s.  Nathl.  16,  grad.  H.  C.,  1806,  stud.  med. 
with  Dr.  Smith,  of  Hanover,  N.  H.,  sett,  in  Canandaigua,  N.  Y., 
where  he  taught  an  Acad.  many  years,  and  practised  as  a  physi 
cian  ;  m.  Hannah   Sanborn,  and  has  1.  Chauncy  0.,  d.  ae.  2.     2. 
Elizab.,  m.   Wm.  Remington,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.     3.  Nathl.  S.,  m. 
Freelove  Watts,  of  Roch'r.,  N.  Y.,  who  d.,  leaving  2  ch.,  both  of 
whom  are  decs'd.     4.  Wm.,  m.,  lives  at  Black  Rock,  N.  Y.,  and 
has  I/ucinda,  and  Amelia.     5.  Caroline,  m.  Alex'r.  Swartwout, 
Canandaigua.     6.  Lavinia,  not  m.     7.  Charles.      8.  Mary  A., 
d.  ae.  14.     9.  Leavitt,  M.,  d.     10.  Harriet  P. 

29.  Stephen,  s.   Nath'l.  16,  lives  in  H.,  on  Wash'n.  st.,  was 
Selectman  in  1825,  m.  Rachel  H.  Otis,  Dec.  31,  1812,  is  an  in 
telligent  and  industrious  farmer,  and  has  1.  Lucy,  May  17,  1814, 
d.  June  23,  1816.     2.  Wm.,   Ap.  23,  1816,  d.  Oct.  18,  1822. 
3.  Lucy,  Oct.  1,  1818,  m.  Sam'l.  Waters,  Aug.  SO.  1840,  lives 
in  So.  Scit.,  and  has  Jacob  L. ;  Helen  M. ;  and  Lucy  L.     4. 


334  JACOBS. 

Adaline  M.,  Nov.  9,  1820,  a  school  teacher,  not  m.  5.  Wm., 
Mar.  7,  1825,  of  Randolph,  -wheelwright,  m.  Susan  A.  Loring, 
H'm.,  Oct.  1849,  and  has  Anna  L.,  Sept.  28,  1851.  6.  Stephen 
0.,  May  13,  182T,  a  mason  by  trade.  7.  Charles,  May  5, 1829, 
resides  with  his  fa.  8.  Albert,  Oct.  18,  1831.  9.  Franklin, 
June  24,  1835. 

30.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  17,   m.  1,  Anne  Damon,  and  2,  her 
sister  Elizab.,  lived  in  So.  Scit.,  where  Col.  Jno.  Collamore   now 
resides,  and  had,  1.  Ann,  prob.  d.     2.  Joscj  h,  Mar.  10,  1804, 
manPr.  of  edge  tools,  at  his  steam  factory,  H'm.,  m.  Esther  C.,  da. 
Jotham  Jacobs,  and  has  Joseph,  Dec.  8,   1828,    (m.  Clarissa 
Gushing,  Oct.  27, 1850,  -and  has  Clara  A.,  July  19, 1852);  Esther 
<?.,  June  2,   d.  Oct.  3,  1831 ;  Grace  A.,  Dec.  22,  1833  ;  Lucy 
M.,  Dec.  29,  1838;  Sarah  C.,  Jan.  9,  1845  ;  and  IkecTk.  S., 
June  10,  1850.  , 

31.  Jno.,  s.  Jno.  18,  m.  Tamar  Gushing,  Mar.  11,  1787,  and 
d.  June  7,  1847.     Lived  in  H'm.,  and  had,  1.  Tamar,  Jan.  19, 
1788,  d.  May  20,  1805.     2.  Mary,  May  5,  1790,  d.  Mar.  10, 
1791.     3.  Mary,  Jan.  10,  1792,  d.  unm.     4.  Lydia  B.,  Dec.  26, 
1794,  d.  unm.     5.  Jno.,  July  27, 1797,  m.  Martha  Fearing,  Jan. 
10, 1833,  is  a  blacksmith,  lives  in  S.  H'm.,  and  has  Martha  F., 
June   14,   1835,   d.   Jan.,  1839  ;  Tamar  C.,  May  26,  1837  ; 
Martha,  Ap.  22,  1841 ;  andean/  (7.,  Feb.  17,  1845.     6.  Piam, 
Sept.  16, 1800,  m.  Clarissa  Hathaway,  Freetown,  moved  to  Gale 
na,  Ills.,  and  has  Mary  ;  Greo.  W.,  d.  ;  and  Greo.  P.     7.  Hannah, 
Nov.  19,  1803,  m.  Marshall  Sherman,  and  lives  in  H'm. 

32.  Peter,  s.  Jno.,  18,  m.  Amy  Fearing,  lived  in  H'm.,  and  d. 
Oct.  13,  1810.     ch.  :  1.  Amy,  m.  Fearing  Burr,  H'm.,  and  is  d. 
2.  Peter,  in.  a  Hobart  ?  and  is  d.     3.  David,  m.  a  Corthell,  lives 
in  H'm.,  and  has  ch.     4.  Hawkes,  of  H'm.     5.  Lincoln,  of  H'm. 

33.  Jotham,  s.  Jno.  18,  m.  Grace  Tower,  lived  in  H'm. ;  was 
a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  there  both  he  and  his  w.  d.     ch. :  1. 
Lucy,  m.  Silas  Chipman,  and  is  living  a  wid.,   in  Vfey'h.     2. 
Laban,  of  Hm.,  manf'r.  of  edge  tools,  m.  Caroline,  da.  Perez  Whit 
ing,  Feb.  2,  1823,  and  has  Mary  <7.,  Sep.,  1824,  m.  Wm.  H. 
Lyon,  of  N.  Y'k.   State,  and  has  ch. ;    Wm.  H.,  July,  1831  ; 


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335 


Alfred,  Jan.,  1833  ;  and  Adaline  Tf.,  Jan.  4,  1838.  Has  lost  6 
ch.,  d.  young.  3.  Joshua,  d.  young.  4.  Debo.,  m.  Peter  Gush 
ing,  Wey'h.,  and  has  ch.  5.  Esther,  m.  Joseph  Jacobs,  H'm.  6. 
Betsey,  m.  Robt.  Gardner,  H'm.  7.  Cynthia,  m.  Theoph.  Cushing, 
H'm.  8.  Mary,  m.  Henry  C.  "Wilder,  H'm.  9.  Joshua,  m.  1, 
Emily  Higgins,  and  2,  Lydia  D.,  da.  Capt.  Seth  Hersey,  lives  in 
H'm.,  and  has  Joshua. 


Arms :  Chequy,  gu.  and  az. ;  on  a  fesse 
of  the  first  an  annulet  or. 

Crest ;  A  bear's  head  and  neck  sa., 
muzzled  or. 


JOSSELYN,  JOSLIN,  JOCELYN,  &c.,  aa'dd  English  fam 
ily,  dating  back  several  hundred  years,  and  sett,  in  Cornwall, 
Essex,  Hertford,  Kent,  &c.  The  Earl  of  Roden,  is  of  the  Joce- 
lyns  ;  and  Sir  Ralph  Jose eline,  of  Hertfordshire,  was  Mayor  of 
London,  in  1474  and  1476,  being  made  Knight  of  the  Bath,  by 
King  Edward  IV.,  in  the  former  year.  The  coats-  of  arms  vary 
in  different  families,  and  there  is  one  extant  in  H.,  different  from 
that  which  we  have  presented  above,  and  handed  down  by  tradi 
tion.  In  America,  Jno.  Josselyn,  gent.,  was  in  N.  Eng.  in  1638, 
and  was  the  author,  among  other  works,  of  one  called  "  New- 
England's  Rarities;"  and  Henry,  his  bro.,  (and  son  of  Sir  Thomas, 
of  Kent,)  was  at  Black  Point,  now  Scarborough,  Me.,  in  1634, 
being  sent  over,  by  Capt.  Mason,  to  make  "  a  more  complete  dis 
covery,"  and  examination  of  the  advantages  of  the  grant  made  to 
Capt.  M.  He  was  a  memb.  of  the  Gen.  Court,  at  JSaco,  1636  ; 


1  See  Burke's  Gen.  Armory. 


336  JOSSELYN. 

Councillor  in  1639 ;  Dep'y.  Gov'r.,  1645  ;  a  magistrate,  and  mem 
ber  of  the  gov't.  of  the  province  of  Ligonia,  1650  ;  and  a  commis 
sioner  and  associate,  under  Massachusetts,  1658  ;  and  during  the 
long  period,  from  1635  to  1676,  he  was  one  of  the  most  active  and 
influential  men  in  the  Prov.,  and  during  all  the  changes  of  propri 
etorship,  and  gov't.,  he  held  the  most  important  offices.1  He  m. 
Marg't.,  wid.  of  Capt.  Thos.  Cammock,  and  it  is  said  had  one  son, 
Henry.  Family  tradition,  and  other  authorities,  assert  that  this 
son  sett,  in  Scit.,  Mass.,  in  1668,  m.  Abigail  Stockbridge,  1676, 
and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Josselyns  of  Plym'h.  Co.2  ;  but  the 
correctness  of  this  assertion,  is  somewhat  doubtful. 

According  to  the  Mass.  Hist.  Coll.,  vol.  8,  third  series.  "  Thos. 
Jestlin,  a  husbandman,  ae.  43  ;  Rebecca,  his  w.,  of  the  same  age  ; 
and  their  ch.,  Rebecca,  ae.  18  ;  Dorothy,  ae.  11 ;  Nath'l.,  ae.  8  ; 
Eliza,  ae.  6  ;  and  Mary,  ae.  1  ;  with  a  maid-servant,  ElizaWard, 
ae.  38,  came  to  N.  Eng.,  in  the  Increase,  of  London,  Robert  Lea, 
master,  in  1635"  ;  and  according  to  Lincoln's  Hist.  H'm.,  Thos., 
the  fa.,  was  in  H'm.  in  1637  ;  and  in  1654,  he  was  in  Lancaster, 
(Worcester  Mag.  2,  280,)  where  he  d.  in  1660-1,  (Midds'x.  Rec.) 
his  wid.,  Rebecca,  being  Exec'x.  of  his  Est.  She  m.  Wm.  Kerley, 
1664.  Abraham,  son  of  Thos.,  sen'r.,  was  not  with  his  fa.,  when 
he  came  to  N.  Eng.,  in  1635,  but  seems  to  have  arrived  afterward. 
He  was  in  H'm.,  in  1647,  but  moved  to  Lanc'r.  before  1663,  and 
d.  bef.  1670;  and  his  wid.,  Beatrice,  m.  Serg't.  Benja.  Bosworth,  of 
Hull.3  The  desc'ts,  of  Thos.,  the  fa.,  and  of  Abraham,  the  son, 
still  reside  in  Lanc'r.,  and  the  adjacent  towns.  The  Josselyns  of 
Scit.,  and  H.,  are  desc'ts  from  Abraham,  through  his  son  Henri/. 

2.  Henry,  s.  Abraham,  and  gr.  s.  Thos.  of  London,  sett,  in  Scit., 

1669,  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  m.  Abig.,  da.  Chas.  Stockbridge, 

Nov.  4,  1676  ;  his  house  stood  in  the  field,  50  rods  east  of  Judge 

.  Wm.  Cushing's  farm-house,  and  he  d.  in  II.,  Oct.  30,  1730,  being 


1  Williamson's  Hist,  of  Mo.,  vol.  l,pp.  265,  278,  328",  392,  396,  439  &  682  ; 
also,  N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.,  vol  2,  pp.  205 — 7. 

2  Deane's  Hist.  Scit.,  and  the  other  works  above  quoted. 

8  See  the  elaborate  communication  of  T.  M.  Harris,  in  N.  E.  Gen.  Reg., 
vol.  2,  p.  306,  et  seq. 


JOSSELYN.  337 

called,  on  the  Cli.  Rec.,  "  the  oldest  man  in  the  town  for  years." 
.His  wid.  d.  July  15, 1743.  ch. :  1.  Abig.,  Ap.  1677,  m.  Benja. 
Hanrner,  Dec.  15,  1715.  2.  Abraham,  Jan.  1678-9,  left  no  ch. 
on  record.  3.  Anna,  Feb.  1680-1,  d.  Nov.  17, 1683.  4.  Chas., 
Mar.,  1682-3,  left  no  desc'ts  on  rec.  5.  Mary,  Jan.  1684, 
m.  Benj.  Munroe,  of  Swansey,  Dec.  3,  1713.  6.  Nath'l.,  Feb. 
1686-7.  7.  Rebecca,  b.  Mar.,  d.  Ap.,  L689.  8.  Jabez,  Feb. 
1690-1,  m.  Sarah  Turner,  Jan.  3,  1722,  and  d.  July  14,  1734, 
and  his  wid.  Dec.  23,  1756,  having  had  Jabez,  1723,  (m.  Mary 
Lindsey,  July  20,  1742,  and  had  Sam'l.  1742  ;  Jabez,  1744 ;  Ke- 
ziah,  1746,  d.  1750  ;  and  Lindsey,  1749)  ;  Eliab,  Oct.  21,  d. 
Nov.  9,  1724  ;  Sarah,  Dec.  29,  1725,  d.  Oct.  30,  1739  ;  Rebec 
ca,  Jan.  14,  d.  Jan.  26,  1728.  9.  Rebecca,  May  1693,  m.  Jos. 
Perry,  Ap.  24,  '1728.  10.  Jemima,  Dec.  1695,  d.  Feb.  14, 1696. 
11.  Kezia,  Dec.  1695.  12.  Henry,  Mar.,  1697.  13.  Joseph, 
Dec.,1699,  m.  1,  Ruth  Bates,  Dec,  19, 1726,  who  d.  Jan.  6, 1742  ; 
and  2,  Sylvester  Barker,  Pemb.,  Oct.  3, 1751  ;  had  no  ch.,  and  d. 
Ap.  30,  1787,  ae.  88  ;  and  his  wid.,  Mar.  5.  1801,  ae.  91.  He 
is  called  Capt.  Joseph,  on  the  H.  Rec.,  and  was  a  man  of  great 
enterprise,  and  an  early  prop'r.  of  the  old  Bardin  Forge.  He 
gave  to  the  town  the  bell  now  hanging  in  the  Centre  Meet.  Ho. 
14.  Thomas,  Sep.  1702. 

3.  Nath'l,  s.   Henry  2,  m.  Frances  Tellings,  Dec.  27,  1711, 
who  d.  a  wid.  Aug.  26, 1755.     She  lived  on  what  is  now  Spring  st. 
ch. :  1.  Mary,  bap.  in  Scit,  Mar.  29,  1713,  d.  Mar.  31, 1715.     2. 
Frances,  bap.  in  Scit.,  May  29,  1715,  m.  Isaac  Foster,  Jan.  6. 
1732.     3.  Abraham,  b.  in  Boston,  1717.      4.  Mary,  July  29, 
1719.     5.  Nath'l,  July  6,  1722. 

4.  Henry,  s.  Henry  2,  m.  Hannah  Oldham,  and  lived  and  d.  in 
Pemb.     ch. :  1.  Hannah,  Oct.  1,  1719,  m.  Henry  Munroe,  Swan 
sey,  Nov.  16,  1738.     2.  Lydia,  Aug.  25,  1722.     3.  Mary,  m. 
Shuble  Munroe,  Nov.  10,  1742.     4.  Henry,  June  11,  1727.  ,  5. 
Marg't.,  Dec.  9, 1729,  m.  Seth  Ford,  Jan.  7, 1747-8.    6.  Joseph, 
Jan.  2,  1731-2,  d.  young.     7.  Joseph,  June  22, 1734.    8.  Chas., 
May  7,  1739.     9.  Lucy,  Oct.  5,  1741,  m.  Isaac  Ford,  Mf  d.> 
Oct.  1,  1761.     10.  Isaac,  Nov.  4,  1743. 


338  JOSSELYN. 

s.  Henry  2,  m.  Ann  Stock- 
bridge,  June  1,1732,  was  Dea. 
of  the  First  Church  in  H.,  and 
gave  the  silver  Communion  Cups  alluded  to  on  p.  60.  With  his 
bro.  Joseph,  he  was  prop'r  of  the  Bardin  Forge  ;  was  Selectman 
in  1736,  and  from  1738-'44  ;  and  Rep.  in  1738,  '41,  and  '42. 
ch.  :  1.  Thomas,  Sep.  26,  1733,  m.  Patience  Barker,  Jun3  10, 
1761,  and  d.  in  Pemb.,  Jan.  20,  1818,  ae.  86,  having  had  Thos., 
Sep.  28,  1762,  m.  and  d.  in  Me. ;  Patience  H.,  Feb.  28,  1765  ; 
Bethiah  T.,  Jan.  10,  1767,  m.  Barnab.  Perry,  1789  ;  Joseph  B., 
June  10,  1769  ;  Samuel  TF.,  Ap.  3,  1772,  (m.  Elizab.  J.  Coxe, 
May  20, 1798,  and  had  Sam'L,  1  ~  99,  Elizab.,  1801,  Debo.B.,  1804, 
and  Mehit.,  1807)  ;  and  Anna  S.,  1776.  2.  John,  May  4,  1735, 

called  Ensign  John,  on  the  Ch.  Rec.,  m.  Sage ,  and  d.  1770, 

and  his  wid.  1775,  having  had  John  H.,  1764,  m.  Nabby  Studley, 
Nov.  1, 1785,  moved  to  Warren,  Mass.,  and  there  d.  ;  Sage,  1764, 
m.  a  Cookey,  and  moved  to  W. ;  Cynthia,  1766,  m.  1,  Oliver  Bon- 
ney,  Nov.  29,  1787,  and  2,  a  Cookey? ;  and  Eunice,  1769,  m. 
Joseph  Kingman,  Bridg'r,  Dec.  16,  1791.  3.  Ann,  or  Nancy, 
Oct.  3,  1736,  d.  Ap.  21, 1801.  4.  Stockbridge,  Mar.  29,  1741. 
5.  Ruth,  June  1743,  m.  a  Lowden?,  Plym'h.  6.  Debo.,  bap. 
July  12,  1752.  7.  Philip,  bap.  Jan.  27, 1754,  d.  unm.,  in  Pemb. 
8.  Isaiah,  d.  unm.,  Ap.  3, 1804.  9.  Seth,  m.  Priscilla  Standish, 
Dec.  17,  1787,  and  moved  to  N.  Salem,  N.  H. 

6.  Abraham,  s.  Nath'l.  3,  m.  Mary  Soule,  Dec.  16,  1741,  and 
lived  and  d.  in  Pemb.     ch. :  1.  Mary,  Feb.  8,  1742,  m.  Wm. 
Coxe.  jr.,  Jan.  21,  1762.     2.  Abraham,  Jan.  14,  1744,  m.,  lived 
in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  and  left  ch.     3.  Elizab.,  Dec.  21,  1746,  m 
Seth  Coxe,  Dec.  19,  1765.     4.  Dorothy,  Dec.  10,  1748,  m.  Reu 
ben  Clark,  Dec.  23,  1768.     5.  Abig.,  Sept.  26, 1755,. m.  Eleazer 
Ring,  Worthington,   Sep.   23,  1784.     6.     Lydia,  May  8,  1758. 
7.  Celia,  July  25, 1760,  m.  Nathan  Sprague,  Mar.  31, 1785.     8. 
Eleazer,  Sep.  14, 1762.    9.  Tamar,  May  1, 1765,  m.  Jas.  Bourne, 
jr.,  Feb.  13,  1783.     10.  Isaac,  Aug.  15,  1768. 

7.  Nath'l.,  s.  Nath'l  3,  m.  Sarah  Low,  and  d.  in  II.,  May  2, 


JOSSELYN.  339 

1790,  ae.  68,  and  his  wid.  in  Pcmb.,  Aug.  18,  1802  ?  'ch. :  1. 
Ambrose  L.,  Mar.  13,  1752,  prob.  d.  young.  2.  Sarah,  Aug.  28, 
1753,  m.  1.  Amos  Perry,  Sep.  7,  1777,  and  2,  Belcher  Clark. 
3.  Nath'l.,  Aug.  24,  1755,  moved  to  Freeport,  Me.  4.  Francis* 
May  27,  1757.  5.  Chloe,  July  23,  1759,  m.,  and  moved  to  Me. 
6.  Joshua,  Aug.  30, 1761,  m.  Sarah  Chapman,  had  Judson,  1789, 
Ambrose  L.,  1791,  Ira  L.,  1791,  and  Abraham,  1793,  and  moved 
to  Me.  7.  Christiana,  Nov.  10,  1763,  d.  Jan.  31,  1764.  8. 
Christiana,  bap.  July  28,  1765. 

s.   Henry   4,  m. 

Ann  Palmer,  and 

d.  in  Pemb.,  Mar. 

1,  1818,  ae.  91. 
ch. :  1.  Hannah,  Jan.  2,  1755,  m.  Seth  Perry,  of  P.,  and  is  yet 
living,  at  the  advanced  age  of  98  !  2.  Sylvester,  Sep.  11,  1757, 
m.  Jos.  Sherman,  July  26,  1780,  and  d.  Mar.  4,  1801,  and  he 
moved  to  Me.  3.  Nancy  or  Anne,  Nov.  21,  1759,  m.  Pratt 
Allen,  Mar.  17,  1796.  4.  Henry,  Oct.  12,  1761.  5.  Huldah, 
Aug.  31,  1764,  m.  Jos.  Dillingham,  Feb.  29,  1793,  and  moved  to 
Me.  6.  Abigail,  July  21,  1769,  d.  Mar.  5, 1806.  7.  Charlotte, 
Feb.  17,  1772,  m.  Capt,  Josh.  Hall,  Dux'y.,  July  12,  1792,  and 
moved  to  Lunenburg.  8.  Barzillai,  Feb.  14,  1776,  d.  Dec.  24, 
1792.  9.  Harriet,  Mar.  16,  1778,  d.  Aug.  23,  1796.  10.  Jo 
anna,  Sep.  28,  1780,  m.  Levi  Lormg,  Dux'y.,  Feb.  7,  1802. 

9.  Joseph,  s.  Henry  4,  m.  Mercy  Waterman,  of  Hf'x.,  was  an 
anchor-smith  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Pemb.,  where  he  d.  ae.  ab.  90. 
ch. :  1.  Joseph,  Mar.  12,  1757.  2.  Waterman,  Sep.  18,  d.  Dec. 
14,  1758.  3.  Jno.,  Mar.  30,  1761,  m.  Lucy  Lowden,  Nov.  25, 
1784,  and  had  Jno.,  1785  ;  Lucy,  1787  ;  Mary  W.,  1791 ;  Ed 
win,  1794  ;  Pamela,  1796  ;  and  Eliza,  1798.  4.  Priscilla,  June 
12,  1763,  m.  Freedom  Chamberlin.  5.  Jona.,  Ap.  8,  1767.  6. 
Marg't.,  June  9,  1770,  m.  Matt.  Sylvester,  Jan.  29,  1791.  7. 
Mercy,  Jan.  19,  1774,  m.  Timo.  Rose,  June  9,  1795.  8.  Free 
man,  Aug.  25,  1778,  m.  1,  Debo.  Turner,  and  2,  Dolly  Pushee, 
and  moved  to  Lyme,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  desc'ts.  (See  Turner 
Geneal.  p.  37.) 


340  JOSSELYN. 

10.  Charles,  s.  Henry  4,  m.  Rebecca  Keen,  July  10, 1760,  and 
lived  in  Pemb.,  where  he  d.  Nov.  21,  1812.  ch. :  1.  Mary,  Ap. 
19,  1761,  m.  Lem'l.  Keen,  and  moved  to  Me.     2.  Lucy,  Ap.  4. 
1763,  m.  Josi.  Bonney,  Mar.  27, 1794.     3.  Lydia,  Jan.  13, 1765, 
m.  Sam'l.  Eells,  July  7,  1783.     4.  Charles/ Jan.   9,4767.     5. 
Jabez,  Nov.  4,  1768.     6.  Rebecca,  Dec.   6,  1770,  m.  1,  Beza 
Ames,  Bridg'r.,  Oct.  25,  1791,  and  2,  a  Studley.     7.  Elisha  K., 
Sep.  28,  1772.     8.  Jacob,  Aug.  28,  1775.     9.  Josiah,  Aug.  21, 
1778,  m.  Ruth  Howard,  and  had  Josiah,  1799,  m.  a  Topliff,  and 
lives  in  Bridg'r.,  Vt. ;  Eutli  H.,    1801,  d.  1802 ;  Jairus,  1803, 
m.,  and  lives  in  Bridg'r.,  Vt. ;  Lewis,  Oct.  25,   1805,   of  Lynn, 
Ed.  of  the  Bay  State  Democrat,  and  for  2  yrs.  Clerk  of  the  Mass. 
Ho.  of  Reps.,  is  m.,  and  has  ch. :  and  Robert,  1810. 

11.  Isaac,  s.  Henry  4,  m.  Lois  Ramsdell,   Sep.  12,  1772,  was 
engaged  in  the  Forge,  for  many  years ;  finally  moved  to  Me., 
and  there  d.  ch. :  1.  Isaac,  Jan.  3,  1774,  m.  Christiana  Josselyn, 
Oct.  15,  1797,  and  d.   Oct.  24,  1799,  leaving  1  da.,  and  1  son, 
the  last  of  whom  was  drowned  at  N.  Bed.     2.  Almorin,  July  16, 
1775,  m.  Chloe  Whiting,  July  28,  1801,  and  has  Eliza,  1814,  d. 
1817  ;  Almorin,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  is  m.,  and  has  ch. ;  Hougliton 
S.,  of  Chelsea,  Mass.,  is  m.,  and  has  ch. ;  arid   Caroline  K.,  m. 
Warren  A.  Alley,  of  Lynn.     3.  Lois,  1776,  d.   1778.     4.  Ro 
land,  May  3,  1778,  m.   Mary  Church,  lived  in  Me.,  and  had  ch. 
5.  Lois,  Feb.  20,  1780,  m.  Jno.  Woodworth,  Nov.  26,  1801.  6. 
Hervey,  Jan.  25,  1782,  m.,  lived  in  Me.,  and  had  ch.     7.  Han 
nah,  b.  and  d.  1783.     8.  Alden,  May  20,  1784,  m.  a  Paige,  lived 
in  Me.,  and  had  ch.     9.  Ezra,  Jan.  3, 1787,  m.,  lived  in  Me.,  and 
had  ch.     10.  Sylvester,  June  6,  1789,  m.  Simeon  Prescott,  and 
lived  in  Me.     11.  Jno.  D.,  June  4,  1791,  m.,  lives  in  Me.,  and 
has  ch.     12.  Martin,  1793,  d.  unm.  in  Me. 

12.  Stockbridge,  s.  Thos.  5,  m.  Olive  Standish,  Nov.  24, 1768, 
who  d.  Sep.  10,  1803,  and  he  May   10,  1817,  ae.  76.     ch. :  1. 
Olive,  Nov.  10,  1769.     2.  Stockbridge,  Feb.  23, 1772.     3.  Abi 
gail,  June  23,  1774,  m.,  and  went  to  R.  I.     4.  Lucy,  Ap.  9, 
1777,  d.  unm.     5.  Ruth,  Ap.  1,  1779,  m.  Capt.  Dan  1.  Hall, 
Dux'y.,  Nov.  27,  1798.  6.  Seth,  Dec.  6, 1782.  7.  Jas.,  Nov.  15, 
1785.     8.  Christopher,  May  2, 1788.     9.  Amasa,  Feb.  24, 1791. 


JOSSELYN.  341 

13.  Eleazer,  s.  Abraham,  6,  m.  1,  Bethia  Bourne,  Jan.  9, 1783, 
who  d.  Dec.  3,  1801 ;  and  2,  Alice  W.  Rowland,  Mar.  5,  1807  ; 
and  lived  and  d.  in  Pemb.  ch.  :  1.  Mary,  Aug.  10,  1783,  m.  Jos. 
Munroe,  Hf'x.     2.  Lydia,  Sep.  27,  1785,  m.  Jere.  Stetson,  H'n., 
Jan.   14,  1808.     3.  Eleazer,   Oct.   24,  178?,    4.  Eph'ra.  A., 
Nov.  3,  1789.     5.  Lyman,  Nov.  9,  1791,  m.  1,  Betsey  Delano; 

2,  wid.  Bowditch ;  and  3,   Sarah  Holmes ;  lives  in  Dux'y. ;  no 
ch.     6.  Nathan,  Jan.  15,  1794,  m.  1,  a  Lincoln;  2,  a  Lincoln; 

3,  a  Lincoln  ;  and  4,  a  Bronsden,  and  d.  in  Chas'n.,  leaving  ch. 

7.  Bethia,  Dec.  15,  1796,  m.  Win.  Estee,  H'n.,  Sep.  10,  1815. 

8.  Priscilla,  Mar.  10,  1789,  m.   Ezek'l.   Turner.     9.  Abraham, 
Jan.  20,  1801.     10.  Calvin,  May  7,  1803.     11.  Lucy,  Ap.  27, 
1805,  m.  Job  Luther,  H'n.     12.  Dorothy,  Mar.   16,  1806,  m. 
Benj.  White,  H'n.     (By  2d,)  13.  Debo.  H.,  Dec.  12,  1807,  m. 
Elb.  Leach,  N.  Bridg'r.     14.  Luther,  Mar.  6,  1809,  in.  Jane  G. 
Reed,  E.  Ab'n.,  in  Jan.,  1844,  lives  in  H'n.,  and  has  Luther  A., 
and  Jane  R.     15.  Elisha  H.,  Jan.  24,  1811,  m.  Hannah  Sa\vin, 
and  lives  in  E.  Bridg'r.     16.  Julius,  July  2,  1813,  is  m.,  and 
lives  in,  H'n.     17.  Jairus,  Aug.    24,  1815,  is  m.,  and  lives  in 
Boston.    18.  Issachar,  Mar.  5,  1817,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  Plymp'n. 
19.  Sophronia,  m.  Walter  Reed,  Ab'n.     20.  Ezra,  b.  and   d. 
1819.     21.  Ezra,  d. 

14.  Isaac,  s.  Abraham  6,  m.  1,  Priscilla  Bourne,   Sep.   29, 
1788 ;  and  2,  wid.  Mary  Boylston,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Pemb. 
ch. :  1.  Abigail,  Ap.  3,  1788,  m.  Reuben  Shaw,  S.  Ab'n.,  Sep. 
30,  1811.     2.  Christiana,  Feb.  12,  1790,  m.  Zebulon  Clark,  of 
H.     3.  Priscilla,  Ap.  21,  1791,  m.  Isaac  Harkwell.     4.  Sophia, 
Ap.  21,  1793,  m.  Josi.   Gushing,  Ab'n.     5.  Isaac  B.,  Jan.  17, 
1797,  moved  to  Albany,  N.  Y.     (By  2d,)    6.  Elenor,  Ap.  25, 
1799,  m.  Thos.  II.  Sampson,  Pemb.,  Ap.   20,  1822.     7.  Daniel, 
May  18,  1800,  m.  Debo.  Damon,  June  26,  1827,  lives  in  Pemb., 
and  has  Isaac,  Nov.  11,  1828  ;  DarfL,  1831,  d.  1G34;  Marcus, 
1832,  d.  1834 ;  Debo.  M.,  June  14,  1835 ;  Jos.    W.,  June  28,' 
1837;  Betsey  J.,   June  22,  1839;  and  Marcus   M.,  July  23, 
1841.     8.  Celia,  Jan.  24,  1802,  m.  1,  Jno.  White,  and  2,  Noah 
Bonney.     9.  Lois  D.,  Dec.  15,  1803,  m.  Jas.  II.  Dwelley,  Pemb. 


342  JOSSELYN. 

10.  Emily,  Aug.  29,  1805,  m.  Elij.  Damon,  H'n.     11.  Elizab. 
K.,  1807,  d.  1812.     12.  Alrnira,  July  11,  1809,  m.  Ebeu'r.  B. 
K.  Gurney,  H'n. 

15.  Francis,  s.  Nathl.  7,  m.  Mary  Hill,  Feb.  17,   1782,  and 
lived  in  that  part  of  Pemb.  now  H'n.,  where  he  d.  ch. :  1.  Thos. 
H.,  b.  and  d.  1783.     2.  Francis,  Nov.  2,  1784.     3.  Peter,  Feb. 
16,  1787.     4.  Thos.  H.,  1789,  d.  1792.     5.  Jemima  L.,  Oct.  4. 
1791.     6.  Mary,  Feb.  24,  1794.     7.  Sarah  H.,  Jan.  25,  1798. 
8.  Alvah,  Ap.  7,  1800.     9.  Chloe,  Oct.  7,  1802. 

16.  Henry,  s.  Henry  8,  m.  Lois  Stetson,  Ap.  15,  1793,  and 
lived  in  Pemb.  ch. :  1.  Almy,  Nov.  20,  1793,  m.  Eben'r.  Mann, 
and  moved  to  Me.     2.  Wealthy,  Dec.  25,  1795.     3.  Charlotte, 
Nov.  12,  1797,  m.  Gad  Soper,  H'n.,  May  13,  1823.     4.  Mary 
A.,  Aug.  13,  1799,  m.  Richard  Bowker,  H'n.,  Aug.  26,  1818. 

5.  Hannah,  Mar.  14,  1801,  m.  Wm.  Taylor,  and  d.  in  N.  Bed. 

6.  Debo.  S.,  Jan.  10,  1803,  m.  Josh.  Stetson,  Nov.  29, 1832.    7. 
Joanna  L.,  Dec.  20,  1804,  m.  Elisha  Mitchell,  H'n.     8.  Abigail, 
d.  ae.  4.     9.  Henry,  May  1,  1807,  m.  Charlotte  Stetson,  June 

11,  1833,  lives  in  Pemb.,  and  has  Joanna  L.,  Helen  M., 'Henry 
H.,  and  Charlotte  E. 

17.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  9,  m.  Debo.  Hatch,  Aug.  23, 1784,  lived 
in  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  had,  1.  Hercules  H.,   Sep.  3,  1784,  lived  in 
Danvers,  Mass.,  m.,  and  had  ch.     2.  Demarcus,  or  Marcus  F., 
June  7,  1786.     3.  Joseph,  Ap.  2,  1788,  m.,  went  to  sea,  and  is 
prob.  d.     4.  Cyrus,  July  6,  1790,  m.  Jane  White,  and  moved  to 
Plainfield.     5.  Earle,  July  11,  1792.     6.  Debo.  H.,  Jan.  15, 
1795,  m.  Marcus  Howe,  Boston.     7.  Branch,  Dec.  3,. 1797,  m. 
wid.  Lamson,  and  lives  in  Danvers.     8.  Theron,  Nov.  28,  1799, 
d.     9.  Freeman,  Nov.  28,  1799,  m.  wid.  Hannah  Morton,  and 
lives  in  Me.     10.  Eliza  H.,  Sep.  22,  1802.     11.  Jno.  H.,  Sep. 
22,  1805. 

18.  Jona,,  s.  Joseph  9,  m.  1,  Sally  Stetson,  of  Scit.,  and  2, 
Jenny  Chase,  and  lived  and  d.   in  Pemb.     ch.  :  1.  Waterman, 
Sep.  30,  1791,  m.  Melinda,  da.  Jona.  Stetson,  Scit.,  and  d.  leav 
ing  2  das.,  one  of  whom  is  d.    (By  2d,)     2.  Marg't.,  May  18, 


JOSSELYN.  343 

1794,  m.  Thos.  Ellis,  Mar.  28,  1814,  and  lives  in  E.  Bridg'r.  3. 
Sally,  Sept  1,  1796,  m.  Nathl.  Ellis,  Dec.  21,  1813,  and  lives  in 
Bridg'r.  4.  Freeman  M.,  Aug.  3,  1798,  m.  Priscilla  L.  Old- 
ham,  Dec.  11,  1820,  lives  in  .S.  Boston,  and  has  George,  and 
Freeman.  6.  "VVm.,  Feb.  15,  1801,  m.  Abigail,  da.  Chas.  Bars- 
tow,  lives  im  Pemb.,  and  has  Wm.  B.,  Clerk  in  Boston,  m.  Han 
nah  Barker,  of  Tiverton,  R.  I.  7.  Jane,  Jan.  1,  1803,  m.  Dan'l. 
Hall,  jr.,  Dux'j.,  Nov.  20,  1823.  8.  Eliza,  Jan.  11.  1805,  m. 
Jason  Magoun,  Nov.  30,  1826.  9.  Hervey,  Nov.  5,  1806,  mer 
chant,  E.  Bridg'r.,  m.  Elizab.  Tallinan,  and  has  Sarah  C.  ; 
Elizab.;  Mary  E. ;  Harriet;  and  Frank.  10.  Jas.  M.,  May 
12,  1809,  m.  1,  Lucy  Josselyn,  and  2,  wid.  Abby  Delano,  lives 
in  Pemb.,  and  has  Warren  U.,  Priscilla,  Emma  F.,  and  Amelia 
J.  Two  ch.  d.  young.  11.  Dorothy  M.,  May  12,  1809,  m.  1, 
Alex'r.  Hillborn,  Oct.  7,  1827,  and  2,  Tilden  Crooker,  Jan.  16, 
1837. 

/r     />     *  s-  Charles  10,  m.  Lucy 

19'      /%^S^    J^^^  Dwelley,      Nov.    14, 

1790,  lived  in  H'n., 

and  was  for  some  years  engaged  in  the  Iron  Business,  at  Sylves 
ter's  Forge,  and  on  King  st.,  and  also  in  the  Factory,  in  H'n.  His 
w.  d.  in  1829,  and  he  Nov.  2,  1846.  ch. :  1.  Lydia,  Sep.  5, 
1791,  m.  Benj.  Mann,  Esq.,  Mar.  10,  1810,  and  is  d.  2.  Oren, 
July  6,  1793.  3.  Lucy  D.,  Aug.  5,  1796,  m.  Hira  Bates,  Feb. 
24,  1825.  4.  Ozen,  Mar.  29,  1798.  5.  Mary,  Aug.  21,  1800. 
6.  Chas.,  1802,  d.  1830.  7.  Aaron,  May  4,  1804,  m.  Amy,  da. 
Spencer  Binney,  is  a  clergyman,  of  the  Meth.  denom.,  in  Dux'y., 
and  Rep.  to  the  Mass.  Leg.  for  the  year  1853.  ch. :  Joseph  R., 
Ed.  $.,  Albert  S.,  Charles  6r.,  Martin  B.,  and  Ann  B.  Lost 
one.  8.  Angeline,  Feb.  26,  1806.  9.  Marcia,  July  8,  1808, 
m.  Alvin  Rowland,  Nov.  2,  1838.  10.  Edwin,  June  23,  1810, 
m.  Nyreh  Chandler,  and  lives  in  Chelmsford.  11.  Julia  A., 
Aug.  25, 1812,  m.  Dyer  Robinson,  Esq.,  S.  Bridg'r.  12.  Cyrus, 
Oct.  2,  1814,  m.  Elizab.  B.  Bates,  Oct.  24,  1833,  lives  on  King 
st.,  and  has  Cyrus  B.,  July  17,  1834  ;  Lewis,  Aug.  15,  1842 ; 
and  Angeline  E.,  June  4, 1848.  Lost  2,  d.  young.  13.  Alonzo, 


344  JOSSELYN. 

Jan.  23,  1818,  m.  Caroline  A.  Morse,  Rox'j.,  lives  in  Boston,  is 
an  Iron  Founder,  and  has  Charles  I).,  1848,  and  Lucy  M.,  d. 
1851,  ae.  1; 

20.  Jabez,  s.  Charles  10,  m.  IMdah  Mann,  Dec.   27,  1795, 
and  had  ch. :  1.  Betsey,  July  22,  1796,  m.   Calvin  Barstow, 
Matt't.,  Aug.-  7,  1814.     2.  David,  Nov.  25,  1798,  m.  Mary 
Bates,  Dec.  15,  1822,  lives  in  Pemb.,  and  has  David  A.,  Dec., 
1823,  m.  Sophronia  Keen,  and  lives  in  P. ;  Benj.  W.,  1826,  m. 
Lucy  A.  Brewster,  and  has  Herbert  A. ;  Horatio,  182.8  ;   Caleb, 
1831 ;  Albert,  1833  ;  and  Jabez  A.,  1838.     3.  Morrill,  Dec.  4, 
1801,  m.  Mary  A.  Mclntosh,  and  lived  and  d.  in  Boston,  leaving 
ch. :  Mary  A.,  and  Sarah  E.     4.  Jabez,  Mar.  25,  1804,  m. 
Eliza  White,  Feb.  6,  1827,  and  had  1  da.,  Arabella  77.,  m.  La- 
ban  Rose,  jr.,  of  H.     5.  Rebecca,  Sep.  13,  1806,  m.  1,  Joseph 
Estes,  of  Me.,  and  2,  Otis  Perry,  of  H'n.     6.  Isaiah,  Feb.  17, 
1809,  m.  Serena  Bray,  lives  in  S.  Boston,  is  a  Brass  Founder, 
and  has  Isaiah  £.,  1830  ;   George,  1832  ;  Edwin,  1834  ;  Mary 
A.,  d. ;  Amelia  A.,  1839 ;  and    Charles,  1844.     7.  Huldah,  d. 
young.     8.  Huldah,  June  16,  1814.     9.  Daniel,  m.  Lydia  Wad- 
leigh,  lives  in  Me.,  and  has  Edivin,   tad  Herbert.     10.  Otis  P., 
May,  1823,  m.  Abigail  P.  Delano,  lives  in  Pemb.,  and  has  Laura 
0.,  Dec.,  1847.     11.  Joshua,  m.  Mary  Boylston,  had  1  ch.,  who 
d. ;  his  w.  d. ;  and  he  went  off  in  1851,  and  has  not  been  heard 
from  since. 

21.  Elisha  K.,  s.  Chas.  10,  m.  Lydia  Dwelley,  Mar.  12,  1797, 
and  is  yet  living  in  P.     ch. .  1.  Emily,  Feb.  4,  1798,  m.  Isaac 
0.  Stetson,  May  5,  1821.     2.  Caroline,  Mar.  30,  1804,  m.  Seth 
Jones,  of  P.     3.  George,  May  8,  1803,  m.  Alice  Walker,  lives  in 
Brookfield,  Mass.,  and  has  ch.     4.  Albert,  1805,  d.  ac.  24.     5. 
Lydia  S.,  Mar.  6,  1808.     6.  Elisha,  Sep.  21,  1810,  m.  Abby 
Standish,  Ap.  12,  1835,  and  has  ch.     7.  Almira,  Feb.  13,  1814, 
m.  1,  Thos.  Baker,  and  2,  Jno.  Mann,  and  lives  in  E.  Bridg'r. 

22.  Jacob,  s.  Chas.  10,  m.  Abigail  Ryder,  of  Plym'h.,  and  lives 
in  New  Hampshire,  ch. :  1.  Wm.,  Aug.  19, 1796,  sometime  Capt. 
of  the  Han.  R.  Co.,  m.  Ruth  Rose,  Oct.  8,  1820,  and  lived  in  H. 
on  King  st.,  where  he  d.  in  1852,  leaving  ch. :  Abig.  W.,  June 


JOSSELYN.  345 

30,  1821,  ra.  Ambrose  Josseljn,  and  d.  1843  ;  Wm.  E.,  Sep.  22, 
1823,  m.  Lucy  S.  Littlefield,  and  lives  in  H'n.  ;  Eugene  M.,  Sep. 
2,  1826  ;  Mercy  W.,  Dec.  31,  1831 ;  Priscilla,  July  10,  1834  ; 
nod  Helen  M.,  May  29,  1841.  2.  Harriet,  Feb.  13,  1798,  m. 
Eli  Stetson,  of  H'n.,  and  is  d.  3.  Benj.,  May  10,  1802.  4. 
Elbridge,  May  15,  1802,  m.  a  -Keith,  lives  in  Lawrence,  is  sup't. 
of  a  foundry,  and  has  ch.  5.  Elijah,  Ap.  2,  1804,  m.  Ednor 
Pike,  and  lives  in  S.  Bos'n.  6.  Leavitt  R.,  Oct.  1,  1807,  m. 
Hannah  E.  Hildreth,  and  lives  in  Chelmsford.  7.  Algernon,  Dec. 
22,  1809,  m.  Mercy  White,  and  lives  in  Lowell.  8.  Edward, 
Aug.  20,  1812.  9.  Maria  E.,  Ap.  17,  1815,,  m.  Caleb  White, 
H'n.  10.  Elizab.  C.,  Mar.  14,  1818,  m.  Hezek.  Reed,  Ab'n. 

23.  Stockbridge,  s.  Stockbridgc  12,  m.   Sarah  Bell,  Bos'n., 
Sep.  27,  1795,  was  for  a  time  a  merchant  in  B.,  and  d.  in  Ab'n. 
ch. ;  1.  Henry  E.  G.,  Nov.  29,  179G.     2.  Ralph  A.  S.,  Oct.  2, 
1798,  d.  July  9,  1822.     3.  Charlotte   M.  A.,  Feb.  4,  1801,  d. 
Sep.  20,  1811.     4.  Chas.  0.  W.,  Aug.  2,  1803.     5.  Danl.  S.  S., 
May  27, 1805,  m.  a  Hall,  of  Dux'y.,  and  d.  in  N.  Or's.     6.  Fran 
ces  S.  S.,    Sep.  9,   1807.     7.  Naomi  0.  R.,  Nov.  17,  1810,  m. 
Silas  Lane,  E.  Ab'n.    8.  Austin  M.  C.,  Sep.  20, 1812,  m.  Elizab. 
J.  Ware,  Bos'n.,  1841,  and  is  proprietor  of  a  Restorator  in  B. 
Noah.     9.  Sarah  C.  A.,  Ap.  9,  1815,  m.  a  Denton.     10.  Mary 
A.  B.,  b.  and  d.  1816. 

24.  Eleazer,  s.  Eleazer  13,  m.  Hannah  Studley,  Jan.  1,  1809, 
and  lives  in  H.,  on  Pleasant  st.     ch.  :  1.  Mary  J.,  May  6,  1809, 
m.  Ludov.  Pool,  E.  Ab'n.     2.  Stephen,  Dec.  28, 1811,  merchant 
and  shoe  manPr.,  at  the  Four  Corners  ;  m.  Eliza  Studley,  Nov.  16, 
1834,  and  has  Eliza  A.,  June  30,  1838,  and  Gf-eo.  S.,  June  17, 
1842.     3.  Robert,  Oct.  30,   1814,  not  m.     4.  Hannah  S.,  Aug., 
1817  ?  m.  Jno.  H.  Benner,  Jan.  1,  1835.     5.  Eleazer,  Feb.  14, 
1823. 

25.  Abraham,  s.  Eleazer  13,  m.  Polly  Gushing,  Oct.  5,  1820, 
lives  on  Cross  st.,  and  is  an  anchor-smith  by  trade,     ch. :  1.  Wm. 
C.,  June  27, 1821,  merchant  tailor,  late  of  Bos'n.,  m.  1,  Thurza  B. 
Shaw,  and    2,  Mary  McDuffce,  and  has  Anna  I7.,  b.  and  d.  1845  ; 
and  Wm.  A.,  Jan.  20,  1848.     2.  Abraham  A.,  May  18, 1823,  d. 
Dec.  29,  1832.     3.  Mary  C.,  June  25, 1825,  m.  Geo.  S.  Newhall, 

22 


346  JOSSELYN. 

Dec.  21,  1843,  and  lives  in  E.  Bridg'r.  4.  Michal  B.,  Oct.  9, 
1827,  m.  Nathl.  Pratt,  and  d.  in  Aug.,  1848.  5.  Bela  C.,  Jan. 
23, 1830,  in  SpringPd.,  Mass.  6.  Sarah  J.,  Sep.  15,  1833.  7. 
Henry  C.,  Ap.  3,  1836.  8.  Is'l.  N.,  Jan.  31,  1839.  9.  Geo. 
H.,  May  23,  1841.  10.  Louisa  C.,  May  23, 1844. 

26.  Francis,  s.  Francis  15,  m.  Debo.  House,  Jan.  15, 1810,  and 
lived  and  d.  in  H'n.,  leaving  ch.  :  1.  Hannah  H.,  Ap.  12,  1810. 
2.  Mary,  Ap.  29,  1811.     3.  Ambrose,  Dec.  17,  1812,  m.  Abig. 
W.,  da.  Capt.  Wm.  Josselyn,  and  d.  in  H'n.,  leaving  ch.   4.  Ira, 
May  16,  1814,  m.  Sarah,   da.  Gad  Bailey,  lives  on  King  st.,  and 
has  Sarah  L.,  Dec.  4,  1842  ;  Anne  A.,  July  18,  1845,  d.  Sep. 
1849 ;  and  Francis  H.,  Aug.  14,  1851.     5.  Thacher,  May  18, 
1816,  d.  Sep.  23, 1818. 

27.  Demarcus,  or  Marcus  F.,  s.  Joseph  17,  m.  Eunice  Saw- 
tell,    and   had  ch.  :  1.  Marcus  F.     2.  Debo.  H.,   m.   Phineas 
Howard,  of  Canton.     3.    Eunice  S.,  m.  Elijah  Howard,    of  C. 
4.  Marcy  W.,  m.   Jas.    M.    Cook,  Eng'r.    Taunt.    &  N.   Bed. 

R.  R.  5.  Harriet  N.,  m.  Francis  Farnsworth,  and  is  in 
N.  Y'k.  6.  Eliza  F.,  m.  C.  C.  Williams,  of  Taunton,  and  d.  in 
1851.  7.  Abigail,  d.  young.  8.  Joseph  H.,  May  13, 1820,  stud, 
med.  in  the  Pa.  Univ.,  lives  in  Bos'n.,  m.  Jane,  da.  David  King- 
man,  Bridg'r.,  and  has  no  ch.  9.  Priscilla  C.,  m.  Francis  A. 
Massey,  Bos'n.  10.  Lydia  J.,  m.  Chas.  Howe,  S.  Ab'n.,  and  has 

Chas.  W.,  Emma  L.,  Edwy  L.,  d.,  and  Joel  J.  11.  Emily  A., 
m.  Jacob  C.  Young,  of  Bangor,  and  is  in  Cal'a.  12.  Lucy  F., 
not  m.  13.  Lucretia,  m.  Geo.  H.  Osborn,  of  S.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Amy  C.  14.  Joel  S.,  in  Cal'a.  15.  Benj.  F. 

28.  Earl,  s.  Joseph  17,  m.  1,  Anne  Brewster,  and  had  3  ch., 
all  of  whom  d.     He  then  m.  2,  Sarah  Hudson,  of  Bridg'r.,  and  d. 
in  Bangor,  Me.,  Ap.  7,  1836,  and  his  wid.  m.  Geo.  W.  Smith,  of 
Bridg'r.     ch. .  1.  Earl  P.,  May  16,  1822.     2.  Asa  H.,  Feb.  6, 
1824,  m.  Harriet  Hamilton,  and  lives  in  E.  Bos'n.     3.  Anna  B., 
Oct.  6,  1825,  m.  Chas.  Dyer,  and  lives  in  E.  Wey'h.     4.  Sarah 
J.,  Sep.  30,  1827,  m.  Galen  Osborn,  E.  Bridg'r.     5.  Caleb  H., 
July  25,  1829,  m.  Harriet  E.  Fales,  of  Fox'o.,  and  lives  in  W. 
Bridg'r.     6.  Olive  M.,  Oct.,  1835,  m.  Thos.  Lee,  and  d.  July 
15, 1851. 


JOSSELYN.  347 

29.  Oren,  s.  Chas.  19,  m.  Mary  C.  Mann,  Feb.  14,  1816, 
lives  on  King  st.,  and  has  been  for  many  years  connected  with  the 
foundry,  in  that  part  of  II.  He  was  Rep.  from  1842-'44  ;  T.  Clk. 
in  1839,  and  '41 ;  and  from  '43-'45  ;  and  Selectman  in  1832,  '33, 
'39,  and  from  1850-'53.     ch.  :  1.  Oren  C.,  Mar.  10,  1817,  d. 
Ap.  6,  1819.     2.  Mary  C.,  Feb.  6,  1820.     3.  Eli  C.,  Mar.  13, 
1822,  m.  1,  Hannah  F.  Bobbins,  Ap.  27,  1845,  who  d.  July  14, 
1846 ;  and  2,  Elener  T.  Ford,  May  8,  1848  ;  lives  on  School  st., 
and  has  Eli  E.,  May,  1846,  and   Florus,  Sep.  14,  1849.     4. 
Charles,  Oct.  17,  1826,  m.  RachaelF.  Winslow,  May  16,  1850, 
lives  on  King  st.,  and  has  Clara,  Aug.  9,  1851.     5.  Jane  R., 
June  6,  1829,  d.  Jan.  2,  1830.     6.  Geo.  R.,  June  7,  1834. 

30.  Ozen,  s.  Chas.  19,  m.  Lucy,  da.  Elijah  Barstow,  who  d. 
Nov.  26,  1842.     Mr.  J.  lived  for  a  time  at  the  Four  Corners, 
and  kopt  the  tavern  there,  but  has  lately  been  connected  with  the 
Custom  House  in  Boston,  as  an  Inspector,     ch. :  1.  Lucy  B.,  Oct. 
4,  1824,  m.  Caleb  Packard,  N.  Bridg'r.     2.  Ann  E.,  May  2, 
1826,  m.  Rob't.  Barstow,  Dec.  24,  1846.     3.  Amelia  W.,  Nov. 
4,  1827,  m.  Henry  A.  Hall,  Bos'n.,  Ap.  29,  1849.     4.  Almira 
M.,  Jan.  24,  1829.     5.  James  0.,  Feb.  20,  1831,  now  living  in 
H.     6.  Maria  C.,  June  14,  1834.     7.  Mary,  Dec.  1,  1836.     8. 
Melissa,  June  22,  1839.     9.  Helen,  Nov.  1,  1841.     10.  Robert, 
Oct.  9, 1842.     11.  Saml.,  Oct.  9, 1842,  d.  Sep.  29,  '44. 

31.  Henry  E.  G.,  s.  Stockbridge  23,  m.   Minerva  Gardner, 
lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has,  1.  Henry  W.,  m.  Lydia 
A.  Pool,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Ann  W.,  and  Miranda  J.     2. 
Charles  S.,  m.  Avis  Ashley,  and  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.     No  ch.     3. 
Harriet  N.,  m.  Jason  Loud,  of  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Rosalind.     4. 
Ann,  d.  ae.  15.     Two  other  ch.  d.  young. 

32.  Marcas  F.,  e.  Marcus  F.  27,  m.  Eliza  Reed,  and  d.  in 
Dec.  1846,  having  had,  1.  Marcus  F.,  Ap.  1828,  m.  Lucy  Gurney, 
lives  in  S.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Walter  W.,  July  28,  1850.     2.  Win. 
W.,  Feb.,  1831,  m.  Amanda  Fullerton,  of  Bridg'r.,  and  has  Alice 
A.,  1850,  and  Ida  W.,  1852.     3.  Eliza  J.     4.  Jas.  W.,  d.     5. 
Jas.  E.     6.  Waldo  E. 


348 


KILLAM — LIXDSEY. 


RESIDENCE    OF   REV.    ROBERT   L.   KILLAM. 

KILLAM,  Rev.  Robert  L.,  b.  June  29,  1790,  s.  of  Asa,  of 
Ipswich,  and  gr.  s.  of  Isaac,  (who  descended  from  Austen  Killam 
who  was  in  Ipswich  in  1637,)  m.  Phebe,  da.  Wm.  Rid?,  of  Marlb., 
Dec.  5,  1819  ;  sett,  in  the  ministry  first  in  Marlbo'.,  from  1819- 
'21;  then  in  Att'o.,  from  1821-'29 ;  and  since  that  period,  has 
resided  in  H.,  on  Wash'n.  si,  in  the  "  Landlord  Jacobs  house,"  a 
view  of  which  is  annexed.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Univ.  Soc.  in 
Scit.,  from  1829-'.37 ;  has  been  one  of  the  School  Com'e.  of  H. ; 
as  a  writer,  has  a  logical  mind,  and  a  happy  wit ;  and  as  a  citizen, 
is  universally  esteemed,  wherever  he  is  known,  ch. :  1.  Lydia  M. 
P.,  Oct.  27,  1820,  m.  Benj.  Jacobs,  May  26,  1839,  and  d.  Sep. 
7, 1846,  leaving  2  ch.  2.  Robert  W.,  Mar.  22,  1823,  m.  Sophia 
B.,  da.  Capt.  Rufus  Farrow,  of  Scit.,  May  7,  1848,  and  has 
Lydia  P.,  Jan.  13,  1849.  3.  Charles  H.,  Dec.  22,  1832. 

LINDSEY,  James,  s.  James  of  Pemb.,  m.  Lovisa,  da.  Leonard 
Hill,  June  26,  1808,  who  d.  in  May,  1842.  He  is  yet  living, 
ch. :  1.  Mary,  July  8,  1809,  m.  Geo.  Beals,  H'n.  2.  Martin, 
June  19,  1811,  m.  Olive,  da.  Adam  Perry,  and  d.  July  21, 1843, 
leaving  one  son,  Martin  A.,  Ap.  4,  1833.  3.  Betsey  B.,  Mar. 
14, 1815,  m.  Wm.  H.  Joice,  Sep.  19,  1839.  4.  Philander,  Aug. 


LITCIIFIELD — LITTLE — MAGOUN.  349 

29,  1817,  m.  Mary  Foster,  lives  in  Wey'h.,  and  has  ch.  5: 
Lovisa,  July  14,  1819,  m.  Col.  Jesse  Reed,  of  Mf'd.,  for  a  sketch 
of  whose  life,  see  .pp.  141-47.  6.  James,  Jan.  20,  1824,  m. 
Jane  A.  Joice,  and  d.  in  Nov.,  1843,  leaving  no  ch. 

LITCIIFIELD,  Lawrence,  was  of  Barnstable,  1643,  and  bore 
arms.  His  son  Josiah,  b.  1647,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Rev.  Nicholas 
Baker,  and  was  the  ancestor  of  Rev.  Paul  Litchfield,  of  Carlisle, 
Mass.,  and  of  Rev.  Joseph,  of  York,  Me.,  of  whom  we  have  spoken 
on  p.  67.  Frank  Litchfield,  of  Scit.,  was  also  a  desc't.  of  Law 
rence,  of  Barnstable,  and  he  was  fa.  of  Lewis,  of  Hanover. 

2.  Lewis,  s.  Frank,  of  Scit.,  m.  1,  Lucy  Studley ;  2,  wid.  Susan 
Wall ;  and  3,  wid.  Betsey  Stetson  formerly  a  Barstow ;  is  a 
painter  by  trade ;  and  has,  1.  Marg't.  L.,  June  22,  1808,  m. 
Charles  Winslow,  1827,  sometime  Selectman  of  H.  2.  Lewis, 
Sep.  23,  1811,  m.  Lucy  L.  Rogers,  of  Mf'd.,  Jan.  4,  1836,  lives 
on  Circuit  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  Lucy  S.,  Sep.  26,  1837  ; 
Delana,  Aug.  27,  1839;  Laura  E.,  b.  and  d.  1841,;  Emily, 
Dec.  21,  1842  ;  and  Lewis  E.,  May  6,  1847,  3.  Luther,  Feb. 
27, 1829. 

LITTLE,  John,  s.  Constant,  of  Mf  d.,  m.  Abigail,  da.  Samuel 
Stetson,  in  Aug.,  1835,  who  d.  June  5,  1850,  and  he  is  living  on 
Centre  st. ;  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  ch. :  1.  Mary  F.,  b.  1837, 
d.  1838.  2.  Abigail  E.,  Aug.  13,  1839.  3.  Jno.  S.,  Jan.  24, 
1843.  4.  Zilpha  A.,  b.  and  d.  1847. 

2.  Peabody,  bro.  of  Jno.,  and  s.  Constant,  of  Mfd.,  m.  Olive, 
da.  Benj.  Stetson,  in  Dec.,  1842,  lives  on  Broadway,  is  a  shoe 
maker,  and  has  1.  Edward  E.,  Sep.  25,  1843.  2.  Augusta  M., 
Nov.  17,  1845. 

MAGOUN,  Abncr,  of  Pemb.,  is  prob.  a  desc't  of  Jno.  Magoun, 
or  McGoun,  who  lived  in  the  "Two  Mile,"  now  a  part  of  Mfd., 
in  1666,  and  who  owned  land  in  H.  near  Hugh's  Cross.  Abner 
m.  Mary  Bates,  Dec.  16,  1796,  and  d.  July  16,  1846,  ae.  78, 
and  his  wid.  Nov.  28,  1847,  ae.  78.  ch. :  1.  Catherine,  m.  Jas. 
Bonney,  of  Pemb.  2.  Abner,  m.  Mary  H.  Ellis,  Ap.  1  1825, 


350  MANN. 

lives  on  Circuit-  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  a  man  of  respectable 
standing  ; — has  Horatio  J5.,  Nov.  20, 1826,  m.  Catherine  B.  Bon- 
ney,  May,  1850,  and  lives  near  his  fa. ;  Mary  H.,  Mar.  12, 1834  ; 
Abner  B.,  Feb.  17,  1836 ;  and  Jane  (7.,  Dec.  30,  1839.  3. 
Mary  S.,  m.  Benoni  Gurney,  and  is  d.  4.  Jason,  m.  ,Eliza 
Josselyn,  and  d.,  and  his  wid.  and  ch.  are  in  S.  Boston. 

MANN",  Richard,  a  "  planter,"  was  a  youth  in  Elder  Brews- 
ter's  family,  came  to  Plym'h.  in  the  May-Flower,  in  1620,  was 
one  on  the  Conihas.  partners,  in  Scit,  in  1646,  and  his  farm  was 
at  the  place  known  as  "  Mann  hill."  He  died  ab.  1655,  and  his 
wid.  Rebecca,  m.  John  Cowen,  1656.  Of  his  ch.,  Thos.,  b.  Aug. 
15,  1650,  was  fa.  of  Benj.,  b.  Feb.  19,  1697,  who  sett,  in  H. 
This  is  an  old  name  in  Eng'd.,  numerously  represented  there,  the 
Earl  of  Cornwallis,  being  of  the  family,  and  Sir  Horatio  Mann, 
of  Linton,  Kent.  There  are  other  families  in  the  U.  S.,  besides 
the  desc'ts.  of  Richard,  who  are  sett,  in  Norfolk  Co.,  and  who  are 
quite  numerous  in  Randolph,  and  its  vicinity.  Samuel,  was  in 
Dedham,  1678  ;  and  Theodore,  was  in  Wrentham,  in  1700.  The 
Manns  of  H.  are  desc'ts.  of  Richard,  the  planter. 

2.  Benj.,  s.  Thos.,  and  gr.  s.  Richard,  m.  Martha  Curtis,  Feb. 

4,  1724,  who  d.  Jan.  26,  1769,  and  he  Mar.  2,  1770.     He  lived 
on  Main,  st.,  it  is  said,  in  the  ancient  mansion,  now  occupied  by 
Mr.  Hanson,  not  far  from  the  Bap.  M.  Ho.,  and  was  Selectman 
in  1745.    ch. :  1.  Martha,  Jan.  6,  1725,  m.  William  Curtis.     2. 
Benj.,  Aug.  4,  1727.     3.   Rebecca,  Aug.  13,  1729,  m.  Abner 
Curtis  ?     4.  Sarah,  Feb.  8,  1730,  m.  Robt.  Gardner,  H'm.,  June 

5,  1760.     5.  Ruth,  May  12,  1735,  m.  Lem'l.  Curtis,  Jan.  16, 
1752.     6.  Mary,  Aug.  13,  1737,  m.  Elij.  Mann.     Three  ch.  d. 
young. 

/~  ,  xu  s.  Benj.  2,  m.  1,  Abigail  Gill, 

3      W**#j* &/L&WI      Nov.   23,  1749  ;  2,  the  wid. 

/  of  Charles  Bailey,  who  d.  in 

1800;    and   3,    the   wid.    of 

Abner  Curtis,  and  d.  Jan.  27,  1816,  ae.  89.  He  was  Selectman 
in  1763  and  '64,  and  erected  the  old  grist  mill,  which  formerly 
stood  near  the  bridge,  on  North  st.  ch. :  1.  Abigail,  Sep.  9, 


MANN.  351 

1751,  m.  Asa  Turner,  June  30,  1771,  and  d.  in  Me.  2.  Benj  , 
Mar.  3,  1753.  3.  Olive,  Ap.  18,  1754,  m.  Thos.  Stetson,  June 
18,  1772.  4.  Ezra,  Dec.  11,  1755,  d.  in  the  Rev'n.,  Nov.  '26, 
1775.  5.  Levi,  Sep.  7,  1757.  6.  Josh.,  July  14,  1759.  7. 
Bela,  July  18,  1761,  m.  Ann  Bryant,  Scit.,  and  moved  to  Lun- 
enburg.  8.  Sarah,  Jan.  17,  1763,  m.  Jos.  Neal,  Cohas't,  Dec. 
6,  1791.  9.  Susa  G.,  Oct.  24, 1764,  m.  Caleb  Whiting,  Ap.  23, 
1785.  10.  Charles,  Nov.  27,  1766,  m.  Abigail  Gill,  and  d.  in 
1825,  leaving  Abigail,  who  m.  Ithamar  Whiting,  of  Ab'n.,  and 
Merrill,  who  m.  Loring  Curtis,  of  H.,  and  others.  11.  Perez, 
Nov.  7,  1768,  m.  Abigail  Johnson,  had  ch.,  and  d.  in  Beverly, 
Mass.  12.  Sage,  b.  1773,  d.  1791.  13.  Caleb,  Sep.  13,  1775, 
m.  Betsey  Pratt,  and  d.  Feb.  23,  1840,  leaving  a  da.  Betsey,  who 
m.  David  Mann,  of  H. 

4.  Ben].,  s.  Benj.  3,  m.  Hannah ,  and  d.  in  H.,  Dec.  12, 

1820,  and  his  wid.  May  21,  1827.    ch. :  1.  Hannah,  m.  1,  Thos. 
Whiting,  and  2,  Elisha  Faxon.     2.  Ruth,  1778  ?  m.  Isaac  Wil 
der,  Aug.  8,  1802.     3.  Sarah,  m.  Jno.  Curtis,  Nov.  1,  1798. 

5.  Levi,  s.  Benj.  3,  m.  1,  wid.  Anne   Cooley,  and  2,  Patience 
Donnell,  and  d.  Jan.  12,  1818,  and  his  wid.  Mar.   8,- 1846.  ch.  : 
1.  Ezra,  Ap.  21,  1780,  m.  Nabby  Glover,  of  Beverly,  and  had 
ch.     2.  Levi,  Jan.  6,  1782,  m.  Marg't.  Ames,  of  Boston,  and  had 
ch.     3.  Alexander,  Feb.  9/1785,  d.  in  S.  Caro.,  ae.  28.     4. 
Jairus,  Oct.  7,  1787,  m.  Desire  Whiting,  and  lived  in  Chas'n. 

5.  Patience,  May  1,  1791,  m.  1,  Eben'r.  Arnold,  2,  Joseph  Cole, 
and  3,  Job  Pratt.     6.  Anne  K.,  Dec.  2,  1792,  m.  Henry  Stod- 
dard,  of  H.     7.  John,  Jan.  25, 1795.     8.  Joseph,  Oct.  12, 1797, 
m.  Eunice  Jacobs,  and  d.  Dec.  2,  1835,  and  his  wid.  m.  Martin 
Stoddard,  of  Mf  d.     His  ch.  were  Jairus,  m.   Emeline  Runey, 
lives  in  Somerville,  and  has  3  ch. ;  and  Eunice,  m.  William  H. 
Smith,  Chas'n.     7.  Sarah,  June  12,  1779,  m.  Win.  Henderson, 
Mar.  11, 1821.     10.  Amy,  Ap.  20, 1803,  m.  Dea.  Jno.  Brooks, 
Dec.  4,  1823. 

a^,/^/  ,  (Capt.  Joshua,)  s.  Benj.  3, 

6.  flff-^ns^a^     ^U^^L^V^'  Mary  Gushing,  of  H'm., 
^  ^  Jan.  30,  1783,  and  d.  Oct. 

20,  1827,  and  his  wid.  July 
1, 1849.    He  was  Capt.  of  one  of  the  Mii'y.  Go's,  of  the  town, 


352  MANN. 

and  Selectman  from  1799  to  1802.  Lived  on  Whiting  st.,  where 
Albert  Pool  now  resides,  ch. :  1.  Josh.,  1784,  d.  1792.  2. 
Molly,  1785,  d.  1792.  3.  Benj.,  1788.  4.  Mary  C.,  1794,  m. 
Oren  Josselyn,  Feb.  14,  1816.  5.  Josh.,  July  4,  1796;  6. 
David,  Sep.  7,  1798. 

7.  John,  s.  Levi  5,  m.  Harriet  Turner,  his  w.  d.,  and  he  now 
lives  in  E.  Ab'n.    ch.:  1.  Jno.,  Dec.   28,  1819,  m.  Sarah  Chan 
dler,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  ch.     2.  Josiah,  Mar.  13,  1822. 
3.  Andrew,  m.  Abby  0.  Torrence,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  had  1 
ch.,  which  d.     4.  Gustavus,  Ap.  9,  1828,  m.  Elmira  Vining,  and 
lives  in  E.  Ab'n.     5.  Lucy  T.,  1829,  m.  Geo.  Dunham,  Oct.  16, 
1850.     6.  Harriet,  m.  Warren  Lane,  E.  Ab'n.     7.  Lydia,  m. 
Lorenzo  Foster,  E.  Ab'n.     8.  Sarah.     9.  Betsey. 

8.  Benj.,  Esq.,  s.  Josh.  6,  m.  1,  Lydia  Josselyn,  and  2,  Lydia 
C.  Waterman,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  was  J.  P.  for  many  years,  and, 
a  trader  and  farmer,    ch. :  1.  Benj.  L.,  Ap.  19,  1812,  d.  in  N. 
Orleans.     2.  Albert  G.,  1813,  d.  1817.     3.  Lydia  J.,  Feb.  25, 
1815,  m.  Jno.   Pool,  jr.,  1833,  and  d.  1852.     4.  Almira,  1817, 
d.  1818.     5.  Chas.  F.,   tep.  5,1818.     6.  Almira  C.,  Jan.  11, 
1820,  m.  Lysander  Nash.     7.  Henrietta  M.,  1822,  d.  1838.     8. 
Newton,  1825,  d.  1850.     9.  Lucy  A.,  Nov.  29,  1828.  (By  2d,) 
10.  Marcus  M.,  Nov.  22, 1840.     1}.  Albert  G.,  July  17,  1843. 
12.  An  inf.,  b.  and  d.  1846.     13.  Everett  N.,  June  24,  1847. 
14.  Abby  J.,  May  13,  1851. 

9.  Maj.  Josh.,  s.  Josh.  6,  m.  Bethia  Curtis,  July  12,  1829, 
lives  on  Centre  st.,  is  a  farmer,  of  respectable  standing,  and  has, 
1.  Josh.  W.,  Mar.  19,  1830,  at  the  West.     2.  Nancy  J.,  Oct.  2, 
1832,  m.  Martin  T.  Stetson,  Oct.  6,  1850.     3.  Rodney,  Mar.  9, 
1835.     4.  Mary  A.,  Nov.  10, 1839.     5.  Horace,  Nov.  12, 1842. 

6.  Geo.  W.,  Mar.  12,  1845. 

10.  David,  s.  Josh.  6,  m.  Betsey,  da.  Chas.  Mann,  Ap.  4, 1821, 
lives  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  North  sts.,  and  has,  1.  David  J., 
1822,  d.  at  sea,  1846.     2.  Geo.  H.,  Ap.  20.  1824,  in  Cal'a.     3. 
Mary  J.,  Jan.  4,  1826.     4.  Josh.,  Aug.   26,  1827.     5.  Caleb, 
Ap.  3,  1829.     6.  Sophronia,  July  26,  1831,  m.  Jos.  Hunt,  Ab'n. 

7.  Russell  C.,  July  30,  1836.     8.  Albert  G.,  June  26,  1838.  9. 
Howard  F.,  Mar.  30,  1843.     10.  Perez,  d.  ac.  18  mos. 


MCLAUTHLIN — MORSE — MUNROE.  853 

McLAUTHLIN,  Martin  Parris,  b.  July  24,  1825,  s.  Martin, 
of  E.  Bridg'r.,  is  the  present  worthy  and  accomplished  Principal 
of  the  Academy,  at  the  Four  Corners  ;  and  is  a  gr.  s.  of  Col. 
Jesse  Reed,  of  MPd.,  of  whom  we  have  spoken  on  p.  141. 

MORSE,  Maj.  Win.,  of  Newburyport,  m.  Marg't.,  da.  David 
Prouty,  Esq.,  the  "plough  maker,"  was  Selectman  for  9  years  ; 
Rep.  3  yrs. ;  often  Moderator  at  Town  meetings ;  and  lived  on 
Main  st.,  until  his  removal  to  Lawrence,  in  1847.  ch. :  1.  Lucy, 
Jan.  17,  1823,  m.  a  Howard,  of  Hav'l.  2.  Quincy,  Dec.  14, 
1824,  m.  wid.  Elizab.  M.  Norton,  Sep.  20,  1851,  and  lives  on  his 
father's  place.  3-.  Sarah,  Nov.  12,  1826,  m.  Wm.  L.  Hender 
son,  Sep.  1,  1844.  4.  Marcus,  Dec.  12,  1828,  m.  Mary  A. 
Leavitt,  Scit.,  Nov.  16,  1849,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Mary 
E.,  Oct.  27,  1849,  and  aeo.  R.,  Oct.  19,  1841.  5.  Wm.  M., 
Jan.  27,  1843. 

MUNROE,  Shuble,  m.  MaryJosselyn,  Nov.  10,  1742,  lived  in 
a  house  which  stood  near  Eben.  Thayer's,  on  Centre  st.,  and  d. 
June  14, 1795,  ae.  75,  and  his  wid.  Ap.  27, 1815,  ae.  91.  The 
hill  near  his  house  is  still  known  as  Shuble's  Ridge.  His  son 
Shuble,  b.  Ap.  1,  1761,  m.  Abig.  Stetson,  Jan.  27,  1788,  who  d. 
June  5,  1812,  and  he  Oct.  3,  1851,  ae.  90.  His  ch.  were,  1. 
Abig.  S.,  m.  Saml.  Stetson,  of  H.  2.  Jno.,  d.,  ae.  20.  3.  Mary 
J.,  m.  Eben.  Thayer,  of  H.  4.  Chas.,  of  N.  Y'k.  5.  Isaiah,  not 
in.  Several  ch.  d.  young. 

NOTE.  Tradition  says  that  5  broi.  of  the  name  of  Munroe,  came  early  to 
Am'a.,  and  were  the  ancestors  of  the  different  families  now  existing  in  the 
U.  S. ;  and  from  the  N.  E  Gen.  Reg.  for  1847,  p.  378,  we  learn  that  among 
the  Scotch  prisoners  sent  to  N.  Eng.  in  1652,  by  order  of  the  Eng.  Gov't., 
were  Robert  Monrow,  John  Monroiv,  Hugh  Monrow,  and  —  Monrow.  There 
were  also  5  of  the  name  of  Muirow,  viz. :  Jno.,  Jno.,  Neile,  Jonas,  and  James  ; 
and  among  the  Settlers  of  Reading,  Mass.,  were  Henry,  Jno.,  and  Saml., 
Merrow,  the  former  of  whom  d.  in  1C85.  There  was  early  a  family  of 
Munroes  in  R.  I.,  and  another  in  Va.,  from  which  President  Munroe  de 
scended. 

2.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.,  of  Dorch'r.,  m.  Mary  H.  Curtis,  Nov.  11 
1830,  lives  on  Hanover  st.,  and  tias,  1.  Mary  C.,  Aug.  28,  1831. 
2.  Benj.  W.,  Ap.  22,  1833.  3.  Lucinda  T.,  Mar.  7,  1835.  4. 
Wm.  II.,  Feb.  21, 1837.  5.  David  B.,  Oct.  14,  1839.  6.  Geo. 
R.,  Ap.  26,  1843. 


354  PERCIVAL — PERKINS. 

3.  Hiram,  s.  Benj.,  of  Dorch'r.,  b.  1811,  m.  Tempe.  C.  Stetson, 
May  6,  1832,  lives  on  Spring  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has,  1. 
Francis  M.,  May  4,  1834.  2.  Joanna  S.,  Oct.  7,  1835.  3. 
Julia  M.,  Dec.  22, 1838.  4.  Lucy  S.,  Mar.  23, 1841.  5.  Eliza 
L.,  May  18,  1843.  6.  Adaline  T.,  June  15,  1846.  7.  Sarah 
E.,  July  23, 1848. 

NASH,  Lysander  B.,  s.  Lewis,  of  Wey'h.,  b.  Mar.  22,  1822, 
m.  Almira  C.  Mann,  and  has  Henrietta  C.,  Ap.  15,  1846,  and 
Lysander  W.,  May  24, 1848. 

PERCIVAL,  Sylvarius,b.  June  20, 1796,  s.  Benj.  of  Sandwich, 
m.  Celia  Ewer,  of  S.,  Nov.  14,  1816,  and  lives  near  N.  River 
Bridge,  ch. :  1.  Jno.  P.  T.,  Oct.  19,  1818,  m.  Drusilla  Snow, 
and  lives  in  Cohas't.  2.  Sylvanus,  Mar.  8,  1820,  m.  Mary  A. 
Stone,  and  lives  in  Dorch'r.  3.  Celia  E.,  Dec.  28,  1821.  4. 
Saml.  W.,  Sep.  3,  1823,  m.  Lurana  deal,  and  is  in  Cal'a.  5. 
Nancy  W.,  Dec.  29, 1824.  6.  Gustavus,  Aug.  30, 1826,  m.  Jo 
sephine  Josselyn,  and  lives  in  H'n.  7.  Henry  C.,  May  3,  1829, 
m.  Maria,  da.  Abisha  Soule,  Feb.  11,  1851,  andd.  in  1852,  leav 
ing  Henry  W,,  b.  Nov.  12,  1851. 

PERKINS,  Ozias,  b.  June  9,  1804,  s.  Eben'r.  of  Bridg'r., 
(and  a  desc't.  of  David,  of  Beverly,  who  sett,  in  Bridg'r.  bef.  1688, 
and  was  Rep.,  &c.)  m.  1,  Ann  Wing,  Nov.  13, 1828,  who  d.  Sept. 
25, 1831 ;  and  2,  Mary  C.  Bates,  May  21, 1832 ;  lives  on  Winter 
st. ;  is  an  anchor  smith  by  trade,  and  a  gent,  of  intelligence  and 
respectability;  has,  1.  Ann  W.,  Sep.  12,  1831.  (By  2nd,) 
2.  Lorenzo,  Oct.  12, 1836.  3.  Lewis,  May  15,  1839.  4.  Mary 
C.,  Nov.  16,  1840. 

PERRY,  Richard,  was  one  of  the  Mass.  Co.,  in  1629,  and  his 
name  often  occurs  on  the  annals  of  the  Co.  Jno.  was  freem.  in 
Bos'n.,  1632-3,  was  aft.  of  Rox'y.,and  d.  in  1643  ;  and  the  same 
year  another  Jno.  Perry  was  freem.  in  Taunton.  Isaac  Perry 
was  a  freem.  in  Mass.,  in  1631-2.  Thos.  Perry,  ae.  34,  with  his 
w.  Dorothy,  and  s.  Benj.,  were  pass,  for  Va.  in  1635  ;  and  we 
find  a  Thos.  early  in  Ipswich,  who  may  have  been  the  same.  Ar 
thur  Perry  was  freem,  in  Bos'n.,  1639,  and  had  Seth,  Jno.,  Elis- 


PERRY.  355 

hua,  &c.     Wm.  Perry  was  freem.  in  Scit.  in  1643,  and  some  of 
his  desct's.  are  still  living  in  Scit.  and  Pemb.,  and  elsewhere. 

2.  Thos.  Perry,  from  Mass.,  according  to  Deane,  was  in  Scit. 
bef.  1647,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Isaac  Stedman,  and  had  his  farm  on  the 

5.  part  of  Chamberlain  plain.     He  may  have  been  s.  of  Thos-,  of 
Ipswich.     There  is  no  record  of  births  of  his  ch.  in  Scit.  ;  but  w^ 
are  told  that  he  had  Thos.,  Wm.,  Henry,  Joseph,  and  Jno,     Of 
these,  Wm.  m.  Elizab.  Lobdell,  1681,  and  had  Amos,  who  m.  Ruth 
Turner,  June  8,  1720,  lived  near  the  3rd  Herring  brook,  and  was 
fa.  of  Dea.  Isaac,  the  shipbuilder,  of  H.,  who  was  b.  Sept.  5,  1736, 
m.  Jemima  Farrow,  and  d.  Aug.  16,  1825,  ae,  89,  and  his  w.  in 
Nov.  1824,  ae.  78.     His  da.  Priscilla,  m.  Elij.  Packard,   June  26, 
1803  ;  and  his  sons  Timo.,  and  Isaac,  went  to  St.  John's,  N.  B.  ; 
his  da.  Betsey,  m.  a  Smith  ;  and  Ruth  went  to  Me.  Wm.,  s.  Thos., 
Senr.,  had  also  another  son,  Benj.,  b.  Dec.  31,1688,  who  m.  Ruth 
Bryant,  Feb.  20,  1711,  and  had  Saml.,  Nov.  28,  1712,  and  oth 
ers.     The  desct's.  of  this  son  are  here  given,  according  to  the  best 
information  we  could  obtain. 

3.  Saml.,  s.  Benj.  ?  s.  Thos.,  lived  in  Pemb.,  andm.  Eunice 
Witherell,  Sep.  27,  1734,  who  d.  a  wid.,  Feb.  21,  1795.     ch. :  1. 
Henry.     2.  Mary,  m.  Howland  Beal,  Dec.  29,  1757.     3.    Saml. 
4.  Noah,  m.  Jane  Hobart,  Got.  1,  1772,  and  had  Hobart  ?  drown 
ed,  ae.  20  ;  Mary,  m.  Jacob  Ford,  Oct.  11,  1792,  and  lived  in 
Ab'n.  ;  and  Danl.,  m.  a  Hobart,  and  lives  in  S.  Ab'n.     5.  Israel. 

6.  Betsey,  m.  Col.  Amos  Turner,  Feb.  14,  1771.     7.  Seth.     8. 
Adam. 

4.  Henry,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Bethia  Baker,  of  Dux'y.,  Dec.  25, 
1760,  lived  in  Pemb.  and  d.  March  23,  1815,  ae.  80,  and  his 
wid.  Jan.  20,  1822,  ae.  89.     ch. :  1.  Saml.  B.     2.  Henry,  Ap. 
25, 1764.     3.  Jno.,  m.  Rhoda  Barker,  Jan.  27, 1793,  and  lived 
and  d.  in  Plym'h.,  having  had  4  ch.,  of  whom  2  are  living,  viz.  : 
Lewis,  of  Plym'h.,  and  Rhoda,  both  bap.  May  18,  1794.     4. 
James,  d.  unm.  in  Scit.     John  and  James  were  twins. 

5.  Saml.,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Alice  Baker,  lived  in  Pemb.,  and  d. 
Sept.  5, 1816,  ae.  76.     ch. :  1.  Chas.,  Oct.  2, 1771.     2.  Elizab., 
Sep.  22,  1776,  m.  Caleb  White.     3.  Lucy,  m.  1,  Jabez  Wither 
ell,  2,  a  Crooker,  and  3,  a  Harrob.     4.  Saml.,  m.  Lucy  Oldham, 


356  PERPY. 

of  Pemb.,  in  1807,  and  had  Otis,  Ap.  18,  1808,  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  m.  wid.  Rebecca  Estes,  Dec.  8,  1840,  and  lives  in  H'n., 
no  ch.  ;  Almira,  Ap.  1,  1811,  m.  Thacher  Perry,  of  Pemb.  ;  and 
Horatio,  May  4, 1814,  living  in  Pemb.,  unm. 

(Dea.  Israel,)  s.  Saml.  3, 
f  ^>V^  m.l,Abig.  Baker,  of  Mfd., 

who  d.  Dec.  14,  1807,  ae. 

61 ;  and  2,  wid.  Relief  So- 

per,  Dec.  17,  1809  ;  and  d. 
Feb.  18, 1817,  ae.  73,  and  his  wid.  Feb.  24, 1824,  ae.  85.  Lived 
back  of  Plain  st.,  in  the  house  known  as  the  "Hanmer  hook 
house,"  which  has  been  torn  down  for  many  years.  He  was 
Selectman  in  1797,  and  '98.  ch.:  1.  Israel,  Ap.  28,  1771,  of 
Newbyp't.  2.  Thos.,  Aug.  30,  1772,  m.  wid.  Sarah  Ramsdell, 
June  11, 1810,  andd.  July  22,  1817,  leaving  no  ch.  3.  Hannah, 
June  18,  1775,  m.  Edward  Stetson,  Jan.  1,  1799,  and  is  living 
in  H.  4.  Horatio,  Oct.  3,  1784,  sett,  in  Salem,  Mass.,  and  there 
d.  5.  Paul,  June  25,  1786,  m.  Chloe  Bailey,  Sep.  23,  1813, 
lives  in  Camden,  Me.,  and  has  ch.  6.  Oakes,  sett,  in  Me.,  and 
there  d.  7.  Nabby  B.,  Sep.  6,  1789,  not  m.  8.  Haytior  Ittai, 
of  Salem,  Mass. 

7.  Seth,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Hannah  Josselyn,  July  2,  1782,  and  d. 
in  Pemb.     His  wid.  is  living  in  P.,  with  her  son  Josh.,  at  the  ad 
vanced  age  of  98,   and  retains  to  a  remarkable  degree,  both  her 
bodily  and  mental  powers,     ch. :  1.  Elijah,  Ap.  14,  1783,  m. 
Chloe  Stetson,  July  6,  1806,  lived  in  P.,  and  d.  Oct.  9, 1814,  ae. 
32,  and  his  w.  Dec.  27, 1812,  ae.  26,  leaving  ch. ;  Thacher,  1807, 
d.  1811 ;  Isaiah  S.,  Mar.  23,  1809,  m.  Julia  A.  Oldham,  May 
5,  1831,  and  lives  in  Me.  ;  and  Edward  Y.,  Oct.  4,  1812,  m. 
Mary  Oldham,  July  8,  1834.  lives  in  P.,  and  is  a  manufacturer 
of  tacks,  in  H.,  at  what  was  formerly  Dyer's  works.     (See  p.  141.) 
2.  Joshua,  Ap.  27,  1788,  m.  Mary,   da.  Capt.  Ichabod  Thomas, 
and  lives  in  P.     Has  no  ch: 

8.  Adam,  s.  Saml.  3,  m.  Elizab.  House,  Oct.  20,  1776,  and 
lived  in  H.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  23, 1830,  ae.  78,  and  his  wid.  Feb. 
12,  1845,  ae.  89.     ch. :  1.  Elizab.,  Ap.   11,  1777,  m.  Moses 


PERRY.  357 ' 

French,  Bos'n.  2.  Olive,  b.  1779,  d.  1783.  3.  Adam,  Dec. 
28,  1780.  4.  Calvin,  b.  and  d.  1782.  5.  Sage,  1783,  d.  1799. 
6.  Calvin,  June  19,  1785,  m.  Mary  Litchfield,  lived  in  Scit.,  and" 
had  ch.  7.  Gideon,  Mar.  23,  1787,  m.  Cath.  Perry,  Mar.  21, 
1816,  who  d.  June  3,  1822,  he  survives,  and  has  Catherine,  1817, 
d.  1832 ;  Franklin,  May  17,  1821,  living  in  H.,  not  m.  ;  and 
Henry  N.,  Ap.  17,  1828,  lives  in  Medford.  8.  Olive,  Oct.  5, 
1791,  m.  Martin  Lindsey,  and  is  living,  a  wid.,  in  H.  9.  Levi, 
Mar.  2,  1793,  m.  Sarah  J.  Colcord,  Sep.  9,  1826,  and  had  a  son 
Levi,  d.  young.  The  fa.  is  living  in  H.  10.  Lovisa,  Sep.  1, 
1797,  m.  Benj.  D.  Torrey,  Mar.  30,  1818,  and  is  living,*a  wid., 
irrH. 

9.  Samuel  B.,  s.  Henry  4,  m.  Anne  Bates,  Feb.  2,  1786, 
lived  in  H.,  on  Broadway,  and  had,  1.  Wealthy,  1786,  d.  1790. 
2.  Nancy,  1787,  living,  unm.  3.  Levi,  Jan.  20, 1789,  m.  Fanny 
Price,  of  H'm.,  and  went  to  Ohio,  many  years  ago.  4.  Cephas, 
Sep.  3,  1790,  m.  1,  Anne  Norris,  Bos'n. ;  and  2,  Nabby  Cham 
berlain,  Oct.  7,  1838,  lives  on  Broadway,  and  has,  1.  Anne,  m. 
Levi  Perry ;  Lucy,  m.  Wm.  R.  Skerry,  Ap.  25,  1846  ;  Cephas, 
Jan.,  1828  ;  and  Jerome,  Aug.  5,  1832.  5.  Jno.,  Ap.  29,  1793, 
went  to  sea,  and  is  prob.  d.  6.  Seth,  Ap.  29,  1793,  m.  Melinda 
F.  Cox,  Feb.  5,  1828,  and  has  Jno.  H.,  Jan.  19,  1831 ;  Caroline 
II.,  Oct.  20,  1832  ;  and  Julia  A.  7.  Bethia  B.,  July  20,  1795, 
m.  Dea.  Isaac  Cook,  H'n.  8.  Wealthy,  Feb.  10, 1797,  m.  Albert 
Stetson,  Nov.  29,  1830.  9.  Saml.,  Jan.  24,  1799,  m.  Diana 
Bret:,  of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  had  Levi,  Nov.  9,  1820,  (m.  Anne 
Perry,  and  has  Francena,  Dec.  4,  1842  ;  Alfred,  Aug.  2,  1844  ; 
Albert  S.,  June  1, 1847  ;  Bradford,  b.  and  d.  1848  ;  and  Flor 
ence,  Oct.  19,  1849)  ;  KilbornIL,  Aug.  17,  1822,  (m.  Rebecca 
A.  Gurney,  Oct.  1845,  lives  on  Centre  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and 
has  Ellen  A.,  Dec.  30,  1846;  Sarah  E.,  Jan.  11,  1849;  and 
Emma  W.,  May  13,  1851)  ;  Anna,  m.  Josh.  S.  Rose,  of  H.;  and 
Elizab.  F.,  ae.  ab.  12.  10.  Alva,  Dec.  15,  1800,  d.  unm.  11. 
Perez,  May  24,  1803,  m.  Fanny  Stetson,  Nov.  2,  1828,  lives  on 
Broadway,  and  has  Perez  E.,  1829 ;  and  Fanny  S.,  1831,  m. 
Andrew  T.  Damon,  Ap.  22, 1851.  12.  Lydia  N.,  Feb.  1 1 ,  1805, 
m.  Stephen  S.  Bowers.  13.  Jerome,  Sep.  15,  1807,  d.  unm.  in 
Ohio.  14.  A  da.  d.  young. 


358  PERRY — >PETERSON. 

•_ 

10.  Henry,  s.  Henry  4,  m.  1,  Content  Barker,  Ap.  25, 1790, 
•who  d.  Mar.  20,  1821  ;  and  2,  wid.  Mary  Ramsdell,  and  d.  in  P., 
Aug.  10,  1837,  ae.  73.     His  wid.  survives,     ch. :  1.  Nathl.,Jan. 

1,  1791,  m.  1,  an  Edwards,   and  2,  the  wid.  of  Jno.  Perry,  of 
Plym'h.,  and  lived  in  N.  Bed.     2.  Catherine,  May  15,  1794,  m. 
Gideon  Perry,  Mar.  21, 1816,and  d.  Jan.  3, 1832.     3.  Nabby  B., 
Dec.  25,  1796.     4.  Ethan,  May  11,  1802.     5.  Betsey,  Oct.  27, 
1805,  m.  a  Dicker-man,  and  d.  Aug.  17,  1831.  6.  Robert,  Oct.  22, 
1809,  m.  Betsey  Macomber,  lives  in  H'n.,  and  has  ch. 

11.  Chas.,  s.  Saml.  5,  m.  Hannah  Bisbee,  Jan.  30, 1794,  lived 
in  Pemb.,  and  had,  1,  Chas.  B.     2.  Alice  B.,  m.  Levi  C.  Wright, 
E.  Bridg'r.,  June  24, 1827.     3.  Ruth.     4.  Hannah,  m.  and  lives 
in  Bridg'r.     5.  Jno.  B.,  Oct.  4,  1806.     6.  Priscilla,  Jan.   27, 
1809,  m.  Thos.  Drake,  Jan.  6, 1828.     7.  Thacher,  Jan.  7, 1812, 
m.  Almira,  da.  Saml.  Perry,  Nov.  26,  1840,  and  lives  in  P.     8. 
Elijah,  Oct.  13,  1815,  of  P.     9.   Sherman,  of  Pemb. 

12.  Adam,  s.  Adam  8,  m.  Polly  Field,  lived  in  Dorch'r.,  and 
d.  July  7,  1826,  and  his  wid.  Aug.  1,  1849.     ch. :  1.  Sage,  d. 

2.  Josiah  F.,  Sep.  17,  1808,  m.  Sarah  Hildreth,  Feb.  9,  1836, 
lives  on  Circuit  st.,  and  has  Sarah  E.,  Jan.  25,  1837  ;  Josiah  J7., 
July  24,  1839 ;  James  H.,  Mar.  5,  1844 ;  and  Anna  A.,  Oct. 
25,  1850.     3.  Eliza,  d.     4.  Levi,  of  Dorch'r.     5.  Louisa.     6. 
Mary  E.     7.  Oliver,  of  D. 

13.  Ethan,   s.  Henry  10,   m.  Rosilla  Ramsdell,  July,   1823, 
lives  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  Plain  sts.,  is  a  farmer,  and  has,  1. 
Geo.  B.,  Jan.  21,  1824,  m.  Adaline  W.  Bates,  May,  1846,  who 
d.  in  1852,  leaving  Francis,  Dec.  31,  1847,  and  Sefh   W.,  Mar. 
10,  1850.     2.  Wm.   G.,  Oct.  23,  1825,  m.  Charlotte  Torrey, 
and  has  1  ch.  3.  Ethan  T.,  Ap.  1829.     4.  Elijah,  Sep.  15, 1831. 
5.  Joseph,  Aug.  1,  1833.     6.  Rosilla  C.,  1836,  d.  1839.     7. 
Rosilla  J.,  Aug.  6,  1841.     8.  Chas.,  Aug.  17,  1845. 

PETERSON,  Phineas  P.,  b.  Dec.  7, 1824,  s.  Benj.,  of  Paris, 
Me.,  m.  Avis  H.,  da.  Geo.  W.  Turner,  July  4,  1848,  is  a  shoe 
maker,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and  has  Geo.  Ii.,  Jan.  9,  1851. 


PHILLIPS — POCORNY — POOL — PKATT.        359 

PHILIPS,  Absalom,  s.  Chris'r.,  of  H'n.,  m.  Abigail  Baker, 
and  has  ch.  :  1.  Gid.  B.,  Jan..  1805.  2.  Abig.,  Mar.  30, 1806,  m* 
Chas.  Lincoln,  Bridg'r.  3.  Almira,  Dec.  29,  1808,  m.  Thomas 
Damon,  and  is  living  a  wid.  in  H.  4.  Jas.,  Feb.,  1810.  5. 

Betsey,  Oct.  9,  1811,  m.  Chas.  Smith,  of  H.  6.  Ann  T.,  1813, 
d.  young.  7.  Chas.,  1815.  8.  Thos.  H.,  1817.  9.  William, 
Dec.,  1820.  10.  Nath'l.,  Feb.  4,  1822.  11.  Zavan,  Sep.  19, 
1823.  12.  Albert,  Ap.  3,  1826. 

2.  Edmund,  s.  Edmund,  of  H'n.,  an  anchor-smith,  m.  Joan 
Richmond,  in  Oct.,  1845,  lives  on  Winter  si,  and  has  1.  Allen, 
June  10, 1846.  2.  Geo.  L.,  Jan.  28, 1848.  3.  Nancy  B.,  1850, 
4.  Mary  M.,  Mar.  29,  1852. 

POCORNY,  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  16,  1809,  s.  Joseph,  of  Bos'n., 
m.  Lydia  Clapp,  of  Scit.,  May  20, 1832,  and  was  the  Landlord  of 
the  Tavern,  at  the  Four  Corners,  ch. :  1.  Joseph  E.,  d.  1.834. 

2.  Augustine  P.,  Dec.  22,  1835,  drowned,  Aug.  29,  1850.     3. 
Cerena  C.,  Jan.  3,  1828.     4.  Eunice  A.,  Aug.   8,  1841.     5. 
Joseph  E.,  1843,  d.  1846.     6.  Lydia  A.,  Ap.  7,  1847. 

POOL,  Jno.,  b.  Feb.,  1812,  s.  Jno.,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Lydia  J., 
da.  Benj.  Mann,  Esq.,  in  Mar.,  1833,  lives  on  North  st.,  is  a 
shoemaker,  and  has,  1.  Jno.  S.,  Sep.  15,  1833.  2.  Lydia  M., 
May  18,  1836.  3.  Benj.  B.,  Jan.  6,  1841.  4.  Marg't.  A., 
July  11,  1849.  5.  Alonzo  N.,  Dec.,  1851. 

2.  Joseph,  s.  Jno.,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Debo.,  da.  Ensign  Crocker, 
lives  on  Whiting  st.,  is  a  stone-mason  by  trade,  and  has,  1.  Jos. 
W.,  Jan.,  1839.  2.  Debo.  A.,  May,  1843. 

PRATT,  Jona.,  s.  Sam'l.,  of  Plym'h.  ?,  was  in  that  part  of 
Scit,  now  H.,  with  his  fa.,  in  1676,  lived  near  where  Martin 
Church  does,  on  Wash'n.  st.,  and  d.  June  28,  1729.  He  m. 
Marg't.  Locke,  or  Low,  Jan.  8,  1691-2,  and  had  Othniel,  Jan. 
25,  1708,  who  m.  Mary  Prior,  Dux'y.,  Ap.  2,  1737.  She  d. 
Mar.  12,  1758,  and  he  June  23, 1758.  His  ch.  were,  1.  Jona., 
Oct.  15,  1740 ;  2.  Othniel,  Mar.  7,  1743,  moved  to  Spencer ; 

3.  Benj.,  Mar.  4,  1745;  4.  Mary,  1750;  and  sev.  ch.  that  d. 
young. 


360  PROUTT. 

2.  Jona.,  s.  Othniel,  m.  1,  Lucy  Church,  Dec.  30,  1762,  who 
d.  Aug.  23, 1789 ;  2,  Lydia  Chamberlin,  Ap.  15,  1790,  who  d. 
Nov.  23  of  that  year ;  and  3,  Desire  Palmer,  Jan.  10, 1798  ;  and 
d.  Nov.  28, 1814.  ch. :  1.  Jabez,  1769,  of  Me.,  was  m.,  and  had 
ch.  2.  Elisha,  1771,  m.  Rebecca  Keen,  and  moved  to  Me.  3, 
Mary ,1773,  d.  in  Me.  4.  Lucy,  m.  Josi.  Chamberlin,  Nov.25, 1784. 
5.  Jno.,  of  Me.  6.  Sarah,  1776,  m.  Cyrus  Leavitt,  of  Me.,  June 
1,  1794.  7.  Joanna,  1779,  m.  Nath'l.  Stetson,  Mar.  7,  1811. 

8.  Church,  1789,  of  Me.     9.  Debo.,  1789,  m.  Luther  Merrill, 
Me.     (By  2d,)  10.  Benj.  C.,  Nov.  23,  1790. 

S.  Benj.  C.,  s.  Jona.  2,  m.  1,  Rebecca  E.  Sylvester,  Dec.  5, 
1819,  who  d.  Dec.  3,  1847,  and  2,  wid.  Marg't.  Lane;  lives  on 
Elm  st.  ;  is  a  farmer,  and  nurseryman  ;  and  has,  1.  Rebecca  E., 
Jan  27,  1821,  m.  Silas  B.  Jones.  2.  Lydia  C.,  d.  ae.  10  ds. 
3.  Lucy  B.,  Jan.  31,  1824.  4.  Benj.  F.,  Mar.  10,  1826,  in 
Ab'n.  5.  Geo.,  Aug.  27,  1828,  works  at  the  Curtis  Forge.  6. 
Mary,  Sep.  14, 1831.  7.  Lydia  C.,  Lee.  28, 1834.  8.  Henry 
Mar.  11,  1839. 

4.  Jno.  W.,  s.  Isaac,  and  gr.  s.  Isaac,  Wey'h.,  b.  Dec.  9, 1829, 
lives  in  II.,  on  Centre  st.  and  is  a  shoemaker,  and  school  teacher. 
Not  m. 

PROUTY,  David, 

Esq.,  s.David,  of  Scit. 

~vl'          ' 

b.  May  18.  1778,  m. 
Lydia,  da.  Hezek.  Stoddard,  lived  in  II.  for  some  years,  on  Curtis 
st.,  being  engaged  in  the  plough  business,  (see  the  chap,  on  Mfr's.) 
and  d.  Mar.  31,  1846,  ae.  68.  ch. :  1.  Marg't.,  Feb.  4,  1796, 
m.  Maj.  Win.  Morse,  now  of  Lawrence,  Mass.  2.  Veniah,  Ap. 

9,  1811,  kept  the  Half-way-House   in  Scit.   for  some  yrs.,   (now 
occupied  by  his  son,  Jno.)  and  is  at  present  in  Framingham,  Mass. 
3.  Lorenzo,  May  3,  1806,  of  the  firm  of  Prouty  &  Mears,  Bos'n., 
m.  Lucy  "W.,  da.  Jno.  Mears,  and  has  Lorenzo,  Lucy  C.,  and 
Mien.     4.  Lydia,  July  19,  1807,   m.  Horatio  Baker,  Ab'n.     5. 
David  0.,  June  7,  1818,  m.  Sarah  A.  Gray,  lives  in  Philad.,  and 
has  3  ch. 


PUFFER — EAMSDELL.  361 

PUFFER,  Jno.,  s.  Jno.,  of  Ab'n.,  b.  1798,  m.  1,  Abig.  S. 
Crocker,  1822,  who  d.  Dec.  23,  1850  ;  and  2,  \vid.  Lovisa  liar- 
low,  Au<*.  15,  1851  ;  lives  on  Winter  st.  ;  and  is  a  shoemaker. 

t3 

ch. :  1.  Abi"1.,  June  2,  1824,  m.  Martin  W.  Damon.  2.  Tamar 
J.,  Oct.  31,1827,  m.  Chas.  Sampson,  of  II.  3.  Mary  M.,  1830, 
m.  Melzar  Keen,  Ab'n.,  Oct.  11,  1848. 

RAMSDELL,  or  RAMSDEN,  Joseph,  was  in  Plym'h.,  in  1643, 
and  Saml.,  one  of  his  descfc's.,  sett,  in  that  part  of  Scit,  now  II., 
m.  Martha  Bowker,  and  had  ch.  Thos.,  prob.  also  a  desc't.  of 
Joseph,  was  of  II.,  1712,  and  had,  by  w.  Sarah,  1.  Gideon,  Sep. 
13,  1712.  2.  Sarah,  July  12,  1715.  3.  Mercy,  Nov.  5,  1717, 
m.  Peleg  Stetson,  Mar.  9,  1738.  4.  Lydia,  Sep.  5,  1719.  5. 
Elizab.  ?  m.  Eben'r.  Curtis,  1747.  6.  Grace,  1725,  m.  Adam 
Prouty,1744.  7.  Thos.? 

'//  prob.  another  desc't. 
of  Joseph,  of  Dux'y., 
m.  1,  Mary  Homer, 
Ap.  23,  1730,  who  d.  June  1,  1754  ;  and  2,  Mercy  Prior, 
Nov.  25, 1755,  who  d.  July  20, 1766,  and  he,  Aug.  22,  1787,  ae. 
86.  ch.:  1.  Mary,  Jan.  6,  1731,  m.  Win.  Whiting,  1748.  2. 
Avis,  July  14,  1732,  d.  Dec.  28,  1740.  3.  Priscilla,  bap.  Sep. 
8,  1734,  m.  Isaac  Prouty,  Dec.  25,  1755.  4.  Nehemiah,  Nov. 
13, 1734,  m.  Rebecca  Chamberlin  ?  Dec.  29,  1757,  and  moved  to 
C't.  5.  Thos.,  Oct.  3,  1736,  d.  March  13, 1757.  6.  Joseph, 
Ap.  25,  1739,  d.  Ap.  6,  1740.  7.  Avis,  bap.  Mar.  29, 1741,  m. 
Josh.  Dwelley,  Dec.  24,  1761.  8.  Joseph,  July  3,  1843.  9. 
Japhet,  Aug.  22,  1745,  d.  June  19,  1750.  10.  Sarah,  Ap.  19, 
1749,  m.  Oliver  Pool,  Jan.  13,  1774.  (By  2d,)  11.  Mercy, 
Ap.  28,  1757,  m.  1,  Rich'd.  Estes,  Nov.  4, 1778,  and  2,  an  Ellis, 
of  SandAvich.  12.  Lydia,  bap.  Aug.  26,  1759,  m.  Saml.  Whit- 
comb,  Nov.  6,  1791. 

3.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  2,   m.  1,  Elizab.  Barker,   Feb.  1,    1770, 

who  d.  June  19,  1786  ;  and  2,   Elizab.  Ellis,  May  17, 1787,  who 

d.  Oct.  20,  1811,  ae.  59,  and  he,  Aug.  5, 1817.     ch.  :  1.  Mary, 

July  29, 1771,  m.  Nathl.  Ellis,  July  20, 1789.     2.  Priscilla,  Mar. 

23 


362  RANDALL. 

18,  1773,  d.  July  24,  1774.  3.  Joseph,  Sep.  10,  1775.  4. 
Priscilla,  July  1776,  d.  Oct.  17,  1777.  5.  Barker,  bap.  June 
13,  1779.  6.  Homer. 

4.  Joseph,  s.  Joseph  3,  m.  Ruth  Stockbridge,  Feb.  3,  1800,  and 
lives  in  Warren,  Mass.  ch. :  1.  Joseph,  Oct.  21, 1800,  m.  Elizabo 
da.  Robt.  Bella,  Dec.  3, 1827,  and  has  Elizab.  H.,  Ap.  25,  1830, 
m.  Aaron  King,  of  Palmer,  Sepl,  1852  ;  Adelaide,  Oct.  8,1833  ; 
Marg't.  B.,  Oct.  6,  1841.     2.  Mary,    Oct.  16,  1803,  d.  Ap.  12, 
1827.     3.  Homer,  Aug.  12,    1810,  m.  Francis  E.  L.,  da.  Thos. 
Powell,  Newburgh,  1ST.  Y'k.,  June  16, 1835,  and  has  Mary  L.  P., 
Mar.  23,   1836,  d.  July  29,  1841 ;  Frances  J.,  May  31,  1838  ; 
Thos.  P.,  May  14,  1840  ;  Jas.  A.  P.,  Mar.  9, 1842  ;  Henri/  P., 
1844  ;  and  Homer  S.,  1852. 

5.  Barker,    s.  Joseph  3,   m.  Lucy  Ellis,   Aug.  31,  1800,  and 
had,  1,  Ruth  S.,  Dec.  14, 1801,  m.  Sylvanus  Estes,  Oct.  25, 1818. 
2.  Mary  B.,  m.  Reuben  Estes,  Mar.  18, 1819.     3.  Lucy  E.,  Oct. 
17,  1804,  m.  Wm.  Estes,  Mar.  14, 1825.  4.  Homer,  Ap.  12, 1807. 
5.  Tryphosa,  Oct.  17,  1809.     6.  Josiah  B.,   May  15,  1812.     7. 
Joseph,  Dec.  18,  1815. 

6.  Homer,  s.  Joseph  3,  m.  Betsy  Stockbridge,  Oct.  27,  1816, 
sett,  in  Warren,  and  d.  Dec.  19,  1850,  having  had,  1.  Win.  B., 
June,  1825.     2.  Mary  E.,    Sep.  25,  1829,  m.  Joseph  K.  Make 
peace,  Mar.  12,  1851,  and  has  Mary  E.,  Feb.,  1852. 

7.  Silas  Ramsdell,   of  a  different  family  from  the  above,  is  in 
H.,  with  his  sou  Jacob  L.,  who  is  m.,and  has  1  da.,  Susanetta,  b. 
Oct.  24,  1851.     The  fa.,  Silas,  m.  1,  Ann  Lawrence,  by  whom  he 
had  Jacob  L. ;  2,  Elenor    Stetson  ;  and  3,   Lois  Hammond.     By 
the  last  2,  he  has  no  ch. 

RANDALL,  William,  was  of  Scit.,  1640,  and  of  his  descend 
ants,  Gideon,  and  Elijah,  resided  in  H.  for  a  time.  The  latter, 
Elijah,  was  fa.  of  Allen,  of  II.,  who  m.  Betsey  Jones,  of  Scit.,  and 
lives  on  Wash'n.  st.  His  ch.  are,  1.  Elizabeth,  m.  Geo.  Richard 
son,  of  Medford.  2.  Allen,  1821,  m.  Eliza  Kelly,  Oct.  6,  1846, 
lives  in  S.  Scit.,  and  has  ch.  He  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  a 
young  man  of  respectable  standing.  3.  Lydia,  m.  John  B.  Wil 
der,  of  H. 


REED. 


363 


REED,  Capt.  William,  of  Dux'y.,  m.  Polly  Glass,  and  lived 
for  a  time  in  H.,  on  Centre  st.,  where  he  d.  May  9,  1851,  ae."55. 
His  da.  Wealthy,  is.  Lewis  Hunt,  of  D. ;  and  Hannah,  m.  Jared 
Alden,  of  S.  Ab'n.  His  son,  Saml.  H.,  yet  resides  in  Hanover  \ 
m.  Lucy  J.  Estes,  June  1835,  and  lives  on  Circuit  st.  ch.  :  1. 
Wm.  E.,  Sep.  24, 1836.  2.  Bethia  C.,  June  13,  1838.  3.  Mary 
G.,  Dec.  26,  1839.  4.  Lucy  P.,  Feb.  10,  1842.  5.  Celia  J., 
June  28,  1844.  6.  Eliza  B.,  Mar.  8,  1846.  7.  Augustine, 
Mar.  14, 1848.  8.  A  son,  b.  Mar.  3,  1850,  d.  young.  9.  Jane 
L.,  June  31,  1851. 


2.  Col.  Jesse,  of  MPd.,  b.  1778,  is  the  one  whose  history  we 
have  given  at  large  on  p.  142.  We  present,  above,  a  likeness  of 
that  gentleman,  taken  expressly  for  this  work,  as  an  accompani 
ment  to  our  sketch. 


RICE — RICHARDS — RIPLEY — ROBBINS. 

RICE,  Alvin,  b.  July  1,  1824,  s.  John,  of  Me.,  (and  prob.  a 
desct.  of  Edmond  Rice,  who  was  of  Sudbury,  1640,)  m.  Charlotte 
Arnold,  of  Ab'n.,  d.,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  in  the  house  built  by 
Jared  Whiting,  and  13  a  shoemaker,  ch.  :  1.  Ann  E.,  May  9> 
1847.  2.  Jno.  W.,  Jan.  1852.  Lost  one  ch.,  an  infant. 

RICHARDS,  Dr.  Jacob,  s.  Jacob,  of  Wey'h.,  grad.  B.  IT., 
1824  ;  stud.  med.  with  Dr.  Jno.  C.  Warren,  of  Bos'n.  ;  and  sett, 
in  II.  from  1834  to  1836.  He  now  resides  in  Braintree,  Mass, 
He  m.  Elizabeth,  da.  Rev.  Calvin  Wolcott,  formerly  Rector  of  St. 
Andrew's  Church,  and  .she  d.  May  2,  1846.  ch. :  1.  Augustus 
Jacob,  b.  in  H.,  Sep.  20,  1835.  2.  George  Calvin,  b.  in  Br'e., 
Jan.  18,  1838.  3.  Sarah  Ann,  Feb.  5,  1840.  4.  Susanna 
Lincoln,  Sep.  29,  1842.  5.  Mary  Gardner,  Ap.  1,  1845. 

RIPLEY,  John,  of  Ab'n.,  lived  on  Whiting  st,  and  d.  Mar. 
26,  1829,  ae.  49,  having  had  ch: :  1.  John,  d.  unm.  2.  Josiah, 
m.  a  Keen,  and  d.  in  Pemb.  3.  David,  d.  unm.  4.  Benjamin, 
d.  unm.  5.  Martin,  m.  a  Lincoln,  and  lives  in  Cohasset.  6. 
Washington,  Jan.,  1826,  lives  on  Main  st.,  shoemaker.  7.  Wil 
liam,  d.  young.  8.  Seth,  in  Ab'n. 

ROBBINS,  Nicholas,  was  of  Dux'y.,  1638  ;  and  Thos.  was  of 
Dux'y.,  1643.  Richard  was  of  Bos'n.,  1643,  and  aft.  of  Camb., 
and  had,  Saml.,  b.  1643.  William,  who  was  of  H'm.,  1665,  m. 
Susanna,  da.  Geo.  Lane,  and  had  Thos.,  1665,  is  supposed  to  have 
been  son  of  Richard,  of  Camb. ;  and  Nathl.,  and  Saml.,  who  were 
of  Camb.,  1680,  were  doubtless  of  the  same  family  ;  and  tradition 
says,  that  the  Robbins'  of  H.,  sprung  from  this  stock. 

2.  Nathaniel,  a  desc't.  of  Richard  ?  m.  Hannah,  da.  Saml. 
Witherell,  May  15,  1740,  and  lived,  not  as  Deane  says,  in  Mf'd., 
but  in  Hanover,  first  in  the  "  Beech  woods  country,"  and  then  at 
the  corner  of  Grove  st,  where  the  cellar  hole  to  his  house  is  yet 
visible.  He  was  killed  in  Mf'd.,  by  the  falling  in  of  the  stones  of 
a  well,  on  which  he  was  at  work  ;  as  the  record  says,  Dec.  17, 
1774,  but  as  family  tradition  says,  June  17, 1775, — the  fall  of  the 
stones  being  occasioned  by  the  jarring  of  the  earth,  induced  by  the 


BOBBINS.  365 

firing  of  the  cannon  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  His  wid.  d. 
Jan.  7,  1807,  ae.  86.  ch. :  1.  Nathaniel,  Mar.,  1741.  2.  Tim 
othy,  Sep.  25,  1742.  (Sep.  14,  T.  Rec.)  3.  Hannah,  1744,  d. 
Feb.  28, 1751.  4.  Betsey,  1748.  5.  Thomas,  1750.  6.  Jo 
seph,  1755,  d.  1760.  7.  Luther,  1757,  m.  Ann  Barker,  Sep.  16, 
1779,  and  moved  to  Greene,  Me.,  where  his  descendants  reside. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  army,  from  Hanover,  during  the  Revo 
lution,  and  his  name  will  be  found  in  the  lists  we  have  given.  8. 
Joseph,  m.  a  da.  of  Jas.  Gushing,  of  "Scituate,  moved  to  Hebron, 
Me.,  where  his  descendants  still  reside.  He  was  in  the  Rev'n.  from 
H.,in  1777,  and  went  to  R.  I. 

//-  ,         /y/?       s.    Nathaniel  2,  m. 

3.    CrfcrtiaVt^     yl&  OO^VMary   Tilden,    Oct. 
'  ^X  ^  25,  1770,  and  lived 

on  Centre  st.,  near  where  his  son  Tim'y.  resides.  He  was  Dea. 
of  the  First  Church  ;  Town  Clerk,  from  1778-'87  ;  a  member  of 
the  Committee  of  Safety,  in  1777  ;  and  altogether  was  a  man  of 
great  usefulness  in  public  affairs.  He  d.  May  18,  1807,  and  his 
wid.,  Feb.  9,  1825,  ae.  74.  ch. :  1.  Hannah,  Oct.  14,  1771,  m. 
Saml.  Jenkins,  of  Scit.,  Nov.  30, 1797.  2.  Mary,  July  12,  1773, 
m.  Elijah  Sylvester,  Dec.  19,  1793.  3.  Bethia,  Oct.  24,  1774, 
d.  Oct.  16,  1801.  4.  Elizab.,  Mar.  28,  1776,  m.  Joseph  Elmes, 
of  Scit,  May  6, 1804,  and  d.  Jan.  5,  1815.  5.  Sibyl,  Oct.  1, 
1779,  m.  Amos  Bates,  Nov.  25,  1802,  and  d.  May  26,  1816.  6. 
Timothy,  Aug.  28,  1781.  7.  Sarah,  Dec.  17,  1783.  8.  John, 
Dec.  9,  1785,  d.  Sep.  8,  1838. 

4.  Thomas,  s.  Nathl.  2,  m.  Sylvina  Caswell,  was  a  shipmastei  > 
and  was  drowned  in  the  harbor  of  Cohasset,  Ap.  14,  1790,  ae.  38, 
in  the  midst  of  his  usefulness,  and  in  the  vigor  of  his  life.     He  had 
3  sons  bap.  in  H.,    Sep.   19,  1790,   viz.:  1.  Walter;  2.  Anson, 
Esq. ;  and  3.  Thomas. 

5.  Timothy,  s.  Tim'y.  3,  m.  Hannah  Wright,  of  Scit.,  in  1813, 
lives  on  Centre  st.,  and  is  a  worthy  and  respectable  farmer,     ch. : 
1.  Elenor,  Sep.  25,  1813,  d.  Jan.  29,  1843.     2.  Timothy,  Jan. 
1815,  d.  Aug.  14,  1850  ;  much  respected  and  greatly  lamented. 
3.  Sibyl  T.,Feb.  22,  1817.     4.  Hannah  F.,  July  29,  1824,  m. 
Eli  C.  Josselyn,  Ap.  27,  1845,  and  d.  July  15,  1846.     Of  these 


366  ROGERS. 

4  ch.,  but  one  is  left,  a  daughter,  to  solace  her  parents  in  their  de 
clining  years. 

6.  Anson,  Esq.,  of  Scit.,  s.  Thos.  4,  m.  Rachel,  da.  Thos.  Syl 
vester,  Aug.  28,  1803,  and  resides  in  So.  Scit.,  near  Mr.  Stet 
son's  Meeting  House.  He  has  long  held  the  office  of  J.  P.  ;  and 
is  a  man  of  active  business  habits  ;  of  great  diligence  and  perse 
verance  ;  and  one  whose  services  have  been  much  sought,  not  only 
in  his  own  town,  but  in  those  adjacent,  ch. :  1.  George  A.,  July 
20,  1807,  m.  Almira  Sylvester,  lived  in  So.  Scit.,  was  a  wheel 
wright  by  trade,  had  Elizabeth  2'.,  and  George,  W.,  and  d.  in  S. 
in  Jan.,  1853.  2.  Walter,  June  31,  1809,  m.  Mary  0.  Torrey, 
and  lives  in  Charlestown,  Mass.  3.  Matilda,  Feb.  16,  1811,  d. 
Mar.  10,  1839.  4.  Clarissa,  June  16,  1813.  5.  Horace,  Ap. 
20,  1816.  6.  Charles,  June  13,  1817,  d.  July  10,  1830.  7. 
Rachel  S.,  Ap.  13,  1820,  m.  Dr.  James  Underwood,  an  intelligent 
and  successful  Physician,  of  E.  Ab'n.' 

NOTE.  The  son,  George,  was  a  man  of  remarkable  mechanical  talent ; 
ambitious,  and  enterprising  ;  one  whose  career,  at  the  date  of  his  decease, 
seemed  to  be  full  of  promise  ;  and  who  was  arrested,  in  the  midst  of  his  use 
fulness,  by  an  affection  of  the  brain,  induced  by  over  exertion,  which  caused 
his  death.  lie  was  much  respected  in  the  community,  and  his  loss  is  a  se 
vere  blow  to  his  family  and  friends. 

ROGERS,  John,  of  Wey'h.,  1639,  came  to  Scit,  with  Rev.  Mr. 
Witherell,  in  1644,  but  d.  in  Wey'h.,  in  1661,  leaving  a  son  John, 
and  others.  John,  jr.,  was  of  Scit.,  and  by  w.  Rhoda,  da.  Elder 
Thos.  King,  had  also  a  son  John,  and  others.  John  3d.,  was  fa. 
of  Caleb,  b.  Ap.  14,  1718,  who  was  of  H. ;  and  Caleb,  by  w. 
Mary  Harlow,  was  fa.  of  Caleb,  b.  Dec.  16,  1747,  and  others. 
Caleb,  jr.,  m.  wid.  Hannah  Bates,  and  was  fa.  of  Reuben,  now  of 
H.,  and  of  several  daughters,  of  whom  Ruth  T.,  m.  Cap't.  Levi 
Curtis,  of  H. 

2.  Reuben,  s.  Caleb,  m.  Abigail  Stoddard,  of  Scit.,  and  lives 
on  Water  st.;  in  the  ho.  built  by  himself,  on  the  site  of  a  former 
house,  which  was  burnt,  ch. :  1.  Reuben  H.,  m.,  and  lives  in 
Mich'n.  2.  Zenas,  m.  Ruth  Sumner,  who  is  d.  He  lives  in 
Braintree.  8.  Edwin,  not  m.  4.  Abigail  J.,  m.  Melvin  Stod 
dard.  5.  Bela  T.,  d.  ae.  4.  6.  Harriet  N.,  d.  ae.  22.  7.  An 
drew,  m.  Mary  A.  Whiting,  and  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.  8.  Sophronia 
R.,  m.  Henry  Hobart,  of  II. 


ROSE.  367 

ROSE,  Thomas,  according  to  Deane,  was  in  the  "  Two  mile," 
in  1660,  and  had  a  son  John,  who  was  slain  in  the  battle  at  Iteho- 
both,  in  1676.  By  a  2d  w.,  Alice,  he  had  Jeremiah,  who  m. 
Elizab.,  da.  Capt.  Anthony  Collamore,  in  1698,  and  d.  in  1699, 
leaving  one  son,  Thomas,  bap.  June  27,  1708,  who  was  of  H.  The 
wid.  m.  Timothy  Symnes. 

2.  Thomas,  s.  Jeremiah,  m.  Faith  Sylvester,  Aug.  19,  1731, 
lived  in  H.,  was  Dea.  of  the  First  Church,  for  a  long  time,  and 
Selectman  for  13  yrs.,  from  1750-'63.     ch.  :  1.  Ruth,  Sep.  13, 
1732,  m.  Thos.  Curtis,  Feb.  16,  1756.     2.  Desire,  June  3,  1734, 
m.  Amos  Sylvester,  Jan.  19,  1757.     3.  Hannah,  June  1736.     4. 
Thomas,   July   25,    1738.     5.  Elizab.,    Sep.,   1740,   m.    Timo. 
Church,  Sep.  5,  1765.     6.  Timothy,  Nov.  17,  1743. 

3.  Thos.,  s.  Thos.  2,  m.  Rhoda  Rogers,  Nov.  12,  1761,  and, 
it  is   said,  moved   to   Me.,   with  his  family,     ch.  :  1.  Deborah, 
1762.     2.  Thos.,  1764,  d.  1765.     3.  Rhoda  R.,  1767.     4.  Thos. 
1768,  d.  1772.     5.  Jeremiah,  1772. 


(Capt.  Timothy,)s.  Thos. 

.  -o        T    v    Q 

4.    c/  /    /  ^  *-s  m-  kydia  Soper,  Jan. 

23,  1766,  who  d.  Jan. 
4,  1812,  and  he,  Oct.  22,  1819.  Lived  where  his  grandson  Seth 
now  resides,  on  Hanover  st.  He  was  Selectman  in  1789  ;  an 
officer  in  the  Rev'n.  ;  a  man  of  energy  ;  active  in  his  habits,  and 
respected  by  his  townsmen,  ch.  :  1.  Timothy,  Dec.  24,  1766. 
2.  Lydia,  Mar.  19,  1769,  m.  Turner  Stetson,  Feb.  1,  1795,  who 
was  for  over  20  yrs.  Selectman  of  H.  3.  Seth,  Aug.  19,  1771. 
4.  Charles,  1774,  d.  1778.  5.  Lucy,  Sep.  18,  1775.  6.  Ruth, 
1777,  d.  1778. 

5.  Timothy,  s.  Capt.  Timothy  4,  m.  Mercy  Josselyn,  June  9, 
1795,  who  d.  May  8,  1850.  He  built,  and  lived  for  about  15 
yrs.,  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Silas  Hollis,  on  Broadway  ; 
and  from  thence  moved  to  where  Oren  Josselyn  lives,  on  King 
st.,  being  interested  in  the  iron  works  there.  He  finally  settled 
where  Josiah  Bonney  lives,  on  Wash'n.  st.,  and  there  d.  He  was 
a  millwright  by  trade,  ch.  :  1.  Mercy  W.,  Feb.  26,  1797,  m. 


368  RUSSELL — SALMOND. 

Josiah  Bonnej,  Ap.  2,  1820,  and  lives  in  II.  2.  Ruth,  m.  Capt, 
William  Josselyn,  Oct.  8,  1820.  3.  Maria,  m.  Horace  Studley, 
Jan.  15,  1834. 

6.  Scth,  s.   Capt.  Tim'y.  4,  m.  Lucy  Dwelley,  Dec.  4,  1798, 
who  d.  Ap.  25, 1845,   and  he,   June  30,  1831.     Lived  on  his  fa 
ther's  place,  and  was  a  farmer,     ch. :  1.  Seth,    Nov.  14,   1799, 
lives  unm.,  on  Hanover  st.,   and  is   engaged  in  the  Tanning  busi 
ness,  with  his  brothers.     2.  Lucy  D.,  Oct.  31,  1801,  d.  Jan.  15, 
1805.     3.  Charles,  Oct.  28,  1803,  living,  unm.,  at  the  old  home 
stead.     4.  Martin,  July  5,  1806.     Moved  to  N.  Y'k.  State,  and 
lives  in  Batavia  ;  is  m.,  and  has  ch.     5.  Eliza  D.,  Aug.  12,  1811, 
living  with  her  brothers.     6.  Mary  II.,  July  25,  1814,    d.  June 
6,  1815.     7.  Edwin,  June  8,  1816,  m.  Ann  White,  of  Pemb.,  da. 
Capt.  Caleb  W.,  and  lives  on  Hanover  st. 

7.  Laban,  s.  Laban,  of  Scit.,   and  a  descendant  of  Thos.  1,  m. 
Emily  Young,  Aug.  20, 1823,  lives  on  Broadway,  and  is  a  shoema 
ker,  ch. :  1.  Joshua  S.,  Mar.  17, 1824, m.  Ann,  da.  Saml.  Perry,  and 
has  Ellen  M. ,   Oct.  12,  1846.     Lives  on  Broadway.     2.  Laban, 
Aug.  1826,  m.  Arabella,  da.  Jabez  Josselyn,  Jan.  1847,  had  Jane 
M.,  May,  1847,  and  Henry  F.,  Oct.,  1848,  and  d.  Ap.  23,  1851. 
Lived  on  Broadway,  in   the  house  built  by  himself.     3.  Henry, 
Oct.,  1828.   4.  Cordelia,  Dec.  26, 1833.    5.  Eliza,  Dec.  14, 1838. 

RUSSELL,  William  P.,  b.  Oct.  15,  1814,  m.  Elmira  Bates, 
Ap.  2,  1837,  lives  on  King  st.,  and  is  a  shoemaker,  ch.:  1.  Lucius 
W.,  Mar.  3,  1838.  2.  Lyman,  Sep.  10,  1840.  3.  Marcus  P., 
July  18, 1842.  4.  Elizab. 'S.,  Ap.  15,  1844.  5.  Lydia  C.,  Oct 
11,  1846.  6.  George  C.,  July  17,  1848.  7.  Charles  F.,  Jar.' 
9,  1851. 

SALMOND,  Robert,  and  his  bro.  Peter,  were  born  in  a  small 
town  in  Scotland,  lying  between  Edinburgh  and  Glasgow,  within 
8  miles,  it  is  said,  of  the  tree  in  which  William  Wallace  hid,  as  is 
related  in  the  Scottish  Chiefs.  Robert  was  born  in  1749,  and 
Peter  in  1745.  Previous  to  the  opening  of  the  Am.  Rev'n.,  they 
came  to  this  country,  on  a  visit,  and  staid  in  Bridg'r.,  Mass.,  one 
year,  from  1774  to  1775.  Starting  from  thence  to  return  to 


SALMOND.  369 

their  native  land,  by  the  way  of  Halifax,  N.  S.,  they  were  there 
impressed  into  the  British  army,  under  Burgoync  ;  and  when  that 
officer  was  defeated,  they  left  the  ranks,  and  returned  to  Mr. 
Russell,  their  fellow  countryman,  at  Bridg'r.,  with  whom  they 
had  been  tarrying.  Soon  they  entered  the  employ  of  the  Hon. 
Hu^h  Orr,  also  a  native  of  Scotland, — who  was  a  manufacturer 
of  cannon,  and  other  arms, — and  with  him  they  remained  for  four 
years,  receiving,  as  their  compensation,  but  $8  per  month,  and 
their  board, — a  sum  which  would  now  be  considered  small  by 
most  of  our  mechanics.  From  thence,  both  came  to  Hanover, 
and  engaged  in  trade,  in  the  humble  capacity  ofpedlers.  Peter, 
after  remaining  two  years,  moved  to  Pemb.,  and  settled  near  the 
Rev.  Morrill  Allen's.  He  m.  Eunice,  da.  Capt.  Jonathan  Bass, 
of  E.  Bridg'r.,  and  widow  of  Seth  Whitman,  in  1785,  and  d.  in 
Pemb.,  in  Oct.  1828,  ae.  83,  leaving  ch.,  of  whom  his  son  Peter, 
is  still  living  in  Pemb.,  on  his  father's  place.  Robert,  the  other 
brother,  remained  in  H.,  and  was,  for  about  thirty  years,  engaged 
in  the  iron  business  at  Sylvester's  Forge, — 28  years  of  the  time 
with  Nath'l.  Gushing, — in  manufacturing  Anchors,  and  carrying 
on  this  business  on  an  extensive  scale.  He  lived  first  in  the  Bald 
win  House,  so  called,  on  Hanover  St..  and  afterwards  on  Broad 
way,  in  what  is  now  known  as  the  "  Salmond  House."  Both  the 
brothers,  were  men  of  high  moral  worth,  and  one  who  knew  them 
well,  has  said,  that  "if  all  were  like  them,  we  should  need  no 
penal  laws."  Both  left  behind  a  good  name  for  their  children, — 
a  legacy  far  more  valuable  than  gold  or  silver  !  The  desc'ts  of 
Hobert,  we  give  below. 

_^    of  Scotland,  b.  1749, 

2.    ^^^ui^*y^t^>tW   m.  Mary,  da.  of  Rev. 
&  '  Samuel    Baldwin,    of 

H.,  November  1,  1787,  and  d.  in  II.,  May  5,  1829,  ae.  80,  and 
his  wid.  September  5,  1847,  ae.  79.  ch. :  1.  Robert,  August 
2,  1788,  was  in  the  service  of  the  U.  S.,  in  the  War  Dep't.,  and 
d.  unm.  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  Ap.  9,  1822.  2.*Samuel,  twin  to 
Robert,  b.  Aug.  2,  1788.  3.  John,  Aug.  1,  1700,  was  engaged, 
for  several  years,  in  the  mfr.  of  Tacks,  at  his  works,  on  the  3d 
Herring  brook,  and  d.  unm.  Ap.  3,  1845.  4.  William,  Sep.  24, 


370  SAMPSON. 

1791,  was  in  the  Tack  business  with  his  bro.  Jno.,  and  also  d. 
unm.,  Mar.  11,^1842.  5.  Mary,  Oct.  1,  1794,  d.  July  13, 
1818.  6.  Agne's,  Oct.  4,  1776,  m.  Capt.  Zephaniah  Talbot,  of 
Scit.,  July  20,  1826,  and  is  living  a  wid.,  in  Scit.,  her  husband 
having  been  so  unfortunately  injured,  by  the  bursting  of  a  can  of 
camphene,  as  to  cause  his  death  in  a  few  days.  7.  Peter  R., 
bap.  Aug.  1, 1802,  d.  at  Baltimore,  Md:,  May  18,  1828. 

3.  Samuel,  s.  Robert  2,  m.  Eliza,  da.  Hon.  Albert  Smith, 
of  H.,  July  26,  1826,  and  lives  on  Wash'on.  st.,  near  the  Four 
Corners.  His  life,  like  that  of  his  father  and  uncle,  has  been 
eventful  and  instructive.  At  the  age  of  18,  with  his  bro.  Robert, 
he  sett,  in  Bangor,  Me.,  where,  for  10  years,  he  was  engaged  in 
trade.  In  1818,  he  left  B.,  and  journeyed  to  the  South,  tarrying 
there  4  years,  until  the  death  of  his  bro.  Robert ;  and  thence  he 
went  to  Cuba,  on  which  beautiful  island  he  passed  7  winters. 
During  a  portion  of  this  time,  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  U.  S. 
Gov't.  In  1838,  he  sett,  permanently  in  Hanover,  and  engaged 
in  the  Tack  business,  at  the  works  previously  occupied  by  his 
brothers,  and  at  the  spot  where  anciently  stood  the  Stockbridge 
mill.  Mr.  S.  is  a  man  of  modest  and  retiring  manners,  of  un 
blemished  integrity,  never  weary  in  well  doing,  and  is  respected 
most  by  those  who  know  him  best,  and  can  best  appreciate  the 
excellencies  of  his  character,  ch :  1.  Robert,  Ap.  1827,  d.  Oct. 
18,  1845.  2.  Mary,  Dec.  1832.  3.  Eliza  S.,  May  13,  1844. 
4.  Samuel,  d.  Aug.  14,  1850,  ae.  11  wks. 

SAMPSON,  Otis,  s.  Stephen,  of  Pemb.,  b.  Sep.  1805,  m.  Sa 
rah,  da.  Anthony  Sylvester,  lives  on  Broadway,  and  is  a  carpen 
ter,  ch. :  1.  Frances,  Feb.  9,  1836.  2.  Otis,  Ap.  11,  1837. 
3.  Almira  J.,  May  21,  1839.  4.  Priscilla,  May  1841.  5. 
Mary  E.,  Aug.  27,  1843.  6.  Lewis,  July  22,  1846. 

2.  Charles,  s.  Chas.,  of  Dux'y»>  m.  Tamar  J.,  da.  Jno.  Puffer, 
Dec.  9,  1847,  lives  on  Centre  st.,  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and 
has  no  ch. 

NOTE.  This  name,  on  old  records,  is  generally  spelled  Samson ;  and 
Henry,  the  ancestor  of  most  of  the  Sampsons  of  Plymouth  Co.,  arrived  at 
Dux'y.,  in  1620,  according  to  Winsor. 


SIMMONS.  371 

SIMMONS,  Moses, — formerly  written  "Moyses  Symonson" — 
came  to  Plymouth  in  the  Fortune,  in  1621,  and  \$  usually  reckon 
ed  as  one  of  the  Pilgrims,  being  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Plym'h.  Winslow  speaks  of  him  as  "  a  child  of  one  that  was  in 
communion  with  the  Dutch  Church  at  Leyden,"  and  as  being 
"admitted  into  Church  fellowship  at  Plym'h.,  in  N.  Eng'd.,  and 
his  children  also  to  baptism  as  well  as  our  own."  In  the  division 
of  lands  made  in  1623,  he,with  Philip  De  la  Noye,  (now  Delano,) 
received  each  one  acre,  "beyond  the  first  brooke,  to  the  wood 
westward ;"  and  in  1628,  Mar.  26,  he,  and  Edward  Bompass, 
sold  each  one  acre  of  ground  to  Robert  Hicks,  "  lying  on  the 
North  side  of  the  town," — being  probably  the  acre  granted  to 
him  in  1623.  In  the  division  of  cattle,  made  May  22,  162T,  the 
first  lot,  consisting  of  the  "  four  black  heifers  that  came  in  the 
Jacob,  and  two  she  goats,"  fell  to  Francis  Cooke,  and  his  com 
pany,  among  whom  was  "  Moses  Simonson."  He  was  in  Dux'y., 
before  163T,  and  in  that  year,  was  one  of  a  Jury  of  12,  '•'  to  set 
forth  heigh  wages  about  Plymouth,  Ducksburrow,  and  the  Eele 
River."  In  1638-9,  he  received  a  grant  of  40  acres  of  land  in 
D.  He  is  in  the  list  of  those  able  "  to  bear  arms,"  in  1643  ;  and 
in  the  list  of  freemen  in  D.,  in  1646.  At  about  this  period,  he 
became  one  of  the  54  original  proprietors  of  Bridg'r. ,  but  soon 
after  sold  his  share  to  Nicholas  Byram.  Under  date  of  Mar.  7, 
1652,  he  is  spoken  of,  on  the  Col.  Rec.,  as  having. one  of  the  34 
shares,  "  of  a  tract  extending  3  miles  E.  of  the  E.  part  of  the 
river  or  bay  called  Acusshena,  and  soe  alonge  the  sea  side  to  the 
river  called  Coaksett,  lying  on  the  W.  side  of  point  prill  (peril  ?) 
&c.,  and  extending  8  miles  into  the  woods," — said  tract  being 
land  purchased  of  the  Indians.  He  was  a  surveyor  in  Dux'y.,  in 
1657;  and  in  1665,  a  footway  was  laid  out  through  his  land,  and 
that  of  Sam'l.  Chandler.  In  1662,  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  Midd'o.,  his  lot  being  the  18th,  and  being  "  bounded  with  a  red 
Oak  and  a  Walnut  tree  marked."  The  name  of  his  wife,  we  have 
not  learned,  nor  the  dates  of  birth  of  his  children.  We  should 
infer,  from  Winslow's  account,  that  some  of  them,  at  least,  were 
born  before  he  cam3  to  Am'a.  Of  his  sons,  we  find  recorded  the 
names  of  Moses  and  Thomas.  The  family  is  prob.  of  English 


372  SIMMONS. 

origin,  and  may  be  connected  with  the  Symonds,  or  Simonds,  of 
Devonshire,  Dorget,  Somerset,  Gloucester,  Norfolk,  Hertford, 
&c.  We  find  this  family  name  sometimes  spelled  Symona,  and 
Simmons,  and  the  family  itself,  is  numerous  and  respectable,  and 
of  quite  ancient  date. 

2.  Moses,  s.  Moses,   sen'r.,  was  of  Dux'y.,  where  he  d.  in 
1689,   (Winsor.)     By  w.   Sarah,  he  had,     1.  John,  m.  Mercy 
Pabodie,  1669,  and  had  ch.     2.  Aaron,  was  m.,  and  had  ch. 
3.  Mary,  m.  Joseph  Alden.     4.  Elizab.,  the  2d.  w.  of  Richard 
Dwelley.     5.  Sarah,  m.  Jas.  Nash,  Dux'y. 

3.  Thos.,  s.  Moses,,  sen'r.,  was  a  householder  in  Scit.  bef. 
1647,  and  his  house  was  on  the   Green  field,  between  that  of 
Sam'l.  Nash,  and  JnO.  Turner,  jr.     The  name  of  his  wife  is  not 
given,  nor  the  dates  of  birth  of  his  ch.     We  only  learn  that  he 
had  sons  Moses  and  Aaron. 

.     ~n  Q  f      f-.^  s.  Thomas  3,  m.  Patience, 

4-    U'offl      ^-GAxvff  da.  Wm.  Barstow,  ab.  1664. 


/  ml 

<J  ch. :    1.  Moses,  bap.  June 

10, 1666,  d.  in  the  Canada  Expedition,  1690.  2.  Jno.  bap.  Mar. 
15,  1667-8.  3.  Sarah,  bap.  July  31,  1670.  4.  Aaron,  bap. 
Aug.  4,  1672.  5.  Job,  bap.  Oct.  4,  1674,  owned  land  S.  of 
"  Old  Pond,"  which  he  sold  in  part  to  Jona.  Pratt,  in  1696. 
6.  Patience,  bap.  Mar.  18,  1676,  her  mo.  being  then  a  wid. 

5.  Aaron,  s.  Thos.  3,  m.  Mary  Woodworth,  1667,  and,  it  is 
said,  lived  at  the  "  Green  field."  (Deane.)  ch. :  1.  Rebecca, 
Dec.  12,  1679.  2.  Moses,  Feb.  24,  1681,  m.  Rachel  Cudworth, 
1711,  and  had  Moses,  1718  ;  Aaron,  1720;  Rachel,  1723  ;  and 
Leah,  1725.  3.  Mary,  Mar.  11,  1683.  4.  Elizab.,  Aug.  27, 
1686.  5.  Ebenezer,  Ang.  10,  1689.  6.  Lydia,  Mar.  27, 1693.' 

s.  Aaron  5,  m. 
Lydia  Kent, 
1714,  and,  it 
is  said,  lived 

where  the  widow  of  Charlos  Simmons  now  resides,  in  South 
Scituate.  ch. :  1.  Abigail,  1715.  2.  Joshua,  1717.  3.  Ly 
dia,  1719.  4.  Elizab.,  1724.  5.  Sam'l.,  1725,  moved  to  Ct. 


SIMMONS.  573 

6.  Reuben,  1726,  sett,  at  Nutter  Hill,  in  H'm.  7.  Peleg,  1728. 
8.  Ebenezer  ?,  lived  on  his  father's  place. 

/_/  P.  s.  Ebenezer  6,  m.  Elizabeth 

^*l^«^r>vw^Mjn^UUtt)  November,  n, 

1742,    and    lived    in    H.> 

first  in  a  house  in  the  pasture  back  of  -where  Dan'l.  Chapman  now 
resides,  and  then  in  a  house  which  recently  stood  where  stands 
that  of  Mr.  C.  His  w.  d.  July  18,  1797,  ae.  76,  and  he,  Mar. 

4,  1807,  ae.  88.     He  was  a  memb.  of  the  Com'e.   of  Safety  in 
the  Rev'n.,  and  Selectman,  in  1775,  &c.     ch. :  1.  Joshua,  Mar. 

5,  1743,  d.  Mar.  6,  1819.     2.  Elizab.,  Ap.  14,  1746,  »d.  Sep.  11, 
1824.     3.  Lydia,  Aug.  23,  1749.     4.  Eben'r.,  Dec.  27,  1751, 
d.  June   11,  1754.     5.  Eben'r.,  Ap.  11,  d.  Oct.  7,1754.     6. 
Mary,  Sep.  26,  1755,  m.  Jno.  II.  Thacher,  of  Barnstab. ,  Sep.  29, 
1795,  and  d.  Ap.  28,  1814,  no  ch.     7.  Sam'l.,  Nov.  1,  1757,  d- 
Sep.  17,  1762.     8.  Elisha,  June  16,  1759.     9.  Lydia,  July  14, 
1763,  m.'Benj.  Bailey,  June  13.  1793,  and  d.  Jan.  16,  1805. 
10.  Wm.,  Feb.  25,  d.  May  4, 1766. 

B.  Joshua  7, 
m-  Martha 
Hersey,  of 

H'm.,  and  d.  in  H.,  Mar.  14,1825,  ae.  80.  Lived  in  part  of 
his  father's  house,  ch. :  1.  Hon.  William.,  July,  9,  1782, 
grad.  II.  C. ,  1804,  m.  Lucia  Hammett,  of  Plym'h.,  lived  in 
Bos'n. ;  was  Judge  of  the  Police  Court ;  and  was  fa.  of  Wm. ,  ed. ; 
Rev.  G-eo.  F. ;  Okas.  F.,  lawyer,  Bos'n. ;  Henry,  d. ;  and  Mar 
tha.  2.  Eben'r.,  Oct.  18,  1785.  3.  Martha,  Mar.  19,  1789, 
d.  Feb.  1833.  4.  Elisha,  Dec.  1,  1790,  d.  Nov.  26,  1792.  5. 
Elisha,  Nov.  19,  1793,  was  a  merchant,  and  d.  unm.  in  Bos'n. 

6,  Benj.  II.,  Dec.  20,  1796,  m.,  and  d.  in  N.  Or's.,  leaving  2 
sons.     7.  Geo.  W.,Feb.  20,  1800,  merchant,  in  N.  Y'k.     Not 
m.     8.  Elizab.,  Oct.  5,  1802,  living  in  Boston.     9.  Joanna,  Oct. 
5,  1802,  m.  Thos.   Stevenson,  of  Bos'n.,  June  22,  1824.     10, 
Franklin,  of  Bos'n.,  not  m. 


374  SLASON SMITH. 

(Eben'r.,  Esq.,)    s. 
9.    >^>f        <^~  ^  Elisha  8,  m.  1,   So- 

ifi&^T,    Xy      CT'CO^l^??^  0?^<t       ,  .  ',  „ 

phia   Richmond,     of 

Prov.,  R.  L;  and  2,  Mary  H.,  wid.  of  Step.  Curtis,  of  Scit.,  Aug.  23, 
1835,  who  d.  Ap.  30,  1837,  and  he,  in  Nov.  1840.  Lived  on 
Wash'n.  st.,  where  his  son  Perez  now  resides,  was  a  merchant ; 
Selectman  of  the  Town  for  6  y'rs. ;  Rep.  to  the  Gen'l.  Ct.  in 
1835  ;  and  a  man  of  enterprise  and  ability,  ch. :  1.  Perez,  Esq., 
grad.  B.  U.,  1833,  and  sett,  as  a  lawyer,  first  in  Prov.,  R.  I.,  and 
then  in  II.  in  1842.  Has  been  Selectman  of  H.  since  1849  ; 
was  Rep.  in  1852 ;  one  of  the  Comis's.  of  Insolvency,  for 
Plym'h.  Co.;  is  chosen  as  one  of  the  Delegates,  to  the  Convention 
to  revise  the  Const'n.  of  Mass.,  which  is  to  meet  inBos'n.,  in  May, 
1853  ; — m.  Adaline,  da.  of  Jno.  Jones,  of  So.  Scit.,  and  has  J/io. 
F.,  June  26,  1851,  and  a  da.,  b.  Mar.  5,  1853.  (By  2d  w.)  2. 
Eben'r.,  Feb.  12,1837. 

10.  Capt.  Thos.,s.  Sam'l.,  of  Scit.,  gr.  s.  Peleg,  and  gr.  gr.  s. 
of  Eben'r.  6,  m.  Bethia  Gray,  Dec.  1,  1816,  lives  on  Wash'n. 
st.,  in  the  N.  E.  part  of  the  town ;  and  was  formerly  a  trader, 
and  a  man  of  successful  enterprise,  ch. :  1.  Bethia,  Nov.  14, 
1817.  2.  Thos.,  July  18,  d.  Nov.  21,  1819.  3.  Warren,  July 
13,  1821.  4.  Rebecca,  Jan.  9,  1824. 

SLASON,  Rev.  Wm.  N.,  sometime  Pastor  of  the  Bap.  Soc.  of 
H.,  is  s.  Sylvanus  and  Mary  Slason,  of  Vt,  and  was  b.  Feb.  26, 
1809.  He  stud,  for  the  ministry,  under  Rev.  Dr.  Barlow,  and  at 
the  Newton  Seminary,  and  has  been  sett,  at  Goffstown,  N.  H., 
Parsonsfield,  Me.,  and  elsewhere.  He  m.  Hannah  E.  Jackson,  of 
Camb.,  Mass.,  Jan.  7,  1833,  and  has,  1.  Wm.  T.,  Dec.  5,  1833  ; 
and  2.  Francis  W.,  June  11,  1836.  Lives  on  Main  st.,  in  the 
house  built  by  himself  in  1852. 

SMITH,  Rev.  Thos.,  of  Pemb.,  b.  Feb.  6,  1706,  s.  Joseph,  of 
Yarmouth,  Mass.,  grad.  H.  C.  1725,  m.  Judith,  da.  Josiah  Miller, 
Aug.  28, 1734,  and  was  sett,  first  in  Yarmouth,  and  then  in  Pemb., 
where  he  d.  ch. :  1,  Mary,  May  18,  1735,  m.  Rev.'Isa.  Duns- 
ter,  of  Harwich.  2.  Josiah,  Feb.  26,  1738.  3.  Joseph,  Nov. 


SMITH.  375 

22,  1740.  4.  Thos.,  July  25,  1742,  drowned  in  the  river  Elbe, 
in  Europe,  Dec.  19,  1767.  5.  Josh.,  July  27,  1744,  d.  at  sea, 
during  the  Rev'n.  6.  Nathl.,  b.  arid  d.  1746.  7.  Judith,  Nov. 
4,  1747,  m.  Rev.  Saml.  Angier,  E.  Bridg'r. ;  no  ch.  8.  Thank 
ful,  Feb.  26,  1749,  d.  unm.,  Ap.  2,  '98.  9.  Nathl.,  Feb.  16, 
1752,  m.  Elizab.  Bass,  of  Bos'n.,  Ap.  27,  1806,  and  was  fa.  of 
NathL,  Esq.,  T.  C.  of  Pemb.,  and  a  scientific  and  tasteful  agri 
culturist,  as  his  beautiful  residence  in  P.  abundantly  testifies  ;  m. 
Susan  S.,  da.  Luther  Briggs,  and  has  Moses  B.,  and  Susan  A. 
0.  Edward,  May  16,  1754,  d.  unrn.  11.  Catherine,  Mar.  21, 
56,  m.  Isaac  Thomas,  Pemb.,  and  had  2  ch.  12.  Christ'r., 
Dec.  22,  1757,  d.  of  the  small  pox,  July  10,  1781,  at  Hfx.,  N.  S. 

2.  Dea.  Josiah,  s.  Rev.  Thos.,  m.  Mary  Barker,  of  P.,  June 
15,  1760,  and  d.  Ap.  4,   1803,  ae.  65,  and  his  wid.  who  was  b. 
May  2,  1740,  d.  Nov.  15,  1813,  ae.  73.     ch.  :  1.  Miller,  June 
22,  1761,  d.  Sep.  30,   1779.     2.  Albert,  Mar.  22,  1763.     3. 
Bowen,  Aug.  27,  1764J  sett,  in  Nova  Scotia.     4.  Josiah,  Mar.  2, 
1767.     5.  Thos.,  May  31,  1769,  d.  May  30,1774.     6.  Elizab., 
May  9,  1771,  m.  Chas.  Briggs,  of  P.,  and  d.  Nov.  16,  1798.     7. 
Ruth  B.,  Ap.  12,  1773,  m.  Jno.  Barker,  of  P.     8.  Thos.,  Mar. 
22,  1775,  d.  unm.  in  Nova  Scotia.     9.  Mary,  Mar.  9,  1777,  m. 
Bachelor  Wing,  Nov.  28,  1805.     10.  Elisha,  June  21,  1779,  m. 
Mary  Bass,  of  Bos'n.,  and  had,  Mary,  m.  a  Gushing;  Joseph,  d. 
in  France  ;  Elizab.,  in.  Jno.  Pillsbury,  of  Lowell ;  Mary't.,  m.  Josh. 
Loring,   Cashier  Blackstone   Bank,   Bos'n.  ;  Jane,  m.   Jno.  II. 
Batchelder,   Dentist,   Salem  ;   Cordelia,   m.  Wm.   R.  Pearmain, 
Cashier  Chelsea  Bank ;  and  Sarah  A.,  who  m.   a  Lazell.     11. 
Miller,  Feb.    9,  1782,  m.  Jane,   da.   Dav.    Stockbridge,  Esq., 
had  Jane  S.,  m.  Gen.    A.  W.  Oldham,  of  Pemb.  ;  and  the  fa.  d. 
Dec.  23,  1818,  being  washed  overboard  at  sea,  near  the  "  Three 
Sand  Hills,"  on  the  coast  of  N.  Carolina. 

3.  Capt.  Joseph,  s.  Rev.  Thos.,  m.  1,  — Waisworth,  and  2, 
Bathsheba  Torrey,  and  had,  1,  Capt.    Sylvanus,  of  Dux'y.     2. 
Joshua,  d.  unm.     (By  2d,)     3.  Lucia,  living  in  H'n.     4.  Bath 
sheba,  m.  Eleazer  Carver,  Bridg'r.     5.  Christ'r.,  m.  a  da.  of  Maj. 
Wilder,  and  d.  at  sea,  leaving  no  ch.     6.  Judith,  d.  unm.     7. 


376  SMITH. 

Joseph,  Ap.  12, 1791,  not  m.  8.  Capb.  Joshua,  Aug.  23,  1793, 
for  several  years  one  of  the  Board  of  County  Commis's.  for  Plym'h. 
Co.,  was  m.,  lived  in  H'n.,  had  ch.,  and  d.,  and  his  desct's.  are  in 
H'n.  9.  Dea,  Thos.,  of  H'n.,  May  31, 1795.  16.  Thankful,  Nov. 
30,  1797,  m.  Elb.  Keith,  E.  Briclg'r.  11.  Catherine,  d.  unm. 

(lion.  Albert,)  s.  Dea.  Jo- 
siah  2,  m.  Anne  L.,  da. 
Capt.  Rob't.  L.  Eells, 
Aug.  23,  1787,  and  d.  May  28,  1823,  and  his  wid.,  May  7, 
1835.  (See  p.  163.)  ch.  :  1.  Anne  L.,  Oct.  4, 1788,  m.  NatM. 
Crocker,  Mar.  9,  1808,  who  d.  Jan.  20,  1847,  and  she,  Dec.  12, 
1846.  2:  Joseph,  Mar.  30,  1790,  a  Commodore,  in  the  U.  S. 
Navy,  and  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Docks  and  Yards  ;  lives  in 
Wash'n.,  D.  C.,  m.  Harriet  Bryant,  of  Me.,  and  has  ch.  3. 
Albert  Esq.,  Jan.  3,  1793,  grad.  B.  U.,  1813,  is  an  eminent  law 
yer,  in  Wash'n.,  D.  C.,  m.  Roxa,  da.  -Rev.  Calvin  Chaddock, 
June  24,  1814,  and  has  ch.  4.  Mary,  Oct.  21,  1795,  m.  Capt. 
David  Whittier,  of  Belfast,  Me.,  Sep.  27,  1815,  and  d.  July  19, 
1848,  ae.  53,  and  her  husb.  Oct.  8, 1849,  ae.  61.  5.  John,  Deo. 
10,  1797,  d.  Sep.  5,  1813.  6.  Thos.  M.,  Aug.  15,  1799,  d.  Jan. 
7, 1803.  7.  Elizab.,  Mar.  20,  1801,  m.  Saml.  Salmond,  of  H., 
July  26,  1826.  8.  Sarah  B.,  Nov.  25, 1802,  d.  same  month.  9. 
Sarah  B.,  Jan.  7, 1808,  m.  Joseph  Eells,  jr.,  Mar.  11,  1827. 

5.  Josiah,  s.  Dea.  Josiah  2,  m.  1,  Nabby,  da.  Capt.  Robert  L. 
Eells,  Mar.  13,  1794,  who  d.  Aug.  3,  1812  ;  and  2,  Jane,  da. 
Jere.  Smith,  and  d.  in  H.,  Ap.  24,  1842,  ae.  75,  and  his  wid.  in 
1850.     ch. :  1.  Nabby  E.,  Aug.  26, 1795,  m.  Theodore  Whitney, 
of  Niagara,  N.  Y.     2.  Lucy  W.,  Nov.  12,  1796,  m.  Dr.  Wm.  L. 
Loring,  Dux'y.    3.  Ruth  C.,  Jan.  2, 1798.   4.  Elizab.  B.,  May  20, 
1799,  m.  Ambrose  Packard,  Niagara,  N.  Y.    5.  Mary  L.,  Oct.  26, 
1801,  m.  Edward  E.  Nash,  of  Medford,  Mass.,  and  d.  in  Arkansas. 
6.  Josiah  M.,  Feb.  12,  1803,  m.  Frances  Waterman,  Scit.,  and 
lives  in  II.,  at  the  Corners,   in  the  new  house  erected  by  himself. 
Noch. 

6.  Chas.,  s.  Wm.  E.,   m.  Betsey  Phillips,  of  II.,  and  lives  in 
H'n.,  on  Walnut  st.,  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade,     ch.  :  1.  Betsey  E., 


SOPER — SOTJLE — SPRAGUE.  377 

July  4,  1832.     2.  Chas.  W.,  May  30, 1834.     3.  Jas.  E.,  Feb.  9, 
1838. 

7.  Wm.  E.,  s/Wm.  E.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1801,  m.  Lucy,  da.  Jno. 
Hatch,  Nov.  6,  1842,  lives  in  H.,  on  Main  si,  and  is  a  shoemaker 
by  trade.  Has  one  son,  John  S.,  Aug.  24,  1843. 

SOPER,  Cap't.  Joseph,  s.  Thos.  of  Scit.,?  1690,  wasb.  1703, 
m.  Lydia  Stockbrjdge,  Nov.  20,1729,  and  d.  inH.,  May  1,  1790, 
ae.  87.  No  ch.  are  recorded,  but  he  was  prob.  fa.  of  Capt.  Joseph, 
b.  1737,  who  m.  Ruth  Curtis,  1760,  lived  on  the  hill,  W.  of  Josiah 
Bonney's,  was  an  Offi.  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  Selectman  for  14  yrs. 
He  d.  Mar.,  1804,  ae.  67,  and  his  w.,  Mar.  9, 1777.  No  ch. 

SOULE,  Abisha.,  s.  Josiah,  of  Dux'y.,  (and  a  desc't.  of  George, 
who  came  to  N.  Eng.  in  1620,)  was  b.  July  13, 1805,  m.  Frances, 
da.  Elij.  Hobart,  Esq.,  Ab'n.,  in  Ap.  1825,  lives  on  Main  st.,  in 
the  house  which  stands  where  stood  the  Jno.  Bailey  homestead, 
and  has,  1.  Sibyl  H.,  Aug.  31,  1826,  m.  Gilbert  Brooks,  of  H. 
2.  Caro.  F.,  1830,  m.  1,  Martin  S.  Torrey,  May  3,  1846,  and  2, 
Spencer  Binney,  Sep.,  1849.  3.  Maria  E.,  Feb.  13,  1833,  m. 
Henry  C.  Percival,  Feb.  16,  1851,  who  d.  in  Cal'a.,  in  1852. 

SPRAGUE,  Melzar,  s.  Melzar,  of  Mf'd.,  and  a  desc't.  of  Fran 
cis,  who  arrived  in  N.  Eng.  in  1623,  was  b.  in  Mar.  1795,  m.  Mary 
D.,  da.  Nathan  Dwelley,  Nov.  28,  1820,  kept  store  for  a  time  on 
Broadway,  and  now  lives  in  Pemb.  Had  one  son,  Andrew  J., 
July  14,  1823,  d.,  ae.  18. 

NOTH.  Mr.  S.  is  chosen  as  the  delegate  from  Pemb.,  to  the  Conv'n.,  for 
revising  the  Const'n.,  which  is  to  meet  in  Bos'n.,  in  May,  1853. 

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STETSON. 


'  Cornet  Robert> tne  ancestor  of  the 
Stetsons  of  the  U.  S.,  and  a  noted  and  valua 
ble  man  in  his  daj,  prob.  came  from  Yorkshire,  Eng'd.,  from  which 
county  many  of  the  first  settlers  of  Scit.  originated,  and  where, 
according  to  Rev.  R.  Breare,  the  name  is  still  extant,  being  found 
in  Richmond  and  other  towns.  Having  already  published  a  sketch 
of  this  family,  entitled  "  Records  of  the  Stetson  Family,"  we  do 
not  deem  it  necessary  to  pursue  its  history  at  large  here,  and  shall 
therefore  confine  this  notice-  chiefly  to  those  that  settled  in  Han 
over.  We  need  only  remark,  that  the  Cornet  had  five  sons,  who 
left  male  issue,  viz. :  Joseph,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  Samuel  and 
Robert. 

The  descendants  of  the  first  of  these — Joseph — settled  princi 
pally  in  Scituate.  A  few  resided  in  H.,  and  these  we  shall  give. 
More  of  the  descendants  of  Benjamin  and  Samuel,  and  a  few  of 
those  of  Thomas,  became  residents  of  H.  ;  but  none  o£  those  of 
Robert.  From  the  latter,  however,  descended  Nahum  Stetson, 
Esq.,  of  whom  we  have  spoken  on  p.  229. 

2.  Robert,  s.  Robert,  and  a  desc't.  of  Cornet  Robert  through 
his  eldest  son  Joseph,  was  b.  Sep.  3,  1710,  m.  Hannah  Tower,  of 
Pemb.,  in  1738,  and  lived  on  what  is  now  Centre  st.,  in  a  house 


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lately  torn  down  by  Mr.  Eb&n'r.  Thayer.  In  1746,  he  sold  his 
first  place  to  Wm.  Stetson,  and  moved  to  where  Albert  Stetson  re 
sides,  lie  had  ch.  ;  but  his  desct's  are  mostly  in  Me. 

3.  Capt.  Joseph,  s.  Saml.,  and  a  desc't.  of  the  Cornet  through 
Joseph,  was  b.  Mar.  25,  1724,  m.  Martha  Gross,  of  Scit.,  in  1774, 
and  lived,  for  a  time,  on  Water  st.,  where  Chas.  Dyer  resides,  and 
owned  the  mill  and  privilege  where  Perry's  Tack  works  stand.    He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  French  war,  and  was  at  Cape  Breton,  at  the 
storming  of  the  fort.     He  was  a  mariner  for  many  years,  and  made 
voyages  to  Holland,  and  other  countries  of  Europe.     His  da.  Xoa, 
b.  in  May,  1779,  is  yet  living  in  H.  ;  also  his  son,  Joseph,  b.  Aug. 
27,  1787,  whom.  wid.  Betsey  Whitman,  of  Wey'h.,  May  12, 1839, 
lives  on  Easfst,,  and  has  Joseph  F.,  1840,  and  Martha  U.,  1841. 

4.  Joshua,  s.  Joshua,  and  a  desc't.  of  the  Cornet  through  Joseph, 
was  b.  Nov.  21, 1805,  lives  on  Elm  st.,  and  is  a  shipwright  by  trade; 
m.  Debo.  Josselyn,  of  Pemb.,  and  has,  1.  Eliza  A.,  May  8, 1834, 
d.  Dec.  8,  1852.     2.  Sarah  J.,   July  25,  1836.     3.  Debo.  F., 
Mar.  28,  1839.     4.  Lois  A.,  July  27,  1842.     5.  Joshua  A., 
Dec.  2,  1845.     6.  Andrew  B.,  d.  young. 

5.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.,  and  a  desc't.  of  the  Cornet  through  Capt. 
Benj.,  his  2d  son,  was  b.  July  1,  1696,  m.  Lillis  Turner  ?  of  II., 
in  1725,  who  d.  June  1,  1755,  ae.  84,  and  he,  Aug.  31,  1758. 
He  was  Selectman  from  1747-49.     His  da.  Desire,  m.   Caleb 
Sylvester,  in  1750,  and   Susanna,  m.  Abner  Sylvester,  in  1761. 
His  son  Job,  m.  Hannah  Munroe,  in  1762,  and  moved  off.     None 
of  the  desct's.  now  remain  in  H. 

6.  Benj.,  s.  Matt.,  and  a  desc't.  of  the  Cornet  through  Capt. 
Benj.,  was  b.  Ap.  7,  1740,  m.  1,  Bradbury  Eells,  Ap.  30,  1768, 
who  d.  Feb.  19,  1782  ;  2,  Betsey  Young,  Nov.  8,  1784,  who  d. 
June  9, 1813  ;  and  3,  Betsey  Stockbridge.     He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  blacksmith  by  trade,   and  to  have  lived  near  the  centre  of 
the  town*    ch.  :  1.  Edward.     2.  Bradbury,  m.  Benj.  Dwelley, 
1788.     3.  Benj.,  m.  Betsey  Estes,  Nov.  1,  1798,  and  d.  Aug. 
20,  1826,  and  his  wid.  m.  Josh.  Gates,  Aug.  10,  1828,  and  is  d. 
4.  Mary,  m.  Saml.  Plyer,  Nov.  21, 1819,  and  lived  on  Broadway. 
Four  ch.  d.  young. 

7.  Edward,  s.   Benj.  6,  m.  Hannah,  da.  Dea.  Israel  Perry, 
Jan.  1, 1799,  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  lived  on  Broadway,  and 


380  STETSON. 

d.  in  May,  1846.  His  wid.  is  still  living,  ch. :  1.  Edward,  Nov. 
3,  1800,  of  New  Bedford.  2.  Mary  E.,  Ap.  17,  1803,  d.  Aug. 
15,  1839.  3.  Bradbury  E.,  Ap.  17,  1803,  d.  Oct.  1835.  4. 
Caroline,  Nov.  25, 1805,  m.  Martin  Church,  in  May,  1832.  5. 
Martin  W.,  Nov.  16,  1807.  6.  Eliza,  m.  Sumner  Setson,  July 
6,  1829.  7..  Horace,  Ap.  22,  1817,  d.  Aug.  14,  1842.  8. 
Melissa,  b.  and  d.  1815. 


RESIDENCE    OF   MR.   MARTIN    STETSON. 

8.  Martin  W.,  s.  Edward  7,  m.  Ruth  B.,  da.  Lebbeus  Stock- 
bridge,  in  1836,  and  lives  on  Broadway,  in  the  house  formerly 
owned  by  Hon.  Albert  Smith,  and  previously  by  Dea.  Joseph  Jos- 
selyn,  a  view  of  which  is  annexed.     Mr.  S.  is  a  substantial  arid 
enterprising  farmer,  and  mechanic,  and  an  esteemed  and  respected 
citizen,     ch. :  1.  Ruth  W.,  Jan.  27,  1838.     2.  Mary  T.,  Aug. 
1840.     3.  Betsey  H.,  June,  1841.     4.  Edward  P.,  Ap.  14, 1844. 
5.  Hannah  P.,  May,  1848.     6.  George  A.,  Feb.,  1850. 

9.  John,  s.  Abijah,  and  a  desc't.  of  the  Cornet  through  Capt. 
Benj.,  was  b.  Ap.  17, 1731,  and  m.  Thankful  Curtis,  Dec.  3, 1761, 
who  d.  Feb.  5,  1805,  ae.  63,  and  he,  Ap.  15,  1811,  ae.  80.     ch.: 
1.  Zilpha,  m.  Saml.  Stetson.    2.  Abig.,  1765,  m.  Shuble  Munroe, 
1788,   and    d.  1812.     3.  -Thankful,  1768,   d.  1826.     4.  Josh 
ua,  Aug.  23, 1777.     5.  Lebbeus,  Ap.  27,  1783,  sett,  in  Bos'n  , 
and  has  desct's.  there.     Two  other  ch.  d.  young. 


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10.  Josh.,  s.  Jno.  9,  m.  Priscilla  Dwelley,  in  1804,  was  Se 
lectman  7  yrs.,  from  1813-'20,  and  is  yet  living,  on  Union  st., 
near  Stetson's  Brook.     His  wife  is  d.     ch.  :  1.  Angcline,  July 
11,  1805,  m.  George  Gray.     2.  Cassandra,  July  11,  1805,  m. 
Wm.  Curtis,  Dec.  3,  182(3.     3.  Avis  D.,  Nov.  2,  1808,  m.  Jno. 
Lane,  of  Ab'n.,  Dec.  22,  1831.     4.  Dea.  Jno.,  Aug.  26,  1811,  a 
shipwright,  in  Medford.     5.  James,   July  3,   1817.     Lives   in 
Brighton. 

11.  Josh.,  s.  Elijah,  and  a  desc't.  of  Cornet  Robert  through 
Thos.,  his  3d  son,  was  b.  May  12,  1713,  m.  Lillis,  da.  Benj.  Stet 
son,  July  8,  1747,  and  lived  inH.     ch.  :  1.  Lillis,  Ap.,  1748,  m. 
Saml.  Stetson,  of  Pemb.     2.  Lucinda,  1750.     3.  Joshua,  1752, 
prob.  d.  1754. 

12.  Nathl.,  s.  Elij.,  and  bro.  of  Josh.  11,  m.  Mary  Dillis,  Ap. 
1,  1735,  and  she  d.  in  H.,  Ap.  20,  1796,  ae.  91.     He  had  a  son 
Nathl.,  who  d.  unm.  ;  and  a  da.  who  m.  a  Jenkins. 

13.  Luke,  s.  Elij.,  and  bro.  of  Josh.  11,  m.  Ruth  Howland,  of 
Dux'y.,  in  1762,  who  d.  in  1764.     He  was  a  noted  schoolmaster 
in  H.,  and  had  but  one  ch.,  a  da.  Ruth,  b.  1763,  who  m.  Asa 
Soule,  of  Hf  x.,  Dec.  27,1784. 


14  f1  tf  <y?  H^/C^i^  S'  ^am^'  4tn  son  °f  Cornet  Robert, 

J  S  ~~  was  b.  in  June,  1679,  m.  Rebecca 

Turner,  May  12,  1719,  and  sett,  in  H.,  near  the  Cent.  M.  Ho., 
where  his  desct's.  still  reside.  He  is  called  "  Drummer  Stetson," 
on  the  Scit.  Rec's.,.  and  was  a  somewhat  noted  man  in  his  day, 
his  house  being  a  tavern  stand,  and  a  famous  place  of  resort.  He 
d.  June  23,  1760,  leaving  2  das.,  who  d.  unm.,  and  a  son  Saml% 
b.  ab.  1725. 

15.  Saml.,  s.  Saml.  14,  m.   Alice  Rogers,   Dec.  14,    1766, 
lived  on  his  father's  place,  and  d.  Feb.  5,  1791,  and  his  wid.  May 
29,  1820,  ae.  76.     He  was  Selectman  in  1779,  and  '80.     ch.  : 
1.  Turner,  Sep.  8,  1767.    2.  Reuben,  1769,  d.  1778.     3.  Saml., 
May,  1772.     4.  Rebecca,  Sep.  10,  1776,  m.  Timo.  Church,  Nov. 
27,  1796.     5.  Lydia,  m.  Ezek'l.  Turner,  Feb.  28,  1799,  and  d 
July  15,  1819. 

16.  Turner,  s.  Saml.  15,  m.  Lydia  Ruse,  Feb.  1,  1795,  and 
was  Selectman  for  27  years,   and  Rep.  in  1812,  and  '13.     He 


382  STETSON. 

lived  at  tb.3  corner  of  Plain  and  Circuit  sts.,  where  his  w.  d.  Jan. 
22, 1819,  ae.  50,  and.  he,  Feb.  25, 1844.  ch.  :  1.  Turner,  June 
22,  1795,  living  in  Michigan.  2.  Ruth,  Sep.  24,  1797,  living  in 
H.,  unm.  S.  Lydia  R.,  b.  and  d.  1799.  4.  Lydia,  May  18, 
1800,  m,  a  Cobb,  of  Ab'n.  5.  Aristides,  Ap.  11,  1802,  d.  at  the 
West,  Oct.  16,  1839.  6.  Saml.,  1805,  d.  1806.  7.  Alice,  Feb. 
11,  1808,  a  school  teacher  for  many  years.  8.  Eliza,  Oct.  1, 
1811,  m.  Jno.  Hatch,  jr.,  Aug.  25, 1836. 

17.  Saml.,  s.  Saml.  15,  m.  1,  Zilpha  Stetson,  Jan.  29,  1798, 
who  d.  Jan.  5,  1807  ;  and  2,  Abig.,  da.  Shuble  Munroe,  in  1808, 
and  is  yet  living,  on  the  old  homestead,  ch.  :  1.  Zilpha,  b.  1799, 
d.  1800,  2.  Albert,  Esq.,  Aug.  8,  1802y  Selectman  in  1840  and 
'41 ;  m.  Wealthy  Perry,  Nov.  29,  1830,  lives  near  the  Cent.  M. 
Ho.,  and  had  one  da.,  Zilpha,  b.  1832,  d.  1843.  3.  Fanny,  July 
22,  1805,  m.  Perez  Perry,  Nov.  2,  1828,  and  d.  Mar.  19,  1831. 
(By  2d,)  4.  Zilpha,  Jan.  1,  1809,  m.  Zenas  Rogers,  Feb.  20, 
1832.  5.  Reuben,  Oct.  31,  1810,  m.  Ruth  J.,  da.  Amos  Bates? 
Ap.  26,  1846,  lives  in  the  Baldwin  House,  and  has  Ruth  E.,  June 
1847.  6.  Chas.,  b.  and  d.  1812.  7.  Abigail,  July  26,  1813, 
m.  Jno.  Little,  Aug.  11,  1835,  and  d.  June  5,  1850.  8.  John, 
Jan.  15,  1815,  m.  Ann  Hookway,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  July  20, 
1843,  and  has  Henry  M.,  Ap.  20,  1844 ;  Wm.  H,  May  14, 
1847  ;  Saml  T.,  Jan.  28,  1850  ;  and  Jno.  E.,  Jan.  9,  1852. 
Lost  1  ch.,  d.  young.  9.  Mary,  Sep.  27,  1816.  Not  m.  10. 
Saml.,  June  1,  18 18,  went  to  sea,  and  has  not  been  heard  from 
for  several  years.  11.  Melatiah  C.,  b.  1820,  d.  1825.  12.  Re 
becca  M.,  Jan.  18,  1822,  m.  Chas.  Tower,  and  lives  in  II.  13. 
Josiah,  b.  and  d.  1823.  14.  Melatiah  C.,  Feb.  28,  1825,  m. 
Nathl.  P.  Chamberlin,  of  II.  15.  Jeremiah,  May  10,  1826. 
Not  m.  16.  Henry  M.,  b.  1827,  d.  1831.  17.  Turner,  Ap.  27, 
1829.  18.  Henry  M.,  Dec.  29,  1832.  19.  Lydia  A.,  d.  ae.  3  mos. 
18.  Seth,  s.  Saml.,  4th  son  of  Cornet  Robert,  was  b.  in  June, 
1698,  m.  Eliza  Rose,  Ap.  19,  1727,  and  his  w.  d.  Sep.  4,  1787, 
ae.  83.  ch.  :  1.  Elizab.,  1732,  d.  unm.  2.  Eli,  d.  1734.  3. 
Seth,  June  4, 1735.  4.  Thos.,  b.  1737,  d.  1739.  5.  Jere.,  Aug. 
8,  1740,  lived  in  H'n.,  where  his  desct's.  still  reside.  6.  Thos., 
July  23, 1741.  7.  Saml.,  b.  1744,  d.  1748. 


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19.  Seth,  s.  Seth  18,  m.  Lucy  Studley,  Ap.  11,  1765,  and 
lived  in  the  house  which  stood  where  stands  that  of  N.  F.  Cham- 
berlin,  on  Centre  st.     ch. :  1.  Rebecca,  Dec.  17,  1765,  m.  Clem 
ent  Bates,  Dec.   25,  1788,  and  d.  1813.     2.  Debo.,  Mar.  18, 
1767,  m.  Jno.  Bates,   and  moved  to  Me.  .  3.  Hannah,  Ap.  1, 
1769,  m.  Saml.   Bates,  Mar.  27,  1791,  and  moved  to  Me.     4. 
Nathl.,  Jan.  6, 1771.     5.  Seth,  Mar.  4, 1773,  of  Boxford,  Mass. 
6.  Saml.,  Mar.  22,  1775.     7.  Lucy,  Feb.  11,   1777,  m.  Joseph 
Tubbs,  Aug.  18,  1797.     8.  Thankful,  June  7, 1779,  m.  Freeman 
Harden,  Jan.  25,  1800.     9.  Ezek'L,  July  8,  1781,  sett,  in  Me. 
10.  Reuben,  1784,  d.  1793.     11.  Martin,  1789,  d.  1793. 

20.  Thos.,  s.  Seth  18,   m.  Olive  Mann,  June  18,   1772,  who 
d.  July  20,  1819,  and  he  Dec.  24,  1821.     ch. :  1.  Thos.,  Mar. 
31,  1773,   lives  in  H'n.     2.  Olive,   Mar.    20,   1775,   m.  Saml. 
Beals,  May  7, 1796,  and  moved  to  Me.     3.  Ruth,  Mar.  10,  1777, 
m.  David  S.  Whitman,  Bridg'r.,  1798.     4.  Elizab.,  Jan.  30,  1780, 
m.  Calvin  Bates,  Aug.  2,  1801,  and  is  d.     5.  Lucinda,  1783,  m. 
Noah  Mason,  and  is  living  a  wid.,  in  Ills.     6.  Benj.,  1786,  d. 
young.     7.  Benj.,   Sep.  28,   1790.     8.  Eli,   Oct.  13,   17C4,   a 
millwright  by  trade,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  H'n.,  near  his  bro.  Thomas. 

21.  Nathl.,  s.    Seth  19,  m.   1,  Temperance   Curtis,  Nov.  7, 
1793,  who  d.  Nov.  6,  1808 ;  and  2,  Joanna  Pratt,  Mar.  7,  1811, 
and  had  ch. :    1.  Nathl.,  Ap.  17,  1795,  lives  in  Me.     2.  Elisha 
C.,  May  3,  1797,  m.  Betsey  Barsfow,  Jan.  14,  1816,  and  d.  Jan. 
21,  1845,  and  his  wid.  m.  Lewis  Litchfield,  of  H.     3.  Saml., 
June  28,  1799,  lives  in  Mfd.     4.     Seth,  Sep.  18,  1802,  m.  De 
sire  0.  Palmer,  Ap.  17,  1832,  lives  on  Cross  st.,   is  a  shoemaker, 
and  has  Seth  C.,  June  9, 1836  ;  Wm.  IF.,  Ap.  13,  1838  ;  Nathl. 
M.,  Mar.  1,  1843,  d.;  Abby  M.,  Aug.  25,  1844;     Mary  K, 
Aug.  10,  1846  ;  Martha  M.,  June  1849  ;  and  Emetine  0.,  Ap. 
1852.     5.  Harrison,  a  shoemaker,  lives  on  Cross  st.,   m.  Olive 
L.  Smith,  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  and  has  Sarah  C.,  Jan.  31,  1843  ; 
Joanna  P.,  May  2,  1845  ;  Hannah  JE.,  Ap.  5,  1847 ;  Theodore, 
Ap.  29,1850;  and  .Wm.  L.,  Mar.  13.  1852.     6.  Temperance 
C.,  m.  Hiram  Munroe,  of  II.,  May  6, 1832. 

22.  Benj.,  s.*Thos.  20,  m.  Lucy  Bates,  Sep.  10,  1820,  is  a 
millwright  by  trade,  and  was   Selectman  in  1835,  and  '36 ;  lives 


384  STOCKBRIDGE. 

on  Centre  st,  and  has  ch.  :  1.  Olive,  Jan.  30, 1821,  m.  Peabody 
Little.  2.  Priscilla,  Mar.  31,  1825,  m.  Wm.  Whiting,  and  lives 
in  H'n.  3.  Benj.  L.,  July  1,  1837. 

23.  Nathl. ,  s.  Saml.,  4th  s.  of  Cornet  Robert,  was  b.  in  June, 
1700,  m.  Rebecca  Brisco,  Feb.  13,  1738,  and  d.  July  28,  1753, 
and  his  wid.  m.  David  Cudworth,  of  Scit.,  in  1760.  ch. :  1. 
Freelove,  1738,  m.  Theoph.  Witherell,  1761,  and  d.  1824.  2. 
Rebecca,  1743,  m.  1,  Joseph  Studley,  1765,  who  d.  the  same 
year ;  and  2,  Elisha  Witherell,  Dec.  30,  1772,  -and  moved  to 
Chesterfield.  3.  Ruth,  1746,  m.  Jona.  Bates,  of  Rochester,  1771. 


STOCKBRIDGE   FAMILY. 

Arms :  Ar.  on  achev.  az.  3  crescents  or. 
Crest  :    out  of   a   cloud   2   dexter 
hands  in  armor  conjoined,  hold 
ing  up  a  heart  inflamed, 
all  ppr. 


a     wheelwright     by 

n  A  * 

!•  -"^Ltj  n  -Y\  f  [       <^/C       r*        trade,    came    to   N. 

^  r    Eng.,  in  the  Blessing, 

John  Leicester,  master,  iii  June  1635,  being  then  27  years  of 
age,  and  his  wife  Anne,  ae.  21,  and  his  son  Charles,  ae.  1.  Sev 
eral  of  the  early  settlers  of  Scit.  came  in  the  same  vessel,  among 
whom  were  elder  Thos.  King,  Gilbert  and  Wm.  Brooks,  and  Mr. 
Wm.  Vassall.  The  fa.  was  in  Scit.  in  1638,  at  which  date  he 
took  the  oath  of  fidelity.  His  1st.  w.  d.  ab.  1642,  and  he  m. 

2,  wid.  Elizab.  Soan,  1643,  and  3,  Mary .     He  was  one  of 

the  Conihasset  partners  in  1646,  and  had  a  house  near  to  John 
Hollet's,  which  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  few  rods  S.  W.  of  the 


STOCKBRIDGE.  385 

late  residence  of  Jesse  Dunbar,  Esq.     He  also  owned  a  large, 
tract  of  land,  purchased  of  Abraham  Sutliffe,  near  "  Stockbridge's 
mill-pond,"  so  called,  on  the  north  and  east.     In  1656,  he  pur 
chased  half  the  mill  privilege  of  George  Russell,  with  the  saw 
mill,  which  Isaac   Stedman  had  erected  ten  years  before,  and 
built  a  grist-mill,  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Russell.     In  the  same 
year,  probably,  he  built  the  Stockbridge  Mansion  House,  which 
was  a  garrison  in   Philip's  War.     This  venerable  building  was 
torn  down  a  few  years  since,  and  in  some  of  its  timbers,  were 
found  bullets,  fired  at  the  inmates  by  the  Indians.     The  will  of 
the  fa.  is  dated  at  Boston,  in  1657,  and  in  it  he  gives,  "  To  eld 
est  son  Chas.,  my  water-mill,  at  Scit.,  house,  ground,  and  orchard 
belonging  to  it,  he  paying  to  his  sis.  Elizab.  £10,  &c.     To  wife 
Mary,  house  and  land  at  Bos'n.,  and  the  house  in  wh.  Gilbert 
Brooks  lives,  at  Scit.,  with  the  land  adjoining ;  the  same  to  be  for 
her  use  through  life,  and  then  to  belong  to  s.  Jno.,  in  case  he 
survives  his  mo.,  he  giving  to  his  sis.  Mary  .£10  ; — if  he  should 
not  survive,  the  same  to  be  equally  divided  among  the  rest  of  the 
ch.     To  da.  Hester,  the  house  in  wh.  Wm.  Ticknor  lives,  at  Scit., 
with  the  ground  and  orchard,  and  land  at  Brushy  Hill,  and  at  the 
4th  Cliff.     To  da.  Han'h.,  w.  of  Wm.  Ticknor,  40s.     To  da.  Sa 
rah,  £10  at  marriage,  or  at  the  age  of  21,  &c.     To  w.  Mary, 
the  household  goods,  and  to  s.  Chas.,  the  working  tools."     From 
the  Bos'n.  Rec's.,  we  learn,  that-  the  fa.  d.  13  d.  8  mo.  1657. 
The  Inv'y  of  his  Est.  is  on  the  Prob.  Rec.  Suff.,  vol.  3,  p.  117. 
ch. :  1.  Chas.,  b.  in  Eng'd.,  in   1634.     2.  Hannah,  1636,  m. 
Serg't.  Wm.  Ticknor,  1656.     (By  2d,)    3.  Elizab.,  1644,  m 
Thos.  Hiland,  Jan.   1, 1661.     4.    Sarah,  1645,  m.  Jos.  Wood- 
worth,  Jan.   6,  1669.     5.  Hester,  1647.     (By  3d,)  6.  Abig., 
1655.     7.  Jno.,  b.  in  Bos'n.,  July  9,  1657,  prob.  d.  young. 

2.     Chas.,s.  Jno.,  m.  Abig. ,  and  lived  first  in  Bos'n.,  and 

Chas'n.,  but  aft.  in  Scit.,  on  his  father's  place.  He  is  said  to 
have  built,  by  contract,  the  2d  water-mill  in  the  Town  of  Ply 
mouth,  in  1676 ;  also  the  corn-mill  on  the  3d  Herring  Brook, 
alluded  to  on  p.  21.  He  d.  1683,  and  his  wid.  m.  Amos  Turner, 
ch. :  1.  Chas.,  b.  in  Bos'n.,  Dec.  2,  1659,  d.  Feb.  1,  1659-60. 
2.  Abig.,  b.  at  Chas'n.,  Feb.  24,  1660-1,  m.  Henry  Josselyn, 


386  STOCKBRIDGE. 

Nov.  4,  1676.     3.  John,  1661  ?  d.  young.     4.  Chas.,  Feb.  4, 
1663.     5.  Sarah,  May  30,  1665,  m.  Is'l.  Turner.     6.  Thos.,  Ap. 

6,  1667.     7.  Elizab.,  Aug.  13,  1670,  m.  David  Turner.     8.  Jos., 
June  28,1672.     9.  Benj.,  Oct.  9,1667.     10.  Saml.,  July  9, 
1679. 

3.  Chas.,  s.  Chas.  2,  inherited  part  of  his  father's  mill,  on  the 
3d  Herring  Brook,  and  lived  in  that  vicinity.     The  name  of  his 
wife,  we  have  not  learned.     He  was  Selectman  in  H.,  in  1727, 
and  prob.  d.  Ap.  7,  1731.     (II.  Ch.  Rec.)     He  left  no  son  that 
survived,  but  had  several  da's.     These  were,     1.  Rachel,  Ap.  9, 
1690.     2.  Mary,  Aug.  11,  1692.     3.  Abig.,  Mar.  22,  1694-5, 
m.    Gilbert   Brooks?  Mar.    12,  1718.      4.    Hannah,   Jan.    30, 
1697-8,  prob.  d.  unm.,  Sep.  19,  1788,  ae.  90?     5.  Ruth,  July 
30,  1700,  m.  Hon.  Jno.  Gushing.     6.  Experience,  Jan.  1,  1703-4. 

7.  Judith,  July  19,  1706.     8.  Chas.,  Oct.  13,  1709,  bap.  Mar. 
13,  1710,  "being  sick"  ;  probably  d. 

4.  Thos.,  s.  Chas.  2,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Thos.  Reed,  of  Wey'h., 
July  28,  1697,  (H'm.  Rec.,)   and  lived  in  Scit,  where  Eph'm. 
Stetson  now  resides.     He  is  called  Ensign,  on  the  Rec.  2d  Ch., 
in  1708.     His  wid.  d.  Sep.   7,  1758.     ch.  :  1.  Sarah,  Ap.  25, 
1699.     2.  Mary,  Mar.   31,  1701.     3.  Thos.,  Feb.  13,  1702-3. 
4.  Debo.,  June  21,  1705.     5.  Anne,  May  31,  1710.     6.  Micah, 
Nov.  22,  1714,  m.  Mary  Jones,  Nov.  30,  1738,  and  had  Isaac, 
b.  and  d.  1740  ;  Kezia,  bap.  Jan.  10,  1742,  being  sick  ;  and  per 
haps  others.     7.  Sarah,  Oct.  26,  1718,  m.  Henchman  Sylvester, 
1747. 

NOTE.     Was  there  a  da.  Lydia,  m.  Joseph  Soper,  Nov.  20,  1729  ? 


2>  m<  Marg't.,  da. 
.  Turner,  and  lived  first 
in  II.,  and  then  in  Pemb., 
whore  Capt.  Haviland  Torroy  now  resides.  He  was  Dea.  of  the 
Ch.  in  H.  for  many  years,  and  a  man  of  activity,  intelligence  and 
usefulness.  His  w.  d.  Mar.  27,  1747,  and  he,  Mar.  11,  1773, 
ae.  100  !  Whilst  in  H.,  he  was  Selectman,  from  1731-35.  ch.  : 
1.  Joseph,  Oct.  1,  1698.  2.  Grace,  1700?  m.  Jno.  Thaxter, 


STOCKBRIDGE. 


387 


H'm.,  Jan.  15,  1719.  (H'm.  Rec.)  3.  John,  bap.  July  2, 1704. 
4.  Barshua,  bap.  Dec.  1,  1706.  5.  Marg't,,  bap.  Oct.  31,  1708, 
m.  Dea.  Saml.  Barstow,  1731.  6.  Lusanna,  bap.  Nov.  25, 
1711.  7.  David,  1713  ? 

•  NOTE.  Was  there  another  da.,  Abigail,  who  m.  Jona.  Turner,  Nov.  15, 
1738? 

6.  Benj.,  s.  Chas.  2,  m.  Mary  Tilden,  1701,  succeeded  to  the 
Stockbridge  mansion  in  Scit.,  and  there  lived  and  d.     His  son 
Benj.,  b.  1704,  was  the  2d  regularly  bred  phys'n.  sett,  in  Scit., 
being  educated  under  Dr.  Bulfinch,  of  Bos'n.,  and  having  a  prac 
tice  extending  all  over  the  Old   Colony,  and  even  to  Worcester, 
and  Ipswich.     He  also  educated  many  in  Med.,  from  Bos'n., 
and  other  places,  among  whom  was  the  distinguished  Dr.  Isaac 
Otis,  who  aft.  m.  his  da.     The  w.  of  Dr.  Benj.,  was  Ruth,  da. 
Job  Otis  ;  and  by  her,  he  had  but  one  s.  that  survived,  Dr.  Chas., 
b.  1734,  also  a  phys'n.  of  high  reputation,  and  a  gent,  of  pleasing 
manners,  and  accomplished  in  literature.     His  s.,  Dr,  Chas.,  b. 
1790,  d.  early,  at  the  outset  of  his  professional  career  ;  and  with 
him,  this  branch  of  the  family,  in  the  male  line,  became  extinct. 

7.  Saml.,  s.  Chas.  2,  m.  Lydia,  da.  Wm.  Barrell,  1703,  and 
sett,  at  Mt.  Blue,  in  Scit.,  in  which  vicinity  some  of  his  desct's. 
yet  reside.     He  left  a  son   Saml.,  who  m.  Sarah  Tilden,  Nov.  1, 
1737,  and  who  was  fa.  of  James,  Lydia,  Sarah  and  others.     The 
son  Jas.,  d.  in  1819,  leaving  ch. 

~s  s.  Thos.  4,  m. 

tr  *••'  father's    place, 

by  the  3d.  Herring  Brook,  ch. :  1.  Thos.,  bap.  Aug.  6,  1725, 
d.  unm.  2.  Hannah,  bap.  Sep.  26,  1725.  3.  Stephen,  bap. 
Mar.  24,  1734,  m.,  but  had  no  ch.,  and  d.  in  1800. 


&£__     borah,  da.   Judge 

^5  Gushing,  Jan.,  1736, 
who  d.  1747 ;  and  2,  Jane  Reed,  and  lived  in  H.,  where 
the  new  house  of  E.  Q,  Sylvester  stands,  near  N.  River 


388  STOCKBRIDGE. 

bridge,  where  he  d.  Dec.  13,  1788,  ae.  75.  He  was  Rep.  from 
1749-'56,  and  fr.  1760-62,  and  72;  T.  C.  from  1744-74;  J. 
P.  under  king  George  for  many  years  ;  and  "was  an  extensive  land 
holder,  a  man  of  large  estate,  a  valuable  citizen,  eminently  useful, 
and  thoroughly  versed  in  everything  pertaining  to  public  affairs. 
His  Justice  Records  are  still  in  existence,  and  are  in  the  posses 
sion  of  his  gr.  s.,  Lebbeus,  of  H.  ch.  :  1.  Joseph,  Aug.  20,  1737, 
grad.  H.  C.,  1755,  and  d.  at  Falmouth,  Me.,  Ap.  5,  1761,  where  he 
was  established  as  a  lawyer.  He  was  also  Reg.  of  Prob.  for  the 
Co.  of  Cumberland.  2.  Betsey,  Ap.  22,  1739,  m.  1,  Job  Young, 
and  2,  Benj.  Stetson.  3.  Jno.,  Dec.  7,  1741,  killed  in  the  woods 
by  the  fall  of  a  tree.  4.  Wm.,  Dec.  20,  1752.  5.  David,  1755. 
6.  Debo.,  Aug.  18,  1761,  m,  Capt.  Marlboro  Turner,  Jan.  7, 
1790. 

s.  David    9,   m.  Ruth,    da. 


10  Jno.  Bailey 

who  d.  Dec.  10,  1839,  and  he  Feb.  20,  1831.  He  lived  first  on 
Broadway,  where  Levi  Perry  now  resides  ;  then  on  King  st.,  where 
Geo.  Bailey  lives  ;  and  finally  sett,  on  Curtis,  now  Main  st.,  and 
built  the  house  occupied  by  his  son  Lebbeus.  In  1798  he  was  the 
greatest  landholder  then  in  II.  ;  and  was  a  man  of  ready  wit,  live 
ly  and  sociable  in  his  habits,  an  agreeable  companion,  and  an  in 
dustrious  and  upright  citizen.  He  was  Selectman  in  1812.  ch.  : 
1.  Joseph,  Oct.  1,  1775,  a  merchant,  d.  unm.  in  N.  Yarmouth, 
Me.,  Ap.  13,  1804.  2.  Ruth,  Nov.  8,  1777,  m.  Jos.  Ramsdel!, 
Feb.  3,  1800,  and  moved  to  Warren,  Mass.  3.  John.  Ap.  18,  1780. 
4.  Wm.  R.,  June  29,  1782.  5.  Calvin,  Sep.  19,  1784.  6. 
Lebbeus,  Nov.  29,  1787.  7.  Betsey,  m.  Homer  Ramsdell,  Oct. 
27,  1816,  and  is  living  in  Warren,  with  her  son  Wm.  8.  Silvia 
B.,  Mar.  1,  1793,  d.  June  28,  1795.  9.  Marcia,  Ap.  7,  1795, 
m.  Sam'l.  G.  Bowman,  of  Bath,  Me.,  May  19,  1816,  and  had 
NaiKl.,  July  28,  1817,  a  lawyer,  d.  at  the  South  ;  Sam'l.  &., 
Aug.  27,  1818,  m.  Miss  Hoover,  and  is  in  Louisiana  ;  Ruth  E., 
Sep.  17,  1820,  m.  Lt.  Jos.  F.  Green,  U.  .  N.  ;  Wm.  S.,  Sep. 
9,  1822,  d.  young  ;  Wm.  H.,  Nov.  18,  1823,  m.  Helen  L.  Ran 
dall,  of  Bath,  and  lives  at  the  South  ;  Marcia  S.,  Feb.  9,  1826, 
m.  Nath'l.  C.  A.  Jenks,  of  N.  Yar'h.,  Me.  ;  Sarah  W.,  Feb.  10, 


STOCKBRIDQE.  389 

1828;  Francis  J.,  May  9,  1830;  Orville  R.,  Dec.  13,  1832; 
and  Howard  J).,  Dec.  7,  1835,  d.  young.  Mr.  B.,  the  fa.,  d.  in 
Bath,  Mar.  29,  1841,  ae.  50.  10.  Stephen,  Ap.  3, 1797,  d.  May 
14,  1818.  11.  Luther,  May  19,  1801,  d.  Mar.  26, 1802. 

11.  Hon.  David,  s.  David  9,  m.  Ruth,  da.  Hon.  Jos.  Gushing, 
Dec.  23,  1779,  who  d.  Ap.  14,  1833,  arid  he  Feb.  26,  1843. 
Lived  on  his  father's  place  ;  was  Selectman  in  1782,  '89,  '99,  and 
1800  ;  T.  C.  from  1793-98  ;  Rep.  1794  ;  in  the  Mass.  Sen. 
1818  ;  and  a  gent,  of  fine  talents,  sociable  habits,  and  correct 
deportment,  ch.  :  1.  Jane  R.,  Oct.  6,  1780,  m.  Miller  Smith, 
Pemb.,  Sep.  15,  1803.  2.  Bcnj.,  Nov.  7, 1781,  m.  Mary  Crook 
er,  Jan.  26,  1814,  who  d.  Mar.  1,  1818,  and  he  Oct.  16,  1847, 
having  had  Mary  B.,  d.  Mar.  4,  1817  ;  Benj.,  d.  young  ;  and 
Mary  T.,  m.  Rob't.  Eells,  Jan.  20,  1838.  3.  David,  Nov.  25, 
1783,  m.  Sarah  B.  Crooker,  July  28,  1811,  and  has  Caroline, 
Sep.  13,  1812,  m.  Benj.  White,  Fairhaven,  Feb.  15,  1833  ;  Ma 
ria  T.,  Dec.  28,  1814,  m.  Capt.  Jas.  Gouch,  Mar.  7,  1836,  sett, 
in  Ills.,  and  d.  in  Oct.,  1852  ;  Jno.,  Aug.  23, 1816,  of  N.  Haven, 
Ct. ;  and  G-eo.  M.,  Dec.  6,  1821,  in  Cal'a.  4.  Martin,  Dec.  20, 
1785,  m.  wid.  Thurza  Reed,  who  d.,  leaving  him  no  ch.,  and  he 
lives  in  Scit.  5.  Horatio,  Ap.  27,  1788.  6.  Debo.,  Nov.  4, 
1790,  m.  Thos.  Turner,  Pemb.,  May  10,  1811,  and  is  living  a 
wid.,  in  II.,  with  her  son  Thos.  7.  Ruth,  Mar.  23, 1793,  m.  Jas. 
Turner,  and  is  living  a  wid.,  in  II.  8.  Joseph  C.,  July  4,  1798, 
m.  1,  Ann  W.  Clark,  Dec.  29,  1833,  who  d.  Jan.  26,  1837  ;  and 
2,  Pamelia  Ford,  Dec.  13.  1838 ;  lives  at  the  Corners  ;  was  school 
teacher  for  sev.  years  ;  and  has,  1.  Ann  E.,  Oct.  17,  1834.  2, 
Jos.  C.,  Nov.  3,  1836.  (By  2d,)  3.  Pamelia  F.,  Nov.  13, 1839, 
d.  Oct.  5,  1841.  4.  Amelia  F.,  Feb.  18,  1843.  5.  Emma  B., 
Sep.  24,  1846. 

12.  Dr.  John,  s.  Wm.  10,  stud.  Med.  with  Dr.  Gad  Hitch 
cock,  of  Pemb.,  Mass.,  and  sett,  in  Topsham,  Me.,  1804,  and 
moved  to  Bath,  in  1805,  Avhere  he  d.  May  3,  1849,  ae.  69.  He 
m.  1,  Theodosia,  da.  Rev.  Tristram  Gilman,  of  N.  Yar"h.,  Oct. 
15,  1805,  who  d.Nov.  4,  1822,  ae.  34  ;  and  2,  Eliza  I.,  da.  Hon. 
Jno.  Russell,  of  Bos'n.,  (for  many  years  ed.  and  prop,  of  the 
Bos'u.  Com'l.  Gaz.)  Jan.  5,  1824.  She  survives.  Mr.  S.  was 


390  STOCKBRIDGE. 

devoted  to  his  profession,  and  in  some  of  its  branches  became 
highly  distinguished.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  M. 
D.,  at  Dart.  Coll.  in  1822,  and  was  in  practice  48  yrs.  He  was 
a  scientific  and  successful  practitioner,  a  consistent  and  devoted 
friend,  and  an  honest  and  upright  man.  ch. :  1.  Tristram  G., 
Aug.  28,1806,  rec'd.  the  degree  of  M.  D.  atBowd.  Coll.,  182T, 
is  a  distinguished  surgeon  and  physician  in  Bath,  and  m.  Mary  R. 
P.,  da.  Capt.  Neb,  Harding,  of  Bath.  No  ch.  2.  Jno.  W.,  Ap. 
27, 1811,  living  in  N.  Orleans.  3.  Marcia  E.,  Mar.  25, 1815,  d. 
Sep.  18,  1823.  4.  Mary  G.,  June  12,  1818,  m.  Capt.  Wm. 
Drummond,  of  Bath,  Oct.  30,  1848,  and  had  1  ch.,  b.  1849,  d. 
1851.  5.  Theodosia,  Sep.  20,  1819,  living  in  Hanover,  N.  H. 
6.  Francis  B.,  Dec.  27,  1821,  d.  Feb.  28,  1823.  (By  2d.,)  7. 
Francis  B.,  Ap.  9, 1826.  8.  Cornelia  R.,  Dec.  18, 1827.  9. 
Joseph  H.,  Feb.  18, 1831.  10.  Marcia  E.,  Oct.  27,  1832.  The 
last  ch.,  with  their  mo.,  are  living  at  the  West. 

13.  Wm.  R.,  s.  Wm.  10,  m.    Olive  True,   of  N.  Yar'h.,  Me., 
and  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most   eminent  merchants  in   that 
town,'  with  his  bro.  Calvin.     He  was   also  engaged  in  ship-build 
ing  and  navigation  ;  and  was  a  man  of  active  habits,  and  highly 
esteemed  by   the  community  in   which  he   lived.     The  follow 
ing  record  of  his   ch.    is   from   Mr.  Wm.  Dawes  : —     1.  Maria, 
m.  Dr.  Nelson  H.  Carey,  of  Me.,   a  native  of  Bridg'r.,  Mass. 
2.  Marcia,  m.  Mr.  Ring,  Merchant,  of  Calais,  Me.     3.  Rev.   Jo 
seph,  grad.  Bowd.  Coll.,  arid  stud,  law,  but  is  now  a  chaplain  in 
the  U.  S.  N.,  and  resides  with  his  family,  at  Bridgeport,  Ct.     He 
m.  an  Everett,  of  N.  Yar'h.     4.  Wm.,  grad.  at  the   Waterville 
Inst.,  stud.  Med.,  and  is  sett,  as  a  Phys'n.  at  the  West.     Not  m. 
5.  Olive,  not  m.     6.  Sam'l.,  edu.    as  a  merchant,  but  is  now  liv 
ing,  an  invalid,  in  Me. 

14.  Calvin,  s.  Wm.  10,  m.  Rachel  W.  Rogers,  of  Mf  d.,  and  was 
a   merchant  in   N.  Yarmouth.,  Me.,  and   Dea.    of  the  Baptist 
Church,  and   died   in  Me.,   in   May,   1833.     A   man  of  warm 
religious  feelings  ;  influential  in  the  denomination  to  which  he  be 
longed  ;  of  a  benevolent  heart,  arid  upright  and  honest,     ch. :  1. 
Wm.  C.,  d.  young.     2.  Jno.  C.,  ent.  at  Brunswick,  but  grad.  at  B. 
U.,  1838  ;  had  charge  of  the  female  dept.  of  a  seminary  at  War- 


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ren,  R.  I. ;  and  sett,  as  a  clergyman,  first  in  Waterville,  Me.,  in 
1844,  then  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  1847,  and  is  now  in  Prov.,  R.  I. ; 
m.  Mary  T.,  da.  Suchet  Mauran,  of  Warren,  R.  I.,  and  has  Mary 
S.f  and  Annie  W.  3.  Wales  R.,  Mar.,  1821,  auctioneer,  Bos'n., 
of  the  firm  of  Holt  &  Stockbridge  ;  m.  Marg't.  T.  Southwick,  of 
Vassalboro',  Me.,  and  has  Arthur  B.,  Nov.  25,  1851.  4.  Ed 
ward  A.,  Sep.  1831,  in  Bos'n. 

15.  Lebbeus,  s.  Win.  10,  m.  Lydia,  da.  Capt.  Leavitt  Lane, 
of  H'm.,  in  1810,  lives  on  his  father's  place  on  Main  st.,  and 
is  a  farmer,     ch.  :  1.  Wm.,  Nov.  5,  1812,  m.  Mary  A.  Damon, 
lives  with  his  fa.,  and  has  Fred'k.  7F.,  Aug.  7,  1842,  d.  Jan.  17, 
1853  ;  Francis  J".,  Oct.  3,  1844,  d.  Aug.  24, 1847  ;  Elizab.  A., 
Mar.  8,  1847  ;  Frank,  June  30,  1849  ;  and  Mary  A.,  Aug.  11, 
1852.     2.  Leavitt  L.,  May  5,  1815,  a  shipmaster  ;  m.  Abby  W., 
da.  Dr.  Melzar  Dwelley,  July  4,  1844,  and  has  Greo.  E.,  Dec.  13, 
1845  ;  Ellen  E.,  Feb.  18, 1848, d.  Jan.  10,  1850  ;  and  Chas.L., 
Ap.  3,  d.  Nov.  2,  1850.     3.  Ruth  B.,  Dec.  5,  1818,  m.  Martin 
W.  Stetson,  Dec.  1,  1836.     4.  Lebbeus,  Feb.  15,  1825,  a  mari 
ner  for  the  past  8  yrs.,  m.  Mary  T.  Sylvester,  June  24,  1849, 
lives  on  Broadway,  and  has  Edwin  W.,  May  13,  1850.    5.  Lydia 
L.,  Aug.  25,  1827.     6.  Sarah  L.,  Jan.  3,  1830,  a  school-teacher 
in  Baltimore,  Md. 

16.  Dr.  Horatio,  s.  Hon.  David,  11,  at  the  age  of  15,  went  to 
the  Acad.  at  Bridg'r.,  under  the  charge  of  Mr.  Zach.  Eddy,  and 
thence  to  the  Acad.  at  Rochester,  under  the  charge  of  Rev.  Cal 
vin  Chaddock  ;  and  in  1804,  ent.  H.  Coll.,  where  he  remained  two 
yrs.,  after  wh.  he  commenced  the  study  of  med.,  under  Dr.  Free 
man  Foster,  of  Scit.,  with  whom  he  remained  2  yrs.,  and  subse 
quently,  was  with  the  distinguished  Dr.  Jas.  Mann,  of  Wrentham, 
one  yr.     Mr.  S.  was  sett,  first  in  Berwick,  Me. ;  then  in  Medway ; 
then  in  Blackstone  Village,  where  he  remained  until  1833,  at 
which  date  he  moved  to  Woonsocket,  R.  I.,  where  he  has  since  resided, 
and  where,  for  18  yrs.,  he  was  engaged  in  the  Druggist  business, 
from  which  he  withdrew,  in  1851.     In  1810,  he  m.  Priscilla  W., 
da.  Saml.  and  Priscilla  Faxon,  of  Fox'o.,  Mass.,  who  proved  a 
kind  and  aff.  wife,  and  with  whom  he  lived  happily  for  38  yrs., 
when  she  d.  June  29,  1848,  ae.  63.     ch. :  1.  Horatio,  June  13, 


392 


STODDAKD — STUDLEY. 


1813,  m.  Data  A.  Kem*pton,  of  Mendon,  Mass.,  Nov.  9,  1835, 
(she  b.  June  30,  1813,)  and  has,  Francis  M.,  Ap.  20,  1837  ; 
Harriet  A.,  Aug.  26, 1839  ;  Horatio  J.,  Dec.  27,  1841 ;  Lucia 
A.,  June  1,  1843;  Okas.  E.,  Dec.  29,  1847;  and  Walter  S., 
Feb.  12,  1849.  2.  Harriet  A.,  Dec.  8, 1815,  m.  Elisha  T.  Read, 
Cashier  of  a  Bank  in  W.,  May  16,  1834,  and  has  Jas.  S.,  Sep. 
9,1835;  Harriet  A.,  Oct.  2,  1839;  Geo.  S.,  Sep.  22,  1842 ; 
and  Isabella,  July  -0, 1850.  Lost  2,  d.  young. 

STODDARD,  Henry,  s.  Laban,  of  H'm.,  m.  1,  Polly  Cud- 
worth,  and  2,  Ann  K.  Mann ;  was  a  carpenter  by  trade ;  lived  at 
the  corner  of  Walnut  and  Main  sts.  ;  and  d.  June  30,  1848,  ae. 
64.  ch.:  1.  Henry,  1807,  d.  1832.  (By  2d,)  2.  Ann  C., 
Sep.  21,  1815,  m.  Edwin  Packard,  N.  Bridg'r.  3.  Mary  C., 
Oct.  12,  1817,  m.  Thos.  W.  Gurney,  Ab'n.,  Nov.  1,  1836.  4! 
Wm.  B.,  Sep.  17,  1820.  5.  Capt.  Duncan  T.,  Mar.  7,  1823,  a 
carpenter,  m.  Mary  M.  Henderson,  1851,  and  has  Duncan  T., 
1852.  6.  Abby  S.  H.,  1825,  d.  1844.  7.  Isabella  R.,  m. 
Henry  Mann,  June  13,  1850.  8.  Jos.  A.,  Mar.  24,  1830.  9. 
Henry  A.,  Jan.  12,  1833.  10.  Patience  E.,  May  6, 1835.  11. 
Levi  M.,  June  14,  1838. 

2.  Melvin,  s.  Hezek.  of  Scit.,  b.  Oct.,  1808,  m.  1,  Laura 
Young,  1832,  who  d.  the  same  year;  and  2,  Abig.  Rogers;  lives 
on  Broadway  ;  is  a  shoemaker  ;  and  has,  Martha  A.,  Dec.,  1843. 


STUDLEY   FAMILY. 

Arms :  Ar.-  on   a  fesse  vert,  betw.    3 

stags'  heads  cabossed  or. 

Crest:   A    stag's    head    cabossed    or, 

pierced  through  the  scalp  with  an  arrow 

in   bend  sinister,  vert,   feathered    ar., 

headed  sa. 


STUDLEY,  an  old  English  name,  found  in  the  County  of  Kent, 
and  also  in  Yorkshire, — the  seat  of  the  family,  in  the  latter  place, 


STUDLET.  398 

being  at  Studley  Park,  near  which  are  the  ruins  of  the  celebrated 
Fountains  Abbey,  a  famous  place  of  resort  for  travellers,  each  one 
of  whom  is  entitled,  to  "  meat  by  measure,  (a  quarter  of  a  yard 
of  roast  beef  for  dinner)  and  a  great  black  jack  of  strong  drink,"  on 
calling  for  the  same.1  We  find  two  families  in  N.  Eng.  at  an  early 
date,  one  in  Boston,  and  the  other  in  Sandwich.  A  branch  of  each 
of  these  sett,  in  Scit.,  and  have  desct's.  in  H.  We  shall  trace  these 
separately. 

1.  Jno.  Studley,  and  w.  Elizab.,  were  in  Bos'n.,  in  1659,  but 
when  they  came  to  the  city,  or  how  long  they  remained,  we  cannot 
say.     Their  s.  Jno.,  was  b.  in  Bos'n.,  Dec.  8,  1659  ;  and  their  son 
Benj.,  was  b.  in  B.,  May  23,  1661.     This  is  all  the  notice  we  find 
on  any  of  the  records  in  B.     The  latter  son,  Benj.,  seems  to  have 
been  in  Scit.,  in  1683,  m.  Mary,  da.  Jno.  Merritt,  and  sett,  near 
Merritt's  brook,  a  few  rods  S.  E.  of  the  bridge,     ch.  :  1.  Jno., 
Dec.  11, 1684.     2.  Benj.,  Dec.  7,  168T.     3.  Jas.,  July  15. 1690, 
m.  Sarah  Farrow,  of  H'm.,  1717,  and  had  Sarah,  1718  ;  Jas., 
1720  ;  and  Elizab.,  1725.     4.  Jona.,  June,  19,  1693.     5.  Da 
vid,   Jan.    19,    1696-7,    m.  Susanna  Vinton,  1717,    and    left 
1  da.,  and  3  sons,  some  of  whose  desc'ts.  yet  live  in  Scit.     6.  Mary, 
Sep.  23, 1698.     7.  Elizab.,  June  8, 1701.     8.  Debo.,  Dec.  19, 
1702—3.     9.  Elizab.,  Sep.  10.  1706. 

NOTE  :  We  think  it  highly  probable,  that  Benj.  Studley,  who  was  in  H'm  , 
in  1724,  m.  Susanna,  da.  Eben'r.  Lane,  Dec.  31, 1724,  and  had  Hannah,  1725; 
Sarah,  1727  ;  Ruth,  1729  ;  Lois  and  Eunice,  1731  ;  Jona.,  1734  ;  d.  young  ; 
Rhoda,  1735;  Irania,  1737;  and  Jona.,  1728; — was  a  desc't.  of  Benj.  of 
Scit.,  and  prob.  his  son,  as  he  is  called  "  s.  of  Benj. "  We  think  it  also 
probable,  that  most  of  this  name,  in  H'm.  and  Cohas't.,  sprung  from  Jno.  of 
Boston. 

2.  Eliab,  s.  Benj.,  and  gr.  s.  Jno.  I,  m.  Mary  Briggs,  of  Scit., 
Ap.  10, 1729,  and  it  is  said,  sett,  in  H.,  or  what  is  now  Pleas't.  st., 
where  David  Studley  resides.    He  was  the  first  Studley  owner  of 
the  mill  long  known  as  "  Elihab's  Mill,  "  and  was  a  noted  Tavern 
keeper,  his  house  being  a  favorite  place  of  public  resort.     He  d. 
December  13, 1785,  andhiswid.  October  19,  1797,  ae.  90.     ch. : 
1.  Benjamin.    2.  Martha,  m.  Jno.    Shaw,   of  Ab'n.,  April   16, 

1  Gough's  British  Topography,  pp.  416,  443,  461,  and  474. 

25 


394  BTUDLBY. 

1752.  3.  Elizab.,  m.  Jno.  Robinson,  Plym'h.,  Feb.  12,  1754 
4.  Jas.,  lost  at  sea.  5.  Thankful,  m.  1,  Michael  Jackson,  Ab'n., 
Feb.  15, 1759 ;  and  2,  Seth  Keith,  of  Bridg'r.,  1775.  6.  Debo., 
m.  anErskine.  7.  Lucy,  m.  Seth  Stetson,  Ap.  11, 1765.  8.  Abig., 
m.  Thos.  Curtis,  June  6, 1770.  9.  Japhet,  July  25,  1756.  10. 
Joseph,  in.  Rebecca  Stetson,  Jan.  10, 1765,  was  killed  by  lightning, 
June  16,  of  the  same  yr.,  and  his  w.  had  twin  ch.,  Rebecca,  and 
Lucy,  who  were  bap.  Ap.  2,  1768,  and  the  mother  m.  Elisha 
Witherell,  of  Chestf  d.,  Dec.  30,  1772. 

3.  Benj.,  s.  Eliab  2,  m.  Han'h.  Litchfield,  and  was  Selectman 
in  H.,  from  1778-81,  and  in  1787,  and  '88.  We  find  his  ch.  on 
the  Ch.  Recs.  of  H.,  as  follows  :  1.  Elizab.,  bap.  Oct.  13,  1754. 
2.  Benj.,  bap.  June  5,  1757.  3.  Abner,  bap.  June  5,  1757, 
prob.  d.  young.  4.  Hannah,  bap.  .June  1, 1760,  m.  Isaac  Moore, 
of  Warren,  Mass.,  Mar.  18,  1782.  5.  Mary,  bap.  Sep.  2,  1764. 
6.  Jas.,  bap.  Sep.  2,  1764,  d.  Feb.  7,  1766.  7.  Zenas,  bap. 
Oct.  7, 1764,  d.  Ap.  11, 1771.  8.  Nabby,  bap.  Aug.  3, 1776,  m. 
Jno.  R.  Josselyn,  Nov.  1,  1785.  9.  Debo.,  m.  Arad  Woodworth, 
of  Warren.  10.  Zenas,  m.  and  d.  in  Leicester,  leaving  ch.  11. 
Joseph,  of  Leicester. 

8.  Eliab  2,  m.  Rachel 
Fearing,  H'rn.,  who  d. 
Sept.  28,  1826,  ae.  92, 
and  he  Jan.  2,  1842, 
ae.  85.  ch. :  1.  Ra 
chel,  May  5,  1781, 
m.  Jesse  Stoddard,  Ab'n.,  Ap.  21,  1803.  2.  David, 
Mar.  31,  1783.  3.  Walter  B.,  Mar.  7,  1786.  4.  Lucy,  Jan. 
25, 1788,  m.  Lewis  Litchfield,  of  H.  5.  Lydia,  Ap.  6,  1791,  d. 
Mar.  11,  1793.  6.  Luther,  Jan.  26,  1793,  m.  a  Cleavcland,  and 
d.  inN.  Y.  State,  leaving  a  son  Elipliaz.  7.  Lydia,  Sep.  25, 
1796,  m.  David  Darling,  Aug,  24.  1816.  8.  Japhet,  Oct.  31, 
1799,  d.  May  9, 1832. 

5.  Eliab, «.  Benj.  3,  m.  Betsey,  da.  Peleg  Stetson,  Ab'n.,  and 
lived  on  Plcas't.  st.,  in  a  house  which  stood  a  little  N.  of  where 
Gridley  Studley  resides.  He  d.  Aug.  14,  1826,  and  his  wid.  in 


STUDLET.  395 

Jan.,  1835,  ae.  79.  ch. :  1.  Jas.,  Feb.  28, 1777.  2.  Betsey,  m. 
Capt.  Thos.  Stetson,  Oct.  19, 1801.  3.  Nathan.  4.  Experience, 
m.  Rob't.  Estes.  5.  Alvin,  Jan.  1792,  m.  Nabby  Stetson,  who 
d.  in  1844  ;  he  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  1  da., 
Nancy,  not  m.  6.  Hannah,  1785,  m.  Eleazer  Josselyn,  Jan.  1, 
1809.  7.  Gridley.  8.  Nancy,  m.  Josh.  Curtis,  Ab'n.,  Mar.  18, 
1816,  and  is  d. 

6.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  3,  m.  Silvester  Bonney,  of  Pemb.,  Nov.  28, 
i!782,  and,   it  is  said,  moved  to  Leicester,  Mass.     His    ch.,  b. 
in  P.,  w?rc,   1.  Abner,  May  15,  1784.     2.  Silvester,  Oct.  24, 
1786.     3.  Silvia,  Jan.  30,  1789.     4.  Zenas,  Ap.  25  1791.     5. 
Benj.,  May  3,  1793.     6.     Wealthy,  Aug.   8,  1795.     7.  Sally. 
Sep.  24,  1797. 

7.  David,  s.  Japhet  4,  learned  the  watchmaker's  trade  in  H'm. ; 
m.  Hannah,  da.  Caleb  Torrey,  of  Midd'o.,  and  sett,  on  Pleas't  st., 
where  he  yet  resides.  His  w.  d.  May  19, 1850.  Mr.  S.,  is  a  man  of 
natural  mechanical  ability,  much  esteemed  as  a  citizen,  and  has  rais 
ed  a  large  and  respectable  family  of  sons  and  daughters,     ch.  :  1. 
Cephisa,  Feb.  1 0, 1811,  m.  Ezeki|l  Reed,  Ab'n.     2.  David  F.,  Oct. 
6,  1812,  a  jeweller  in  N.  Bridg'r.,   m.  Martha  J.  Howard,  and  has 
Martha  J.     3.  Philander,  Nov.  5,  1814,  in.  Elizab.  Estes,  May 
11,  1837,  lives  on  Circuit  st.f  and  has  Mary  M.,  Oct.  5, 1839,  d. 
Mar.  5,  1840  ;  and  Amelia  J.,  May  5,  1847.     4.  Joseph  H., 
Oct.  13,  1816,  shoe  mf  r.,  in  H.  ;  m.  Lucinda  Curtis,  Nov.   2, 
1838,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Edwin  H.,  June  9,  1839  ;  Ma 
ria,  Aug.  7, 1842  ;  Lucinda  H.,  Oct.  19, 1846,  d.  Sep.  4, 1848  ; 
and  Ellen  A.,  June  15,  1849.     5.  lantha  E.,  Feb.  26, 1819,  m. 
Jog.  W.  Gurney,  May  25, 1839.     6.  Luther,  i  ec.  28, 1820,  jew 
eller,  in  N.  Bridg'r.  ;  not  m.     7.  Benj.  F.,  Feb.  21, 1823,  m.  Bet 
sey  R.,  da.  Amos  Bates,  lives  on  Circuit  st.,  and  has  Benj.  W., 
Jan.  10,  1846;  and  Betsey  L,  June  15,  1848.     8.  Mary  F., 
Mar.  5,  1825,  d.  Sep.  14,  1826.     9.  Walter  B.,  Jan.  10, 1827,  a 
jeweller,    in  E.  Ab'n.,  m.  Susan  Turner,  Pemb.,  in  Nov.,  1848, 
and  has  Susan  L.  B.,  and  Adelaide  F.     10.  Henry  C.,  Jane  3, 
1829,  of  N.  Bridg'r.    11.  Han'h.  M.,  June  28, 1834. 


396  STUDLEY. 

8.  Walter  B.,  s.  Japhet  4,  m.  Matilda  Crocker,  Pemb.,  May 
18,  1806,  and  moved  to  Hartford,  Ct.     Had  one  son  b.  in  H., 
viz. :  Danl.,  Aug.  25,  1806.     We  are  informed  that  there  were 
other  ch.,  b.  in  Ct.,  but  their  names  we  have  not  learned. 

9.  Jas.,  s.  Eliab  5,  m.  Mary  D.,  da.  Dr.  Peter  Hobart,  in 
1803,  and  lives  near  Hudson,  N.  Y.     ch. :  1.  Ma-ry  C.,  May  18, 
1806,  d.  young.     2.  Elizab.  C.,  Mar.  3,  1808,  m.  Waldo  Pool, 
E.  Ab'n.,  and  is  d.     3.  Marshall  L.,  Mar.  23,  1809,  m.   Sarah 
E.  Eells,  Norwich,  Ct.,  and  d.  in  Demarara,  leaving  1  ch.,  which 
d.     4.  Elb.   G.,  Sep.  1,  1810,  m.  Catherine   Cole,  lives  in  N. 
Y'k.  State,  and  has  ch.  5.  Salome  H.,  Jan.  30,  1812,  m.  Henry 
R.  Curtis,  E.  Ab'n.,  and  is  d.     6.  Elmira  S.,  Jan.  28,  1814,  m. 
Henry  R.  Curtis,  E.  Ab'n.     7.    Lucy  J.,  Sep.  27,  1817,  m. 
Corn's.  T.  Stinkle,  of  N.  Y'k.     State.8.  Jas.  J.,  Dec.  18,  1821, 
m.  Elizab.  J.  Boardman,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and 
has  David  C. 

10.  Nathan,  s.  Eliab  5,  m.  Huldah  Ellis,  May  18,  1806,  and 
d.  in  1849.     ch. :  1.  Wm.,  June  19,  1806,  m.  Elizab.  J.  Hask- 
ell,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Wm.  A.,  Mary  E.,  Hannah  M., 
Nathan  F.,  Jno.  A.,  Adaline  A.,  Jacob  N.,  and  Chas.  E.     2. 
Andrew,  m.  Mary,  da.  Zenas  Jenkins,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  is   a 
dealer  in  provisions,  and  has  Mary*  A.,  Austin,  Jane  B.,  Andrew 
H.,  Huldah  E.,  Sarah  E.,  Ferdinand  and  Isabella,  (the  latter 
d.,)  and  Elvira.     3.  Sophia,  m.  Jacob  Nash,  and  is  living  a  wid. 
in  Ab'n.     4.  Reuben,  provision  dealer,  in  E.  Ab'n.,  m.  Adaline 
Burgess,  of  Harvard,  Mass.,  and   has  Reuben    W.\    Greo.S.', 
Henry  «/.,  d. ;  Horace  W;  Chas.  H.,  d.  ;  Susan  E.;  and  Emily 
M.     5.  Alvin,  m.  Mercy  Estes,  and  lives  in  Natick,  Mass.     6. 
Sylvia,  m.  Bela  Smith,  Ab'n.     7.  Elizab.,  m.  Stephen  Standish, 
E.  Ab'n.,  no  ch.     8.  Huldah,  m.  N.  Porter  Baker,  of  E.  Ab'n., 
aid  has  Abby  E^  Susan  A.,  and  Andrew  H. 

11.  Gridley,  s.  Eliab  5,  m.  Rebecca  Keen,  of  Pemb.,  July 
11,  1820,  and  lives  on  Pleasant  st.     ch. :  1.  Betsey,  Nov.  23, 
1820,  m.  Nathan  S.  Jenkins,  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Albina,  and  Jo 
seph  H.     2.  Ruth  M.,  Aug.  25, 1822,  m.  Jos.  Hobart,  N.  Ab'n. ; 
he  is  d.     3.  Han'h.  M.,  Dec.  15,  1824,  m.  Chas.  Dunham,  E. 
Ab'n.,  and  d.  leaving  a  da.  Ellen.    4.  Wm.,  Dec.  19,  1826,  m. 


STUDLEY.  397 

Sophia  J.,  da.  Enos  Curtis,  and  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.  5.  Gridley, 
Mar.  19,  1829.  6.  Judson,  June  3,  1831.  7.  Lucy  J.,  Nov. 
4,  1833.  8.  Rebecca  A.,  May  6,  1836.  9.  Mary  K.,  Mar. 
12, 1839. 


SECOND   BHANCH. 


II  flJ&rTofL-ts^f^Iltf  (Benoni),  of  Sandwich,  Mass.,  was  in 
^^SlJ^^^y  that  part  of  Scit.,  now  Hanover,  and  his 
house,  which  was  built  in  1702,  is  the  oldest  now  standing  in  the 
town,  on  Hanover  st.  He  m.  Abig.,  da.  Jno.  Stetson,  of  Scit., 
Dec.  22,  1701,  and  d.  suddenly,  Nov.  14,  1746,  and  his  wid., 
Feb.  1,  1758-9,  ae.  82.  He  left  only  a  verbal  will,  drawn  up, 
at  his  request,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Bass,  and  the  same  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  some  of  his  desc'ts.  ch. :  1.  Abig.,  Aug.  13,  1702,  m. 
Joseph  .House,  Dec.  14,  1732.  2.  Jno.,  Feb.  25,  1704.  3. 
Josh.,  Aug.  1707.  4.  Gideon,  May  5,  1710,  d.  Aug.  3,  1734. 
5.  Sarah,  Mar.  31,  1716.  6.  Benoni,  July  15,  1720,  m.,  and 
had  in  H.  a  son  Benoni,  bap.  May  10, 1741,  and  it  is  said  that 
the  fa.  moved  to  Rehoboth. 

2.  Jno.,  s.  Benoni  II.,  m.  Elizab.  Doten,  of  Plym'h.,  who  d. 
in  H.,  Oct.  11,  1774,  and  he   Sep.  23,  1787.     Lived  for  a  time 
in  the  Judge  Gushing  house,  at  the  Corners,  and  finally  built  the 
house  where  his  grandson  Jabez  now  lives,     ch. :  1.  Sarah,  July 
2,  1731,  m.  Thos.  Barstow.     2.  Elizab.,  Oct.  30, 1734,  m.  Elisha 
Curtis,  Jan.  15,  1760.     3.  Gideon,  Mar.  13,  1736,  d.  Aug.  5, 
1737.    4.  Jabez,  bap.  Aug.   17,  1738.     5.  Rebecca,  May  19, 
1744,  prob.  d  unm. 

3.  Josh.,  s.  Benoni  II.,  m.  Lydia  Pratt,  of  Pemb.,  Mar.  6, 
1735,  who  d.  July  9,  1759,  and  he  July  15,  1760.     Another 
rec.  says  she  d.  June  27,  and  he,  July  9, 1759.     ch. :  1.  Gid 
eon,  May  15,  1738.     2.  Lydia,  Jan.  16,  d.  May  6,  1740.     3. 
Abig.,  bap.  June  28,  1741,  m.  Danl.  Crooker,  Feb.  16,  1766, 
and  d.  in  Sep.  1779.     4.  Joshua,  Sep.   26,  1742.     5.  Joanna, 
Jan.  13,  1744,  d.  Ap.  16,  1779.     6.  Ann,  May  11,   1746,  d. 
May  15,  1760.     7.  Lydia,  May  8,  1748,  d.   Sep.  27,  1826  ? 
8.  Jno.,  July  22, 1750,  d.  Jan.  17, 1751.     9.  Rebecca,  Mar.  8, 
1752,  d.  May  16, 1754. 

NOTE.    It  is  said  there  were  twins  in  this  fam.,  who  d.  young. 


398  STUDLEY. 

///     t      t-f^^h^     8'  ^n0'   ^'  Ta'  Katurah  Sim- 
/U  e<Z    ^  ^      ^y  mongj  Mf(L)  who  d>  June  21^ 
^     1790,  and  he  Feb.  14, 1825, 

ae.  86.  Lived  on  Wash'n.  st.,  where  his  son  Jabez  now  lives 
and  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n.  ch. :  1.  Rebecca,  bap.  Jan.  2, 
1774,  m.  Luther  Sprague,  Mf  d.  2.  Jabez,  bap.  Sep.  22,  1776, 
m.  Chloe  M.  Clark,  Feb.  23,  1800,  lives  on  his  father's  place,  and 
has,  1.  Katurah,  Mar.  20,  1801,  m.  Rob't,  Curtis,  Ap.  16,  1826. 

2.  Eliza,  July  10,  1803,  m.  Steph.  Josselyn,  Nov.  16,  1834. 

3.  Jno.,  July  20,  1805,  m.  Eliza  A.  Herrick,  Chas'n.,  is  a  ship 
wright,  and  has  Jno.,  m.  Mary  F.  Hammond,  and  lives  in  €has'n. ; 
Jas.   W. :  Edwin  ;  Georgiana  ;  and  Chas.     4.   George,  Aug.  25, 
1807,  carpenter,  m.  Judith  Curtis,  Jan.  30,  1834,  and  lives  near 
his  father ;  no  ch.     5.  Horace,  Jan.  6,  1810,  m.  Marcia.  Rose, 
Jan.  15,  1834,  lives  on  Spring  st.,  and  has  Horace  C.,  Nov. 
1834  ;  Geo.,  Oct.  18,  1836  ;  Marg't.  S.,  Nov.  30,  1838 ;  Timo. 
R.',  July  9,  1841  ;  and  Rebecca,  Aug.  22,  1845r     6,  ffiram, 
Ap.  28, 1812,  m.  1,  Sarah  A.  Brett,  of  Bridg'r.,  Mar.  27,  1836; 
and  2,  Esther  Hollis,  May  4,  184.5 ;  lives  on  Cross  st. ;  is  a  car 
penter  ;  and  has  Abby  A. ;  Mary  R,,  b.  1844,  d.  1845 ;  and 
Hiram  A.,  b.  1848,  d.  1849.     7.  Robert  C.,  Oct.   31,  1815,  d. 
Jan.   19,  1817.     8.  Robert  HI,  Dec.   8,  1818,  m.  Lucy  J.,  da. 
Josi.  Bonney,  and  lives  with  his  fa. ;  no  ch. 

5.  Gideon,  s.  Josh.  3,  m.  Rosamond  Church,  Jan.  4,  1762, 
and  d.  Aug.  14,  1816,  ae.  78,  and  his  wicl.  Jan.  3,  1832,  ae.  92. 
It  is  said  that  he  was  out  in  the  Fr.  War,  in  1756,  and  we  have 
seen  old  certificates  of  service,  signed  by  Lieut.  Jno.  Bailey,  and- 
dated  1756,  and  '58.  ch*  1.  Anna,  Dec.  27,  1762,  m.  Homer 
Whiting,  May  8,  1785.  2.  Sarah,  July  9,  1766,  d.  June  26, 
1847.  3.  Rosamond,  June  9,  1768,  m.  Zattu  Gushing,  Ab'n., 
July  12,  1790.  4.  Rebecca,  Feb.  15, 1770,  m.  Benj.  Tolman, 
Mf  d.,  Feb.  11,  1800.  5.  Lucy,  Oct.  12,  1773,  living,  unm.,  in 
H.  6.  Gideon,  July  19,1776.  7.  Abig.,  Oct.  19,  1778,  m. 
David  Pool,  Ab'n.,  Sep.  15,  1801.  8.  Dr.  Joshua,  Sep.  15, 
1784,  a  physician  in  H.  for  40  yrs. ;  T.  C.  from  1824-32 ;  and 
an  acti/e  and  useful  man.  lie  d.  unm.,  Feb.  28,  1848. 


STURTEVAffT.  399 

.  « 

6.  Josh.,  s.  Josh..  8,  moved  to  Sharon,  Ct.,  was  a   carpenter 
by  trade,   and  a  man  of  successful  enterprise  ;  m.  Ruth  Allen,  ? 
and  had  1.  Polly,  m.  aColeiran,  and  had  Fanny,  Philena,  Maria, 
and  Polly.     2.  Amy,  m.  a  Parsons,  and  had  Polly,  Anna,  Amy, 
and  Caroline.     3.  Joshua,  m.    and  had  a  da.  Maria,  and  a   son, 
•who  was  drowned.     4.  Ruby  Ruth   A.,   m.  a  Hatch,  and   had 
Abig.,  Jno.,  Lydia  A.,  and  another.     5.  Gideon,  m.  but  had  no 
ch.     6.  Mary  A.,  m.  an  Everett,  and  had  a  son  Josh.     She  is  d. 
7.  Lydia,  m.  an  Everett,  and  had    Thos.,  Ichabod,  Ruby  R.  A., 
Russell,  Abig.,  Betsey,  and  Caroline.     8.  Ichabod,  m.  and  had 
Josh.,  Gideon  A.,  Enoch,  and  Calvin.     9.  Abigail?  not  m. 

NOTE.     The  above  is  from  papers  left  by  Dr.  Studley. 

7.  Gideon,  s.  Gideon  5,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Jno.  and  Grace  Butler, 
of  Oakham,  Mass.,  Dec.  17, 1809,  lived  on  Main,  near   Grove  st., 
where  his  w.  d.   July  9, 1838,  and  he   Jan.  10,  1850.     ch. :  1. 
Ann,  July  28,  1 810,  a  school  teacher  for  sev.  yrs.,  m.  Caleb  Whi 
ting,  May  11,  1852.     2.  Gideon,  Oct.  19,   1811,  a  carpenter  in 
Ab'n.  ;  m.  Priscilla  B.  Shaw,  and  has  Grideon,  d. ;  Jas.  B.  ;  Sa 
rah  A. ;  Anna  H.  ;  Alice  ;  and   Grideon.     3.  Jno.  B.,  June  27, 
1813,  living  in  H.,  not  m.     4.  Jas.,  Mar.  9,  1815,   merchant,   in 
Mobile,  Ala.     5.  Josh.,  Dec.  5,   1817,   living  in   H.,  unm.     6. 
Sarah  B.,  Dec.  23,  1819.     7.  Geo.,  Nov.  11,  1822,  m.    Sarah, 
da.  Croel  Bonney,   H'n.,  Nov.  28,  1850,  and  is   a  shoe  m'fr,   in 
E.  Ab'n. 

STURTEVANT,  Rufus  M.,  s.  Geo.  of  Pemb.,  b.  Feb.  17, 1830, 
m.  Rebecca  A.  Woodman,  Mar.  1, 1852,  lives  on  Centre  st,  with 
Seth  Harding,  and  is  a  shoemaker.  No  ch. 


400 


SYLVESTER. 


SYLVESTER  FAMILY. 

Arms :  Ar.  an  oak  tree,  eradicated, 
vert. 

Crest :    A  lion's  head,  erased,  vert. 


SYLVESTER,  SILVESTER.  This  name  appears  to  be  of 
French  origin,  and  in  the  French  language,  sylvestre  signifies  a  tree, 
•whence  the  coat  of  arms  represents  an  oak  tree  in  the  shield,  being 
a  parlant,  or  speaking  coat,  descriptive  of  the  name.  We  find 
the  family  sett,  in  Eng.  not  long  after  the  Conquest,  and  the  an 
cestor  probably  went  over  in  the  army  of  William,  in  1069.  Ste 
phen  Silvestre,  is  named  by  Fuller,  among  the  gentry  of  Norfolk.1 
Gabriel  Sylvester,  D.D.,  was  Prebend  of  Weeford,  Litchf  d.,  in 
1506  ;3  and  in  1538,  Robert,  was  Archd'n.  of  Langtoft,  York  ;* 
Preb.  of  York,  1541  ;4  and  Archd'n.  of  Nottingham,  1549.8  The 
family  is  highly  respectable  in  the  old  country,  and  is  numerously 
represented  in  the  U.  States. 

The  first  of  the  name  in  N.  Eng.,  was  Richard,  who  was  of 
Wey'h.,  1633,  and  of  Scit.,  1642,  and  sett,  on  the  "Two  Miles." 
The  year  in  which  he  came  over,  and  the  name  of  the  vessel  in 
which  he  embarked,  we  have  not  been  able  to  learn.  Settlements 
were  made  at  Wey'h.,  in  1619,  1624,  and  1625.  He  prob. 
came  in  the  company  with  Rev.  Robert  Lenthal,  minister  of 
Wey'h.,  and  the  cause  of  his  coming  to  Scit.,  was  on  acc't.  of 
difficulties,  arising  from  his  religious  opinions.8  He  m.  Naomi 


1  Worthies  of  Eng'd.,  vol.  2,  p.  472.     2  Willis'  Cathedrals,  p.  471.     3  Ibid., 
^  149.     4  Ibid.,  p.  180.     6  Ibid,  p.  106.     e  Mather's  Magiialia,  vol.  1,  p.  222. 


SYLVESTER.  401 

Torrey,  ab.  1632,  and  d.  in  Scit.  in  1663.  ch. :  1.  Lydia,  1633, 
m.  Nath'l.  Rawlins,  Sep.  4,  1652.  2.  Jno.,  1634,  m.,  and  had 
Sarah,  1671 ;  John.,  1672  ;  Joseph,  1674,  who  was  of  Marsh- 
field,  and  left  ch.  ;  Samuel,  1676,  also  of  Marshfield ;  m.,  and 
left  ch. ;  Lydia,  1679.  3.  Peter,  1637,  d.  1642,  being  acci 
dentally  shot,  on  the  Sabbath,  by  the  discharge  of  a  gun  in  his 
father's  house.  (See  Winthrop's  Journal,  and  Deane's  Scit.) 
4.  Joseph,  1638.  5.  Dinah,  1642,  prob.  d.  unm.  6.  Elizab  , 
1643,  m.  Jno.  Lowell,  Jan.  24,  1658,  and  d.  soon  after.  7. 
Richard,  1648,  was  of  Milton,  1678,  m.  Hannah,  da.  "  Old  Jas. 
Leonard,  of  Taunton,"  and  was  prob.  ancestor  of  the  Sylvesters 
of  Norfolk  Co.  8.  Naomi,  1649,  m.  Jno.  Lowell,  1666.  9.  Is 
rael,  1651,  had  a  house  on  the  margin  of  the  2d  Herring  Brook, 
1670,  m.,  and  had  Israel,  Sep.  23,  1675,  who  left  desc'ts. ;  Si- 
lence,  1677;  Richard,  1679,  m.  and  left  desc'ts. ;  Lois,  1680  ; 
Martha,  1682 ;  Mary,  1683  ;  Elisha,  1685  ;  Peter,  1687,  m. 
and  left  desc'ts.,  who  are  in  Leicester,  Mass.,  and  in  N.  Hamp 
shire  ;  Zebulon,  1689,  m.  and  left  desc'ts. ;  BarsJiua,  1692  ;  and 
Debo.,  1696.  10.  Hester,  1653,  prob.  d.  unm.  11.  Benj.,  1656, 
m.  Lydia  Standlake,  1684,  and  has  desc'ts.  in  MPd. 

2.  Capt.  Joseph,  s.  Rich'd.,  lived  where  Sam'l.  Waterman's 
house  stands,  in  So.  Scit.,  near  Church  Hill,  and  improved  the 
farm  wh.  he  purchased  of  Jno.  Whiston,  1664.  We  have  given 
some  sketch  of  his  life  on  p.  22.  As  a  reward  for  his  services  in 
the  Indian  wars,  a  grant  of  land  was  made  to  him  and  his  com 
pany,  by  the  Gen'l.  Court,  which  was  designed  to  have  been  in 
Maine,  but  which,  when  the  lino  was  run  between  the  Provinces, 
proved  to  be  in  N.  Hampshire  ;  and  on  a  repres'n.  of  these  facts 
by  Chas.  Turner,  and  others,  agents  for  the  claimants,  in  1765, 
a  new  grant  was  made  in  Me.,  on  condition  that  30  families  and 
a  minister  should  be  sett.,  and  a  meeting-house  built,  within  six 
y'rs. ;  and  this  is  now  known  as  the  town  of  Turner,  Me,1  His 
ch.,  by  w.  Mary,  were,  1.  Joseph,  Nov.  11,  1664.  2.  Mary, 
Dec.  24, 1666,  m.  Benj.  Curtis,  1689.  3.  Naomi,  Mar.  5, 1668. 
4.  Anna,  May  5,  1669.  5.  Benj.,  Dec.  11,  1680.  6.  David, 
Ap.  20,  1683.  7.  Amos,  Nov.  15, 1685. 

1  "Williamson's  Hist.  Me.,  vol.  2,  p.  528-9. 


402  SYLVESTER. 

3.  Benj.,  s.  €apt  Joseph  2,   m.  Jerusha  Wheaton,  Nov.  16, 
1710,  and  had,  1.  Benj.,  Nov.  15,  1711.     2.  Ruth,  bap.  May  8, 
1720.     3,  Jas.,  bap.  June  27, 1722,  was  m.,  and  prob.  lived  on 
Wash'n.,  near  East  st.,  where  remains  of  an  old  cellar  are  yet  vis 
ible,  and  where  his  wid.  Sally,  resided  some  time  after  his  decease. 
4.  Jacob,  bap,  Oct.  4, 1724,  m.  Mary  Bates,   Nov.  5,  1753,  and 
d.  July  25,  1806,  and  his  wid.  Dec.  24, 1811,  ae.  86.     No  ch. 

4.  Amos,  s.  Capt.  Joseph  2,  m.  Elisab.  Henchman.  Nov.  20, 
170G,  who  d.  Feb,  11,  1762,  ae.  77,  and  he  Oct.  23,  1753.     His 
house  stood  on  Wash'n.  st.,  near  where  that  of  Rob't.  Sylvester 
now  stands,  and  was  for  many  years  a  Tavern  stand,  kept  by  his 
widow  after  his  decease.  He  was  Selectman  in  1743,  and  a  black 
smith  by  trade,  his  shop  standing  near  the  house.     When  the  old 
mansion  was  torn  down,  two  chairs  were  preserved,  one  of  Avh.  is  in 
the  possession  of  Rob't,  and  the  other  of  Michael  Sylvester,    ch. : 
1.  Amos,  Sep.  14, 1707.    2,  Wm.,  Feb.  22, 1709.    3.  Joseph,  Jan. 
9, 1711.     4.  Henchman,  Dec.  20,  1713,  m.  Sarah  Stockbridge, 
Feb.  29,  1748,  had  no  ch.,  d.  Ap.  23, 1758,  and  his  wid.  m.  Wm. 
Norton,  bef.  1761.    His  house  stood  oppo.  his  father's,  and  is  now 
occupied  by  B.  F.  Burgess.     5.  Michael,  Oct.  27,   1714  ?     7. 
Nath'L,  Ap.  29,  1718.     8.  Caleb,  Dec.  14, 1719,  m.  Desire  Stet 
son,  Nov.  1,  1750,  lived  on  what  is  now  Main  st.,  whence  he  mov 
ed  to   Townsend,  Mass.     His  ch.   were,  Desire,  1752,  d.  1754; 
Caleb,  1754,  m.  Abig.,  da.  Dr.  Jos.  Jacobs,   and  moved   to  Me.  ; 
Desire,  1755;  Henchman,  1758,  a  soldier  in  the  Rev'n ;  Lillis  T. 
and  Grace,  1763 ;  Joseph,  1764.     9.  Edmund,  June  20,  1721. 
10.  Mary,  Oct.  19,  1723,   d.  Aug.  28,  1724.     11.  Thos.,  Oct. 
19,  1723,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Matt.  Estes,  who  d.  June  20,  1794, 
and  he  Oct.  1,  1760,  leaving  one  son,  Matt.,  bap.  Sep.  19,  1760, 
who  m.  a  Josselyn,  and  d,  in  Pemb.,  leaving  one  da.  Marg't.,  who 
m.  Isaac  Magoun,  Pemb.     The  father's  house  stood  where  now 
stands  that  of  Dr.  Garratt.     12.  Elizab.,  July  15, 1725. 

5.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  3,  m.  Abig.  Buck,  July  27,  1737,  and  d. 
Jan.  24,  and  his  wid.,  July  29,  1796.     Lived  back  of  where  Jno. 
Sylvester  now  resides,  on  a  road  long  since  discontinued,     ch. : 
1.  Jerusha,  Ap.  3,  1738,  d.  young.     2.  Benj.,  Aug.  21,  1739, 
moved  off.     3.    Abig.,  bap.  Ap.   8, 1742,  m.  1,  Abner  House, 


SYLVESTER.  403 

1758,  and  2,  an  Alvord.  4.  Sarah,  bap.  Dec.  18,  1743,  m.  Wm. 
Norton,  Ab'n.,  1759.  5.  Jerusha,  bap.  Mar.  31,  1745,  d.  June 
24,  1769.  6.  Isaac,  bap.  Mar.  29,  1747.  7.  Mary,  bap.  July 
17,  1748,  m.  a  Rowland,  Kgs'n.  8.  Lydia,  bap.  Aug.  26,  1750, 
m.  Jno.  Oklham,  Pemb.  9.  Debo.,  bap.  Dec.  31,  1752,  m.  Paul 
Webb,  Scit.,  1787.  10.  Obadi.,  1755,  moved  to  Ohio,  m.,  and 
it  is  said  had  12  ch.,  who  are  in  0.  11.  Joel.  bap.  Aug.  14, 
1757.  12.  Cornelius,  m.  a  Sprague,  moved  to  N.  Y'k.  State, 
and  had  ch. 

6. 

s.  Amos  4,  m.  Patience  Palmer,  February  7,  1732,  and  had, 
1.  Amos,  1734,  m.  Desire  Rose,  Jan.  19,  1757,  and  had  Amos, 
1758;  Thomas.,  1760;  Jacob,  1762,  d.  1765;  John,  1765; 
Desire  R.,  1767  ;  and  Hannah,  1769.  2.  Abner,  Ap.  23,  1738, 
m.  Susanna  Stetson,  Dec.  3,  1761,  and  prob.  moved  off.  3.  Job? 
1742,  m.  and  had  Job,  m.  Lydia  Philips,  1790  ;  Roland,  of  Dur 
ham,  Me.  ;  and  Joseph,  m.  Ruth  Estes,  and  is  of  Durham,  Me. 

s.  Amos  4,  appears  to 

have  ^een  a  man  °^ 

note  in  his  day, 

as  we  often  find  his  name  attached  to  deeds,  and  other  instru 
ments.  By  w.  Mary,  he  had,  1.  Wm.,  1737.  2.  Chas.,  1739. 
3.  Mary,  July  30,  1741.  4.  Elijah,  July  13,  1744.  5.  Isaac 
June  27,  1746.  6.  Hannah,  Nov.  11,  1748,  7.  Debo.,  1751. 
After  this  date,  the  family  disappears,  and  we  find  no  further 
record  of  it. 

Amos  4,  m. 


Captain     Thos. 

Bardin,  Nov.  12,  1741,  who  d.  Oct.  29,  1755  ;  and  2,  Ruth  Tur 
ner,  Jan.  17,  1760  ;  and  d.  Nov.  12,  1798,  ae.  84,  and  his  wid., 
Oct.  31,  1806,  ae,  70.  Lived  on  his  father's  place,  ch.  :  1. 
Bardin,  d.  Eeb.  15,  1746.  2.  Mary,  bap.  Mar.  12,  1745,  d. 
Mar.  18,  1746.  3,  Michal,  bap.  Nov.  9,  1755,  m.  Cornel.  Tur 
ner,  Dec.  8,  1768,  and  moved  to  Me.  4.  Bardin,  bap.  Nov.  9' 


404  SYLVESTER. 

1755.  5.  Michael,  bap,  Nov.  9r  1755.  6.  Mary,  bap.  Nov.  9, 
1755,  m.  Chas.  Tolman,  May  19,  1774.  (By  2d,)  7.  Bath- 
shua,  bap.  Feb.  13,  1761,  d.  June  4,  1768.  8.  Robt.,  bap. 
Oct.  19,  1766,  d.  June  4,  1768.  9.  Lucinda,  bap.  Ap.  10, 
1768,  m.  Benj.  Bass,  Dec.  4,  1794.  10.  Juliette,  bap.  Ap.  8, 
1770,  d.  unm.,  Dec.  27,  1842.  11.  Robert,  bap.  Aug.  9,  1772. 

A/'/,  r  f         ^—  a'  Amos  4,  known  as 

9.  [/[&&  o^l^Z/^t<A^&  &LS  «  Builder     Sylvester," 

v  a  shipwright  by  trade, 

lived  where  Rufus  Farnum  now  resides,  m.  1,  Sage,  da.  Capt. 
Thos.  Bardin,  Jan.  26,  1743r  and  2dy  Sarah  Bates,  who  d.  July 
8,  1775,  and  he,  Feb.  21,  1781.  He  was  Selectman  from  1765 
-67,  and  from  1772-74.  ch.:  1.  Nath'l.,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Galen 
Clapp,  was  a  shipbuilder  ;  Selectman  from  1794-96  ;  and  moved 
to  Winchendon,  Mass.  His  ch.  were,  Polly,  Lucy,  Joanna,  Pa 
tience,  Ruth,  and  Bardin.  2.  Lydia,  m.  Thos.  Barstow.  3.  Sa 
rah,  m.  a  Hill,  and  d.  Mar.  18,  1818  ?  4.  Elijah,  Nov.  24, 
1767.  5.  Sage,.  m.  Prince  Stetson. 

10.  Edmund,  s.  Amos  4,  m.  Elizab.,  da.  Rev.  Benj.  Bass, 
Jan.  30,  1752,  and  d.  Sep.  20,  1783,  ae.  51,  and  his  wid.  Sep. 
18,  1784,  ae.  50.  Lived  for  a  time  on  Elm  st.,  where  Josh.  Stet 
son  resides,  and  afterwards  in  the  house  of  his  brother  Ileuch- 
man.  ch.  :  1.  Edmund,  1753,  d.  June  16,1757.  2.  Elizab., 
1755,  d.  March  10,  1840.  3.  Olive,  1757,  d.  Dec.  16,  1782. 
4.  Molly  G.,  1758,  d.  June  12,  1784.  5.  Bethiah,  1760,  d. 
Jan.  12,  1792.  6.  Edmund,  1763,  d.  unm.  in  Mar.  1829.  7. 

1765,  a  cabinet-maker 

by  trade,  and  d.  unm. 

May   11,    1849.      8. 

Christopher.,  1768,  d. 
Nov.  13,  1789.  9.  Lucy,  1771,  d.  Feb.  3,1773.  10.  Lucy, 
1773,  d.  Oct.  9,  1786.  No  desc'ts.  are  left  of  this  family,  and 
the  property  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  desc'ts.  of  Michael. 


Sarah 


ll-      dstf-Z* 

f  j/             who  d.   Sep.  10,  1820,  and 

fl  he    in  1835.     Lived  in  his 

father's  house  for  a  time,  and  finally  built  on  Broadway,  where 


SYLVESTER.  405 

his  son  Jno.  now  resides.  A  view  of  his  house  is  here  presented, 
ch. :  1.  Benj.,  Aug.  19,  1789,  a  mariner ;  not  m.  2.  Joseph, 
Jan.  27,  1792,  m.  1,  Elizab.  B.  Silvester,  and  2,  Hannah  M. 
Stetson ;  lives  on  Broadway,  is  a  mf  r.  of  soap,  and  has  Joseph 
B.,  m.  Lucy  W.,  da.  Wm.  Church,  Feb.  8,  1847,  is  an  anchor- 
smith,  and  lives  on  Broadway.  3.  Sarah,  June  11,  1794,  m. 
Turner  Stetson,  Mar.  3,  1822,  and  is  in  Mich'n.  4.  Isaac,  bap. 
Dec.  25,  d.  Dec.  30,  1797.  5.  Jno.,  July -8,  1798,  the  present 
proprietor  of  Sylvester's  Forge,  and  junior  partner  of  the  firm  of 
Jno.  Taggart  and  Co.,  Bos'n.,  importers  and  dealers  in  iron  and 
steel ;  (see  p.  140,)  m.  Lucy  J.  Bonney,  in  Nov.  1824,  lives  in 
the  house  built  by  his  father,  (see  view,}  and  has  Sarah  /.,  Sep. 
27,  1830  ;  Benj.  F.,  June  29,  1833  ;  Laura  A.,  Mar.  16,  1835  ; 
Jno.  E.,  July  24,  1839 ;  Lucy  A.,  Aug.  25,  1840  ;  and  Amelia 
F.,  June  3,  1843. 

12.  Rob't.,  s.  Michael  8,  m.  Lucy  Bailey,  Jan.  14, 1773,  and 
built  and  occupied  the  house  in  wh.  Wm.  Dawes  resides,  until  his 
father's  decease,  and  then  tore  down  the  old  family  homestead, 
and  built  the  house  in  wh.  his  son  Rob't.  now  lives.     He  d.  Aug. 
17,  1807,  and  his  wid.   Oct.  7,  1840.     ch. :  1.  Lucy  B.,  Sep. 
1,  1797,  m.  Wm.  Church,  July  29,  1821.     2.  Rebecca  E.,  Nov. 
27, 1799,  m.  Benj.  C.  Pratt,  Dec.  5, 1819,  and  d.  Dec.  1, 1847. 
3.  Michael,  May  5,  1802.     4.  Robert,  Oct.  19,  1805.     5.  Sa 
rah  E.,  Mar.  21,  1808,  m.  Sam'l.  Church,  Dec.  14,  1828,  and 
d.  Dec.  28,  1850. 

13.  Elijah,  s.  Nath'l.  9,  m.  1,  Elizab.  Briggs,  Oct.  13,  1791, 
who  d.  Jan.  23,  1792  ;  and  2,  Mary  Robbins,  Dec.  19,  1793 ; 
and  d.  Dec.  28,  1828,  and  his  wid.  June  26,  1829.     He  was  a 
shipwright  by  trade,  and  Owned  a  farm  in  H.,  which  was  con 
ducted  with  neatness  and  skill,     ch. :  1.  Elijah,  Nov.  22,  1794, 
m.  Lucy  Taylor,  June  25,  1823,  lived  on  Broadway,  and  d.  in 
June,  1852,  leaving  ch.,  Mary  T.,  Aug.  13,  1824,  m.  Lebbeus 
Stockbridge,  jr.,  June  24,  1849  ;  Elijah  W.,  Aug.  15,  1828,  m. 
Christiana  M.  Bonney,  Nov.  27,  1851 ;  Lucy  P.,  Feb.  26, 1831, 
d.  Oct.  14,  1833  ;  Elizab.  B.,  Dec.   28,  1836 ;  and  G-eo.  F., 
Oct.  24, 1839.     2.  Elizab.  B.,  May  2, 1798,  m.  Joseph  Sylves 
ter,  Nov.  26,  1818,  and  d.  July  16, 1840. 


406 


SYLVESTER. 


14.  Michael,  s.  Rob't.  12,  m.  1,  Martha  Reed,  of  AVn.,  Dec- 
3,  1824,  who  d.  Jan.  18,  1831 ;  and  2,  Sarah,  da.  Lem'l.  Cur 
tis,  May  29,  1883,  and  lives  on  Wash'n.  st.,  near  his  bro.  Rob 
ert.  A  view  of  his  residence  is  annexed,  ch. :  1.  Michael  R., 
June  24,  1825,  m.  Emily  S.  Spear,  of  Bos'n.,  July  3,  1849,  who 
d.  Sep.  21,  1851,  and  an  inf.  with  her.  2.  Edmund  Q.,  Ap.  29, 
1827.  Not  m., — the  present  owner  of  the  David  Stockbridge 
estate.  (By  2d,)  3:  Martha  R.,  Dec.  20,  1839.  4.  Lem'l.  C., 
May  14,  1842.  5.  Lydia,  June  12,  1845. 


RESIDENCE    OF    MICHAEL    SYLVESTER. 


15.  Robert,  s.  Rob't.  12,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Loammi  Burgess, 
of  Harvard,  Mass.,  Nov.  28,  1828,  and  lives  on  Wash'n.  st.,  in 
the  house  built  by  his  father,  a  view  of  which  is  annexed,  ch. : 
1.  Loammi  B.,  Mar.  18,  1832.  2.  Susanna  F.,  Ap.  5,  1834. 
3.  Belcher,  May  26,  1837,  d.  July  21,  1838.  4.  Elizab.  B., 
July  5,  1839.  5.  Sarah  E.,  Sep.  1,  1843.  6.  Juletta,  Ap.  14? 
1845.  7.  Robert,  June  20,  1847. 


SYLVESTER.  407 


BE3IDENCE    OF    MR.  ROBERT    SYLVESTER. 

16.  Jona.,  of  MPd.,  a  desc't.  of  Rich'd.  of  Scit,  was  m.  and 
had,     1.  Jona.,  m.  1,  Rebecca  Laphan,  and  2,  Ruth  Jones,  and 
had  TcAitka;  Luther,  1802;  Rebecca,  1803,  d.  young.?;  Ra 
chel   0.,  1812.     2.  Jas.     3.  Deborah.     4.  Molly.     5.  Tabitha. 
6.  Eben'iv,  of  Me.     7.  Lydia,  m.  a  Hall. 

17.  Jas.,  s.  Jona.  16,  m.  Sarah  Osborn,  and  was  drowned  in 
crossing  N,  River  bar,  with  two  others,  Andrew  Keen  and  Peter 
Rogers,  in  returning  from  a  fishing  voyage.     The  bodies  were 
found,  and  int.  in  Mf'd.     His  wid.  m.  2,  Joseph  D.  Ramsdell, 
and  3,  Thos.  Perry,  and  d.  Aug.  20,  1847,  ae.  84.     ch. :  1.  An 
thony,  Oct.  27,  1787.     2.  Joseph,  Oct.  27, 1788,  m.  wid.  Elizab. 
T.  Pratt,  Ap.  2,  1815,  lives  at  the  corner  of  East  st.,  and  has 
one  son,  Wm.  T.,  Feb.  19,  1816,  lives  in  So.  Scit.,  m.  Betsey 
Kendar,  and  has  Wm.  K.     3.  Thos.  0.,  m.  Lucy  Walker,  of 
Mf'd.,  is  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  lives  in  Quincy,  and  has  Roxana^ 
m.  Hatch  Carver,  Mfd.  ;  Debo.,  m.  Geo.  Hunt,  baker,  of  H'm. ; 
Mary;  Sarah;  and  Marcia.     4.  James,  m.  Betsey  Young,  and 
d.  leaving  ch.  :  Jas.,  Jno.,  Francis,  and  Elizabeth.     5.  Wm., 
d.  ae.  19. 

18.  Anthony,  s.   Jas.  17,  m.  Nancy  Taylor,  Jan.  1812,  lived 
on  Broadway,  and  d.  in  1852,  ae.  64.    -ch. :  1.  Sarah,  Feb.  1, 


408  TAYLOR — THAYER — THOMAS. 

1813,  m.   Otis  Sampson,  Nov.  4,  1833.     2.  Robert.,  Oct.  17, 

1814,  a  shipwright  by  trade,  m.   1,  Hannah  Sturgis,  Sep.  11, 
1836,  and  2,  Martha  A.  Coates,  in  1852,  lives  in  his  father's 
house,  and  has  Greo.  TFi,  1837,  and  Helen  M.,  1839.     3.  Almira 
J.,  Sep.  26,  1816,  m.  Jno.  C.  Damon,  of  Quincj,  May  1,  1836. 

4.  Mary,  July  1,  1818,  m.  Thos.  0.  Bates,  jr.,  Dec.  11,  1836. 

5.  Horace,  Sep.  16,  1820,  m.  Mary  P.  Holmes,  Ap.  30,  1845, 
and  is  a  mariner.     6.  Jas.,  Dec.  27,  1822,  in  S.  America.     7. 
Lydia  A.,  Mar.   27,  1825,  m.   Austin  Damon,  July  11,  1841, 
•who  resides  at  the  Corners,  and  is  a  blacksmith,  with  Mr.  War 
ren  Wright.     8.  Nancy,  June  18,  1827,  m.  Jno.  Tower,  Ap.  26, 
1846.     9.  Elizab.  T.,  May  29,  1830,  m.  Thos.  T.  Lathrop,  Jan. 
31,  1847,  and  lives  in  Va.     10.  Helen  M.,  July  29,  1836,  d. 
Feb.  9,  1837. 

TAYLOR,  Edwin  P.,  s.  Wm.,  of  Pemb.,  b.  June,  1826,  a 
young  man  of  fine  promise,  resides  in  H.,  and  works  at  Mr.  S. 
Josselyn's  shoe  mf'y.  Not  m. 

THAYER,  Eben'r.,  s.  Barnabas,  of  Wey'h.,  and  a  desc't.  of 
Richard,  of  Bos'n.,  1640,  and  aft.  of  Braintree,  m.  Mary  J.,  da. 
Shuble  Munroe,  Ap.  3,  1819,  and  lives  on  Centre  st.,  near  the 
site  of  the  old  Robert  Stetson  house.  A  shoemaker,  ch. :  1. 
Martin  C.,  Dec.  25,  1823.  2.  Cha's.  E.,  July  25,  1826,  m. 
Mary  D.,  da.  Silas  Hollis,  Aug.  13,  1848,  lives  oppo.  his  fa.,  in 
the  house  built  for  him  in  1851-2,  and  has  Cha's.  IF.,  Feb.  9, 
1849  ;  and  Mary  A.,  Mar.  5,  1851. 

THOMAS,  Charles,  of  Georgetown,  Mass.,  m.  1,  Martha 
McFadden,  and  2,  Sarah  B.  Damon,  lived  on  Main  st.,  and  d. 
Nov.  7,  1847,  ae.  56.  ch. :  1.  Jas.,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  Me. 
2.  Jno.,  d.  at  sea.  3.  Mary,  m.  Isaac  Packard.  4.  Nancy,  m. 
Sidney  Everson,  Kgs'n.  He  is  d.  5.  Cha's.,  Nov.  1821,  m. 
Mary  Vining,  lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Alonzo,  Nov.  1850. 

6.  David,  m.  Maria  F.  Eames,  Mf  d.,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Izora  F.,  1850.     (By  2d,)  7.  Joseph.     8.  Levi.      9.  Martha. 
10.  Alpheus.     11.  Ira,  May,  1839.     12.  Sarah,  Mar.  16, 1842. 


THOMPSON  —  TILDEN.  409 

THOMPSON,  Wm.  E.,  s.  Andrew,  (and  a  desc't.  of  Jno.,  of 
Wales,  who  landed  at  Ply'h.,  1622,)  ra.  Eliza  N.  Gardner,  Ap. 
1841,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and  has,  1.  Mary  E.,  Mar.  4,  1842. 
2.  Wm.  F.,  Jan.  1C,  1846.  3.  Rufus  D.,  Dec.  19,  1848.  4. 
Jas.  F.,  Oct.  15,  1851. 

2.  Lyman,  s.  Francis,  of  Nelson,  N.  H.,  b.  May  2,  1817,  ra. 
Barshaway,  da.  Luther  Curtis,  Jan.  1,  1853,  and  lives  on  Silver 
st.,  near  his  wife's  mother. 

3.  Francis,  bro.  Lyman,  b.  June  28,  1823,  m.-Dorliaca  Vini- 
ca,  of  Midd'o.,  Jan.  1,  1843,  lives  in  the  house  built  by  his  bro., 
on  Silver  street,  and  has,     1.  Dorlisca  A.     2.  Elizab.  R.     3. 
Francis  G.     4.  Eliza  V. 


Lieut.  Job,  a  desc't. 

of  Elder  Nathl'  of 

ituatey  m.  Elizab. 
Vinal,  and  lived  on  Winter  st.,  where,  for  many  years,  he  kept  a 
tavern.  His  bro.  Jno.,  had  previously  occupied  the  same  house, 
—  part  of  which  is  still  standing,  —  but  on  the  marriage  of  Job, 
who  had  been  fitted  for  Coll.,  and  who  m.  against  the  wishes  of 
his  parents,  at  the  early  age  of  17,  he  was  sent  to  II.,  and  Jno. 
returned  to  Scit.  Job  was  a  Lieut,  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  was  a  man 
of  active  habits,  and  good  education.  He  d.  Jan.  22,  1809,  ae. 
83,  and  his  w.  Mar.  2,  1799.  ch.  :  1.  Sarah,  1746,  d.  1751. 
2.  Betty,  1748,  m.  Dan'l.  Barstow,  July  4,  1771.  3.  Nath'l., 
1750,  d.  1821.  4.  Sarah,  1753,  d.  1808.  5.  Job,  1757. 

2.  Job,  s.  Job,  m.  Lydia  Jackson,  Scit.,  lived  in  his  father's 
house,  and  there  d.  Sep.  27,  1820,  and  his  wid.,  Aug.  23,  1848, 
ae.  88.  He  was  out  in  the  Rev'n.,  and  his  wid.  drew  a  pension 
in  her  latter  years,  ch.  :  1.  Betty,  1786,  m.  John  Gardner, 
Bridg'r.,  July  27,  1806.  2.  Job,  1789,  d.  1806.  3.  Lydia,  m. 
Enos  Bates,  and  d.  in  1852.  4.  Polly,  July  3,  1791,  m.  Jno. 
Tribou,  Oct.  13,  1810.  5.  Dcbo.,  Sep.  29,  1793,  m.  Elias  Bar- 
rell,  Bridg'r.,  Nov.  21,  1813,  and  has  a  da.  Debo.  living  in  H. 
6.  Sally,  July  9,  1797,  living  unm.  on  her  father's  place.  There 
was  another  son,  Joseph,  drowned  at  the  age  of  25. 

26 


410  TORRE  Y — TOWER — TRIBOU. 

TORREY,  a  name  once  common  in  H.,  but  now  extinct  in  the 
male  line.  The  families  sett,  mostly  on  Winter  st.  Benj.  D.,  s. 
Caleb,  of  Midd'o.,  b.  November  16,  1796,  m.  Lovisa,  da.,  Adam 
Perry,  Mar.  30,  1818,  was  a  watchmaker  by  trade,  and  lived  on 
Circuit  st.,  in  the  house  built  by  himself,  where  he  d.  July  18, 
1843,  ac.  47.  His  wid.  survives,  ch. :  1.  Lovisa  P.,  May  25, 
1818,  m.  Martin  White,  Mf  d.  2.  Janet,  Ap.  10,  1823,  m.  Wm. 
F.  Tribou,  of  H.  3.  Eliza  M.,  April  16,  1825,  m.  Cyrus  A. 
Willis.  4.  Martin  S.,  May  26,  1827,  m.  Caroline  F.  Soule,  May 
8,  1846,  had  Caro.  S.,  Mar.  22,  1847,  and  d.  Mar.  24,  1848, 
and  his  wid.  m.  Spencer  Binney.  5.  Charlotte  B.,  Oct.  3,  1827, 
m.  W.  G.  Perry.  6.  Marietta,  Aug.  4,  1831,  m.  Warren  Estes, 
1852.  7.  Sarah  J.,  Dec.  14,1833,  m.  Sylvanus  Whiting,  jr., 
1852.  8.  Wm.  D.,  1835.  9.  Leander,  Mar.  31,  1838. 

TOWER,  David,  b.  July  1786,  s.  Jas.,  (and  a  desc't.  of  Jno., 
of  H'm.,  who  m.  Marg't,  Ibrook,  1639,)  m.  Patience  Palmer,  Aug. 

1811,  lives  on  Spring  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has,     1.  Patience, 

1812,  d.  1817.     2.  Jane,  1813,  m.  Jno.  S.  Tower,  and  d.  Aug. 

22,  1849.     3.  Jno.,  July  1817,  d.  young.     4.  David,  Ap.  3, 
1818.     5.  Patience,  June  29,  1821,  m.  Henry  S.  Hollis,  Wey'h. 
6.  Jno.,  July  14,  1824,  m.  Nancy  Sylvester,  lives  on  Broadway, 
and  has  Horace  S.,  May  11,  1847  ;  and  Jno.  F.,  Nov.  15,  1849. 
Lost  2  ch.,  d.  young.     7.  Reuben,  Ap.  17,  1828,  of  H'n.     8. 
Mahala,  June  29,  1831,  m.  Francis  Cobbin,  Nov.  23,  1851,  and 
lives  in  PL 

b.  Feb.  26,  1788,  s.  Wm., 
gr.  s.  Thos.,  of  France, 
who  sett,  in  Bridg'r.,  in 
1745,  m.  Mary,  da.  Job 
Tilden,  and  lived  at  the  corner  of  Centre  street,  and  Broadway, 
where  he  d.  Oct.  17,  1848.  His  wid.  survives,  ch. :  1.  Mary 
A.,  Nov.  16,  1811,  m.  Sam'l.  S.  Turner,  Oct.  28,  1832.  2. 
Jno.  T.,  Feb.  3,  1814,  m.  Melissa  B.,  da.  Capt.  Thos.  M.  Bates, 
Oct.  16,  1835,  lives  at  the  corner  of  Winter  and  Circuit  sts.,  is  a, 
shoemaker,  and  has,  Andrew  T.,  Sep.  27,  1837  ;  Mary  J".,  Mar. 

23,  1839 ;  Ann  A.,  Oct.   24,  1844  ;  and  Maria  E.,  May  12, 


TUBES — TURNER.  411 

1847.  3.  Levi  W.,  Mar.  22,  181G,  m.  Lucinda  White,  Dec. 
1840;  lives  with  his  mo.,  and  has  Corrlssand  W.,  Oct.  1841.  4. 
Wm.  F.,  July  27,  1819,  m.  Jennet  Torrey,  Feb.  2,  1840,  lives 
on  Summer  at.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  Ellen  M.,  Oct.  1842  ; 
Wm.  E.,  Nov.  16,  1846  ;  Walter  S.,  July  29,  1848,  d.  Ap.  4, 
1850  ;  Mary  H.,  May  19,  18-50,  d.  May  31, 1851  ;  and  Laura 
</.,  Mar.  30,  1852.  5.  Walter  S.,  Jan.  8,  1822,  went  to  sea, 
and  is  prob.  d.  6.  Emeline  H.,  May  2,  1824,  m.  Seth  Pratt, 
H'n.  7.  Sarah  J.,  June  7,  1827,  m.  Rufus  T.  Estes,  of  E.  Ab'n., 
and  d.  Dec.  28,  1850.  8.  Cynthia  J.,  Sep.  21,  1829,  m.  Seth 
W.  Harding,  and  lives  in  H. 

TUBES,  Joseph,  b.  Ap.  14,  1770,  s.  Joseph,  of  Pemb.,  (and  a 
desc't.  of  Wm.,  of  Duxbury,  1637,)  m.  Lucy  Stetson,  Oct.  13, 
1797,  and  lives  on  Winter  st.,  in  the  old  Torrey  house,  ch. :  1. 
Eunice  W.,  Feb.  8,  1798.  2.  Mary  B.,  October.  22,  1800.  3. 
Harriet,  Oct.  21,  1802,  m.  Cornelius  White.  4.  Lucy,  Dec.  24, 
1804,  m.  Seth  Randall,  Dux'y.  5.  Temperance,  Feb.  20,  1807, 
m.  Paul  Bates.  6.  Joseph,  May  9, 1809,  living  unm.,  with  his 
fa.  7.  Betsey  C.,  July  1, 1811,  m.  Prescott  Lathrop,  E.  Wey'h., 
and  is  d. 

TURNER,  an  ancient  family,  of  Norman  French  origin,  which 
appears  in  Eng'd.  as  early  as  1067,*  the  date  of  the  Norman  Con 
quest,  when  "Le  sire  de  Tourneur,"  accompanied  King  Wm.  in 
his  expedition.  (N.  E.  Gen.  Reg.,  vol.  2,  p.  33.)  There  are 
various  coats  of  arms,  belonging  to  different  branches,  in  most  of 
which,  the  mill-rind,  so  called,  is  a  distinguishing  feature.  Burke 
gives  the  names  of  35  families,  to  whom  coats  of  arms  have  been 
granted,  and  these  have  produced  many  eminent  men,  distinguish 
ed  in  historical,  and  literary  annals.  Several  families  appear 
early  in  N.  Eng'd.,  among  whom  are,  Humphrey,  of  Scit.,  the 
"  tanner,"  who  arrived  with  his  family  in  Plym'h.,  in  1628,  had  a 
house  lot  assigned  him  in  1629,  and  erected  a  house,  in  which  he 
prob.  lived  in  1633.  (Deane.)  He  is  the  ancestor  of  most  of 
the  Turners  in  Plym'h.  Co.,  though  there  have  been  some  in  H. 
descended  from  Thos.,  of  H'm.,  1637,  whose  son  Thos.  was  in 


412  TURNER. 

Scit.,  1680.  As  several  sketches  of  the  Turner  family  have  al 
ready  been  published  to  the  world,  and  the  number  who  have  sett. 
in  H.  is  comparatively  small,  we  do  not  deem  it  necessary  to  enter 
at  large  into  its  history  here,  and  shall  confine  ourselves,  there 
fore,  principally  to  those  that  have  sett,  in  H.  "We  need  only 
say,  by  way  of  introduction,  that  Humphrey,  of  Scit.,  had  Jno., 
who  was  fa.  of  Amos,  and  Jona. ;  and  Amos  was  fa.  of  Ezekiel,  of 
H.,  and  Jona.  was  fa.  of  Isaac,  and  he,  of  Wait  and  Jona.,  of  H. 
Daniel,  another  son  of  Humphrey,  had  Amasa,  and  Abner; 
and  Amasa  was  fa.  of  Amasa  and  Eliab,  of  H.,  and  Abner  was 
fa.  of  Abner,  of  H.  Thos.,  of  H'm.,  had  Thos  ,  of  Scit.,  and 
he  was  fa.  of  Caleb,  and  he,  of  Caleb  and  Marlboro,  of  H.  The 
descendants  of  these  families  are  given  in  the  following  sketch : 

2.  Ezek'L,  s.  Amos,  and  gr.  gr.  s.  1.  Humphrey,  m.  1,  Bath- 
sheba  Stockbridge,  who  d.  July  14,  1781 ;  and  2,  Ruth  Randall, 
June   17,  1736  ;  and  d.  Aug.  10,  1773,  and  his  wid.  May  25. 
1805,  ae.  86.    He  was  Selectman  from  1742-55,  from  1762-67, 
and  for  1772 ;  and  Rep.  in  1761,  and  '67.     ch. :  1.  Mary,  June 
4,  1729,  m.  Wm.  Torrey.     2.  Debo.,  June  24,  1731,  m.  Free 
dom  Chamberlain.     3.  Ruth,  Ap.  12,  1737,  m.  Michael  Sylves 
ter,  Jan.  17,  1760.     4.  Bathsheba,  Ap.  9,  1739,  m.  Jno.  Hatch, 
1760.     5.  Ezekiel,  July  18,  d.  Oct.  18,  1740.     6.  Amos,  July 
16,  1741.    7.  Elizab.,  Mar.  50, 1743,  m.  Thos.  Collarnore,  Scit., 
Jan.  23,  1766.     8.  Abig.,  Ap.  9,  1744,  m.  Stephen  Bailey. 

3.  Wait,  or  Wait-still,  s.  Isaac,  and    gr.    gr.  gr.  s.    Hum 
phrey,  lived  near  where  the  wid.  of  Thos.  M.  Jacobs  resides,  in 
Snappet,  and  m.  Mary  Staples,  who  d.  July  15,  1768,  and  he 
Oct.  25,  1815,  ae.  93.     ch. ;  1.  Elisha,  Mar.  15,  1762,  prob.  d. 
young.     2.    Mary,  bap.  Oct.   6,  1764.     3.    Hannah,  July  23, 
1765,  d.  young.     4.  Hannah,  bap.  Dec.  14,  1766. 

4.  Jona.,  s.  Isaac,'  and  gr.  gr.  gr.  s.  Humphrey,  m.  Abig. 
Stockbridge,  and,  it  is  said,  lived  on  Curtis,  now  Main  st.,  where 
his  w.  d.  May  13,  1756.     We  find  no  dates  of  birth  of  his  ch.  on 
the  Recs.  of  HM  but  their  names,  as  given  in  the  Turner  Geneal 
ogy,  were,     1.  Asa,  Feb.  20,  1743,  m.  Abig.  Mann,  June  30, 
1771,  and  moved  to  Me.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  25,  1821,  ae.  78, 
and  his  wid.  Ap.   16,  1853,  ae.   72.     He  has  many  desct's.  in 


TURNER.  413 

Me.,  residing  principally  in  Orland,  and  Norridgewock.  2.  Reu 
ben,  a  shipmaster,  was  m.,  but  had  no  ch.,  and,  it  is  said,  was 
lost  at  sea.  3.  Lydia.  4.  Calvin,  moved  to  Me.,  m.,  and  d. 
there.  5.  Isaac.  6.  Susanna,  m.  a  McGraw,  and  lived  in  Dur 
ham,  Me.  7.  Persis,  m.  a  McGraw,  his  2d  w.  8.  Ruth,  m. 
Abel  Curtis.  9.  Luther,  1760.  10.  Seth.  11.  Philip. 

5.     Amasa,  s.  Amasa,  and  gr.  gr.s.  Humphrey,  m.  Elizab. , 

and  was  recom.  to  the  Ch.  in  Lancaster,  in  1748,  whither  he 
moved,  with  his  family,  ch. :  1.  Elizab.,  June  4,  1729.  2. 
Hannah,  Ap.  28,  1731.  3.  Ichabod,  Mar.  3,  1732-3.  4.  Zil- 
pha,  Dec.  30,  1734.  5.  Nathl.,  Jan.  31, 1736-7.  6.  Lemuel, 
July  10,  1738.  7.  Ezra,  July  22, 1740.  8.  Joseph,  bap.  July 
31,  1743.  9.  Lurana,  bap.  Sep.  6,  1747.  10.  Amasa,  bap. 
Sep.  6,  1749. 

6.  Eliab,  s.   Amasa,  and  gr.   gr.  s.  Humphrey,  m.    Martha 
Barstow,  May  12,  1731,  and  had,    I.David,  Oct.  9,  1732.     2. 
A  son,  Feb.  3, 1735.     3.  A  ch.,  Jan.  12,  1738.     4.  A  ch.,  Mar. 

4,  1740. 

7.  Abner,    s.  Abner,    and  gr.  gr.  s.  Humphrey,  m.  Mary 
Munroe,   Oct.  13,  1740,  and  had,     1.  Naomi,  Aug.  3,  d.  Aug. 
22,  1741.     2.  Abner,  Oct.  14,  1742.     3.  Mary,  Mar.  1,  1744, 
m.  Elij.  Gushing,  Pemb.,  Jan.  18,  1768. 

8.  Caleb,   s.   Caleb,  and  gr.  gr.   8.     Thomas,   of    H'm.,   m. 
Ruth  Barker,  was  a  shipwright  by  trade,  and  d.  Ap.  12,  1767, 
and  his  wid.  Nov.   8,  1768..   ch. :     1.  Lucinda,  Sep.  27,  1740. 
2.  Cornelius,  May  5, 1742,  m.  1,  Michal  Sylvester,  Dec.  8, 1768  ; 
and  2d,  a  Soule.     3.  Briggs,  Feb.  9,  1744,  m.   Mary  Gardner, 
of  Gardiner,  Me.     4.  Caleb,  Aug.  8,  1746,  m.  Peggy  McCow- 
an?  of  Me.     5.  Ruth,   Oct.  10,  1748,  m.  Atherton  Wales,  Ap. 

5,  1768.     6.  Alexander,  Aug.  1,  1750,  m.  Sarah  Soule,  Waldo- 
boro',  Me.     7.  Barker,  Oct.  21, 1752,  d.  unm.     8.  Robert,  Feb. 
1,  1756,  m.  a  Rhodes,  of  Bristol,  Me. 

9.  Capt.  Marlboro,   s.  Caleb,  and   gr.   gr.  s.   Thos.,  of  H'm., 
m.  1,  Mary  Curtis,  Nov.  26,  1753,  who  d.  Oct.   3,  1776 ;  and 
2d,  Abig.  Curtis,  Jan.  1,  1777  ;  and  was  a  Capt.  in  the  Rev'n., 
and  a  valuable  man  in  his  day.     ch. :  1.     Marlboro,  bap.  July  30, 
1757,  m.  Debo.  Stockbridge,  Jan.  7,  1790.     2.   Nabby,  bap. 


414  TURNER. 

July  30,  1757,  m.  Joseph  Bicknell,  jr.,  Ab'n.,  Nov.  8,  1775,  and 
moved  to  Lunenburg.  3.  Melzar,  bap.  Ap.  17,  1762,  d.  Ap.  20, 
1763.  4.  Joseph,  bap.  Sep.  1,  1765,  moved  to  Lun'bg.  5.  Ly- 
dia  S.,  bap.  Sep.  1,  1765.  6.  Molly,  Oct.  30,  1768,  m.  John 
Jones,  Lun'bg.,  Feb.  9,  1792. 

10.  Col.  Amos,  s.  Ezek'l.  2,  m.  1,  Betsey  Perry,  Feb.  14, 
1771,  who  d.  Dec.  30, 1815  ;  and  2,  Mary  R.  Stetson,   Oct.  27, 
1816,  and  d.  Mar.  14,  1822,  ae.   81.     He  was  Selectman  in 

1775,  and  was  an  officer  in  the  Rev'n.     ch. :  1.  Betsey,  1772, 
m.  Dan'l.  Keen,  Pemb.     2.  Ruth,  1774,  d.  1775.     3.  Ezek'l., 

1776,  m.  Lydia  Stetson,  Feb.   28,  1799,  who  d.  July  15,  1819, 
and  had  Harriet,  1800,  m.  Jno.  Mann ;   Wm.,  1801,  d.  1824, 
leaving  one  ch. ;   EzTc'L,  1804,     (m.  1,  Priscilla  Josselyn,  2, 
Nancy  Turner  ?   and  3,  wid.  Mary  Bowen,  and  has1  Sarah  R., 
1821,  Priscilla  J.,  1823,  Cath.  P.,  1825,  Ezek'l.  T.,  1833,  Ma 
ria  J.,  1839,  a  ch.  b.  1841,  Chas.  H.,  1844,  and  Jno.  A.,  1848  ;) 
Lydia  S.,  1807  ;  and  Saml.  S.,  (a  housewright  in  H.,  m.  Mary 
A.  Tribou,  Oct.  28,  1832,  lives  on  Centre  st.,  and  has  Saml.  N., 
Aug.  16,  1834;  Geo.  G.,  Oct.  9, 1837,  d.  Oct.  8,  1838;  Chas. 
E.,  May  23,  1839  ;  Julia  A.,  Oct.  25, 1842  ;  Jane  G.,  Sep.  22, 
1844 ;  and  Walter,  Ap.  27,  1847.)     4.  Amos,  m.  Mary  Reed, 
and  had  Mary  R.,  1803  ;  Alice,  1805  ;   Clarissa,  1808  ;  and  Da 
vid  R.,  1811.     5.  Ruth,  1784,  m.  Saml.  House,  and  is  d.     6. 
Seth,  1786,  m.  Priscilla  Beal,  and  had  Seih,  1811,  of  Bridg'r., 
m.  Debo.  House  ;  Nathan,  1814 ;  Priscilla  P.,  1817,  d.  1818  ; 
Priscilla;  Noah.     7.  Wm.,  bap.  and  d.  1787. 

11.  Isaac,  s.  Jona.  4,  m.  1,  Mary,  da.  Wm.  Whiting,  Dec.  10, 
1778,  who  d.  ab.  1795 ;  2,  Rebecca,  da.  Wm.  Curtis,  Aug.  28, 
1795 ;  and  3,  Esther  Spaulding,  of  Townsend,  and,  it  is  said,  d. 
in  Vt.,  being  killed  by  falling  from  a  load  of  hay,  and  striking  on 
a  stake,  which  pierced  his  body.     ch. :  1.  Isaac,  m.  Abig.  Whi 
ting  ?     2.  Priscilla,  1786,  d.   1792.     3.  Mary,  Oct.   1794,  m. 
Isaac  Withington,  Dorch'r.,  Dec.  15,  1799.     4.  Avis,  17  i  2.     5. 
Betsey,  1784,  m.  Peter  Hobart,  Bos'n.     6.  Sylvia,  1790,  d. 

1801.     7.  Wm.,  m.  Sally  Gowen,  and  is  d.     8.  Saml.,  d. 


VINAL — VINING.  415 

,  m.  Grace, 


12 

//\- /sisr  rv~ir    -  _     „  ,_,_ 

.   ^/  was  a  baker  by  trade, 

and  spent  most  of  his  life  in  mechanical  employments  ;  lived  in  H., 
and  in  Scit.  ;  and  d.  in  H.,  Oct.  14,  1839,  ae.  80,  and  his  wid. 
June  8,  1842.  ch. :  1.  Grace,  Mar.  24,  1784,  m.  Joseph  Foster, 
July,  1808.  2.  Jane,  1791,  m.  David  Hazen,  of  Vt.,  and  is  d. 
3.  Avis,  1793,  m.  Wm.  Lapham,  of  Scit.,  and  has  one  son,  Wm. 
T.,  of  Scit.  4.  Luther,  1800,  m.  wid.  Lucinda  Whitney,  and  has 
Creo.,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Rachel  Bennett?,  and  has  ch. :  Mary  J?.,  of 
Ab'n.  ;  and  Luther,  of  A.,  m.  a  Stoddard,  and  has  ch.  5.  Geo. 
W.,  Ap.  10,  1805,  m.  Avis,  da.  Wm.  Whiting,  Oct.  22,  1829, 
lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and  has  J.m  H.,  Aug.  8,  1830,  m.  Phincas 
P.  Peterson,  July  4, 1848  ;  and  Mary  E.,  b.  Mar.  8,  d.  Oct.  31, 
1832. 

VINAL,  Joseph,  s.  Seth,  of  Scit.,  m.  Sophia  Darling,  in  April, 
1848,  lives  on  Pleasant  st.,  and  has  Florence  E.,  April  23,  1851. 
Mr.  V.  is  a  descendant  of  the  widow  Anna  Vinal,  who,  with  her 
sons,  Stephen  and  John,  and  her  daughter  Martha,  were  in  Scit. 
in  1636,  and  from  whom,  probably,  most  of  the  name  of  Vinal  in 
New  England  are  descended. 

VINING,  David,  b.  Dec.  27,  1797,  s.  Ebed,  of  Ab'n.,  and  a 
desc't.  of  the  Vinings,  who  were  early  of  Wey'h.,  m.  1,  Mary 
Curtis,  Nov.  8,  1821,  who  d.  Feb.  18, 1826,  ae.  30  ;  and  2,  Mar 
tha  Briggs,  May  4,  1828  ;  lives  on  Main  st.  ;  is  a  shoemaker ; 
and  has,  1.  Mary  S.,  July  29,  1822,  m.  Chas.  Thomas.  2.  Da 
vid,  Ap.  7,  1824,  m.  Cynthia  Cobb,  and  lives  in  Midd'o.  3. 
Martha  A.,  Feb.  23,  1829.  4.  Israel  L.,  Oct.  8, 1830,  m.  Nancy 
L.  Matthews,  Nov.  12,  1851.  5.  Hannah  B.,  Sep.  5,  1835. 
6.  Chas.  C.,  Dec.  7,  "1838.  7.  Asaph  D.,  Aug.  1, 1842. 

2.  Joseph,  s.  Ebed.,  of  Ab'n.,  m.  Hannah,  da.  Caleb  Gardner, 
1816,  lives  at  the  corner  of  North  and  Whiting  sts.,  is  a  shoe 
maker,  and  has,  1.  Hannah,  Oct.,  1817,  m.  Paul  W.  Hannam,  E. 
Ab'n.  2.  Abig.,  Nov.  1819,  m.  Caleb  K.  Gilman.  3.  Julia  A., 
Aug.  24,  1821,  m.  Joseph  Dill,  E.  Ab'n.  4.  Lucinda,  Jan.  22, 


416  WADE — WARDROBE — WHITE. 

1823,  m.  Isa.  Gardner,  of  S.  H'm.  5.  Marietta,  July  29,  182G, 
m.  Harvey  C.  Burrill,  E.  Ab'n.  6.  Joseph,  Mar.  24,  1828.  7. 
Levi  L.,  Nov.  17,  1832.  8.  Wra.  H.,  May  24,  1840. 

S.  Judson,  s.  Ebed,  of  Ab'n.,  b.  Mar.  15,  1804,  m.  Sarah 
W.  Briggs,  Ap.  26,  1826,  lives  on  Main  st.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and 
has,  1.  Wm.  J.,  Ap.  2,  1826,  m.  Mercy  T.,  da.  Capt.  Thos.  M. 
Bates,  Mar.  15,  1849,  lives  on  King  street,  and  has  G-eorgiana, 
July  15, 1850.  2.  Sally  B.,.  Oct.  5,  1831.  3.  Thos.J.,  June 
10,  1828.  4.  Lydia  S.,  Oct.  22,  1834. 

WADE,  Isaac,  s.  Isaac,  and  w.  Lucy  (Harding,  m.  May  23, 
1776,)  lives  in  II.,  on  Main  st.,is  a  farmer,  m.  Debo.  Curtis,  and 
has,  1.  Lucy,  Dec.  3, 1798,  m.  David  Damon,  Aug.  8,  1821,  and 
lives  in  So.  Scit.  2.  Debo.,  Aug.  17,  1800,  m.  Jno.  Damon,  and 
d.  July  3,  1849.  3.  Louisa,  Dec.  29,  1802,  m.  Andrew  Gard 
ner,  H'm.  4.  Maria,  June  30,  1804,  m.  Thos.  Wade,  Bridg'r., 
5.  Sarah,  Sep.  15,  1807,  d.  Ap.  15, 1827.  6.  Matilda  H.,  July 
8, 1810,  m.  1,  Joseph  Gushing,  Ap.  10,  1835  ;  and  2,  Jno.  C. 
Perkins.  7.  Isaac,  Ap.  15,  1813,  m.  Harriet  Newell,  Bos'n.,  had 
1  ch.,  who  d.,  and  he  has  not  been  heard  from  for  sev.  years.  8. 
Mary,  Oct.  4, 1816,  m.  Lewis  Orcutt,  Ab'n.  9.  Dorcas,  Jan.  31, 
1820,  m.  Minot  Wales,  Ab'n.,  and  d.  ab.  1844.  10.  Henry  W., 
m.  Maria  Wilbur,  lives  in  N.  Bridg'r.,  and  has  3  ch.  11.  Sarah, 
June,  1830. 

WARDROBE,  Dan'l.,  b.  in  Ports'h.,  N.  H.,  1789,  m.  Orpha 
Morse,  lived  in  H.,  on  Main  st.,  and  had,  1.  Dan'l.,  in  Canada. 
2.  Walter  W.,  Ap.  1822,  m.  Sarah  J.  Curtis,  Mar.  12,  1848, 
lives  on  Main  st.,  and  has  Ella,  Jan.  9,  1849 ;  and  another  ch., 
b.  June  11. 1851.  3.  Erastus  H.,  m.  Lydia  Curtis,  is  now  in, 
Cal'a.,  and  has  Herbert  E.,  June  25,  1849.  4.  Reuben  L.,  in 
Cal'a.  5.  Sam'l.  6.  Julia. 

WHITE,  Wm.,  with  his  w.,  and  5  ch.,  came  to  N.  Eng.  in  the 
Mayflower,  in  1620.  Their  s.  Peregrine,  was  b.  before  the  land 
ing.  The  fa.  d.  the  spring  after,  and  his  wid.  Susannah,  m.  Ed 
ward  Winslow,  May  12,  1622,  it  being  the  first  marriage  solem 
nized  in  N.  Eng.  Peregrine,  the  son,  lived  in  MPd.,  and  there 


WHITE.  417 

d.,  July  20,  1704,  ae.  83.  He  m.  Sarah,  da.  Wm.  Bassett,  of 
Dux'y.,  and  she  d.  in  1711.  ch. :  1.  Dan'l.  2.  Sylvanus.  3. 
Jonathan.  4.  Peregrine.  5.  Sarah.  G.  Mercy,  m.  Wm.  Sherman  ? 
Feb.  3, 1697.  (Mf'd.  Recs.) 

2.  Dan'l.,  s.  Peregrine,  m.  Hannah  Hunt,  of  Dux'y.,  Aug.  19, 
1674.  (Mf'd.  Recs.)  and  had  ch.,  1.  Jno.,  1675,  m.  Susannah 
Sherman  ?  Feb.  18,  1700.  (Mf  d.  Recs.)  2.  Joseph,  1678.  3. 
Thos.,  1680.  4.  Cornelius,  1682.  5.  Benj.,  1684,  m.  Faith 
Oakman?  Dec.  2,  1714.  (Mf'd.  Recs.)  6.  Eleazer,  1686. 
7.  Eben'r.,  1691,  m.  1,  Mary  Doggett  ?  Sep.  29,  1712,  and  2, 
Hannah  Doggett,  ?  Mar.  9,  1712-13.  (Mfd.  Recs.) 

/")  n  t"  /?    S      s.  Dan'l.    2,  m.   Hannah 

3.  fJ (MWfirf  J2s*fi&&   Randall,  May  22,   1706, 

V_  and     in    1743,    bought 

the  Hatch  place,  on  what  is  now  Centre  st.,  formerly  part  of  the 
"  Hanruer  Hook,  "  so  called,  which  is  still  improved  by  his  desc'ts. 
beingUccupied  by  Albert  White,  Esq.  His  ch.  were,  1.  Lemuel. 
2.  Cornelius,  prob.  m.  Sarah  Hewett,  Bridg'r.,  1747.  3.  Paul, 
m.  Elizab.  Curtis,  Feb.  24,  1737,  and  had  in  H.,  a  son,  b.  Oct., 
1737.  This  is  all  the  notice  of  him  on  the  H.  Recs.  4.  Joanna. 
5.  Dan'l.  6.  Gideon.  7.  Benj.,  1721. 

4.  Benj.,  s.  Cornelius  3,    m.  Hannah  Decrow,  and  d.  in   H., 
Feb.  10,  1786,  ae.  65,  and  his  wid.  Mar.  22,  1814, ae.  94.     Liv 
ed  on  his  father's  place,  on  Centre  st.     ch.  :  1.  Penniah,  Mar.  24, 
1744,  d.  Aug.  9,  1763.     2.  Robert,  May  3,  1747.     3.  Hannah, 
bap.  Sep.  7,  1.754.,  m.  Dan'l.  Crooker,  Pemb.,  Dec.   19,  1776. 

4.  Benj.,  bap.  Sep.  7,  1754.     5.  Cornelius,  July  9, 1755. 

5.  Robert,  s.  Benj.  4,  m.  1,   Mary  Crooker,  Ap.   25,    1771, 
who  d.  July,  1773;  and  2,  Anna  House,  Mar.  20,  1777,  -and  d. 
at  Thompson,  Ct.,  ae.  88.     ch.  :  1.  Penniah,  bap.  Aug.  8,  1773, 
d.  Nov.  9,  1774.     2.  David,  bap.  Sep.  9,  d.  Sep.  10,  1779.     3. 
Martin,  of  Ct.  4.  Richmond,  ofCt.  5.  Charles,  d.    6.  Elijah.,  d. 

6.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  4,  m.  Mary  Chamberlain,  E.  Bridg'r.,  1780, 
and  d.  in  H.,  July  12,  1839,  ae.  88,  and  his  wid.  Mar.  27,  1841, 
ae.  86.     ch.  :  1.  Lewis,  Aug.  7,  1785,  d.  Ap.  3,  1813,  being  ac 
cidentally  shot.     2.  Cyrus,  bap.  Aug.  7, 1785.     3.  Mary,   bap. 


418  WHITWELL. 

Oct.  15, 1786,  m.  Reuben  Peterson,  jr.,  Dux'y.,  Ap.  26,  1812, 
and  lives  in  Ply'h.  4.  Sylvia,  bap.  Sep.  26,  1790,  m.  Ezek'l. 
Stetson,  May  4, 1806,  and  moved  to  Me.  5.  Benj.,  1791,  d.  May  8 
1793.  5.  Benj.,  Nov.  27,  1795,  m.  Mary  Hall,  lives  in  Mi'd., 
and  has  Geo.,  1832';  Mary  H.,  1833,  Lewis  K,  1835,  Benj.  F., 
1837,  and  Harriets.,  1841. 

7.  Cornelius,  s.  Benj.  4,  m.  1,  Sarah  L.  Hill,  of'Pemb.,May 
21,  1787;  and  2,  Rebecca  Bates,  of  II.,  Dec.  30,    1801,  and  d. 
Mar.  30,  1841,  ae.  86,  and  his  wid.    Ap.  1, 1843,  ae.  78.  cli.    . 
1.  Cornelius,  Jan.   26,   1788.     (By  2d,)  2.  Albert,    Esq.,  Ap. 
24,  1802,  J.  P. ;  T.  C. .  from  1832-'39,  and   in   1840  and  '42  ; 
Selectman    1842-48,    '50-53 ;   also    a  school   teacher,   and    a 
useful  and  enterprising  citizen;  m.  Lydia  Bates,  May  1,  1836, 
and  lives  on  Centre  st. ;  no  ch. 

8.  Cyrus,  s.  Benj.  6,  m.  Ruth  S.  Keen,  Pemb.,  Aug.  10,  1806, 
and  went  to  Ohio,  ab.  1817,  since  wh.  time  he  has  not  been  heard 
from.     ch. :  1.  Sylvia,  m.  Leonard  Green,    Sharon.     2.  ftydia, 
d.  ab.  1827,  ae.  16.     3.  Mary,  Aug.  24,  1810,  m.  Algernon  Jos- 
selyn,  and  lives  in  Lowell.     4.  Cyrus,  Nov.  2,  1811,   m.  Betsey 
H.  Bonney,  H'n.,  lives  in  S.  Ab'n.,    and  has  Levi ;   Wm.  d.,  ae. 
1  ;   Cynthia  A.,   d.,  ae.  1 ;  and  Wm.  Lloyd  and  Wendell  Phil 
lips,  b.  Mar.  28,  1847.     5.  Lewis,    of  Bridg'r.,  m.  1,  Catherine 
Gardner,  of  Dux'y.,  who  d.  July  1847  ;  and  L,  wid.  Anne  Bell ; 
and  has  Laura  A.;   Catherine  L. ;  Lucy  T. ;  Algernon;  and 
Sylvia  a.     6.  Debo.,  d.  Ap.  6,  1817,   ae.  3.     7.  Benj.,  Dec., 
1816,  m.  Dolly  Josselyn,   lives  in  H'n.,  is  a  shoemaker,   and  has 
Lousia,  d. ;  and  Ellen  P. 

WHITWELL,  Dr.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.,  Esq.,  of  Bos'n.,  (a  Law 
yer,  who  grad.  H.  C.,  1790,  and  m.  Lucy  Scollay,)  was  b.  June 
4,  1817,  ent.  at  H.  C.,  and  grad.  in  the  med.  dep't.,  in  1848  ; 
stud,  at  the  Tremont  Med.  School,  under  Drs.  Bigelow,  Storer, 
Jackson,  &c.  ;  and  sett,  first  in  Holyoke,  Mass.;  and  in  II.,  in 
1850-1,  under  the  auspices  of  Dr.  J.  B.  Fobes.  Lives  at  the 
Four  Corners,  and  is  unm. 


WUITON,   OR   WHITING. 


419 


WHITON,   OR  WHITING  FAMILY. 

Arms  :  Gyronny  of  four,  az.  and  erm. ; 
over   all  a  Leopard's  head,    or ;    in 

chief  3  bezants. 

Crest :   A  Lion  rampant ;  beneath,  a 
helmet,  resting  upon  the  shield. 


WHITON,  or  WHITING,  James,  the  ancestor  of  the  families 
here  recorded,  appears  in  H'm.,  Mass.,  in  1647,  Dec.  30th  of 
which  year,  he  m.  Mary  Beals.  In  his  will,  his  name  is  spelled 
Whiton,  and  by  a  large  number  of  families  in  H'm.,  it  is  still 
spelled  in  this  way,  though*by  others,  it  is  spelled  Whiting.  The 
coat  of  arms  handed  down  in  the  family,  a  copy  of  which  is  given 
above,  agrees  with  that  of  the  Whitings,  as  described  by  Burke, 
in  his  General  Armory. 

In  1657,  land  was  granted  to  Jas.  Whiton,  and  to  Onesiphorus 
Marsh,  in  H'm. ;  and  he  owned  large  tracts  in  Scit.,  Ab'n.,  and 
Hanover.  In  Ap.,  1676,  his  house,  and  "  Jno.  Jones's,  Anthony 
Sprague's,  Israel  Hobart's,  and  Nathl.  Chubbuck's,"  were  burn 
ed  by  the  Indians.  His  w.  d.  Feb.  12, 1696-7,  and  he  Ap.  26, 
1710,  leaving  a  will,  dated  Sep.  29,  1708,  in  which  he  gives  to 
his  eldest  a.  Jas.,  land  bo't.  of  Jos.  Church  ;  land  bo't.  of  Wm. 
Ripley ;  land  at  Scit.,  bo't.  of  Rich'd.  Dwelley,  and  "  butting  on 
the  pattent  line  ;"  part  of  a  lot  bo't.  of  Humph'y.  Johnson,  at 
Great  Plain  ;  3  shares  of  the  com.  land  in  H'm. ;  and  one  fourth  of 


420  WHITON. 

a  lot  in  the  "  small  shares,"  being  in  Ab'n.  To  s.  Matt.,  he  gives  5 
shares  in  the  eighth  lot,  2nd  div'n.  of  upland  in  Cohas't. ;  1 2  acs. 
at  Great  Plain  ;  a  lot  in  the  4th  div'n.  of  lands  in  H'm.,  and  the 
meadow  adjoining  ;  the  2d  part  of  his  3d  division  of  Cohas't, 
upland  ;  and  one  fourth  of  the  "  small  share"  lot.  To  Enoch,  he 
gives  one  half  of  a  lot  of  fresh  meadow,  bo't.  of  Rich'd.  Dwelley, 
and  Humph'y.  Johnson,  lying  E.  of  the  river,  at  Mast  Bridge, 
H'm.  ;  part  of  a  lot  in  the  4th  div'n.  in  H'm.,  bo't.  of  Jere.  Beal ; 
one  fourth  of  the  "  small  share"  lot ;  two  and  a  half  shares  of  the 
com.  land  in  H'm. ;  the  front  part  of  his  3d  div'n.  in  Cohas't. ; 
and  the  lands  now  in  his  possession,  adjoining  his  dwelling  house 
in  H'm.,  &c.  To  the  ch.  of  his  s.  Thos.,  decs'd.,  he  givej^  his 
dwelling-house,  barn,  outhouses,  and  land  on  which  they  stand, 
with  the  orchard,  of  25  acs.,  and  all  other  lands  and  meadows  that 
the  said  Thos.  possessed  while  living  ;  also  one  half  the  meadow 
at  Mast  Bridge  ;  one  fourth  of  the  small  shares  ;  and  two  and  a 
half  shares  of  the  com.  land  in  H'm. ;  and  the  names  of  these  ch. 
are  given  as  Thos.,  Jona.,  Eleazer,  Joanna,  Jael,  Leah,  and  Ra- 
chael.  To  his  da.  Mary  Jordan,  wid.,  he  gives  .£36,  to  be  paid 
out  of  what  was  left  his  3  sons,  and  the  ch.  of  Thos.  The  ch.  of 
Jas.,  sen'r.,  were,  1.  Jas.,  Ap.  10,  1649,  d.  Nov.  11,  1650.  2. 
Jas.,  bap.  July  15,  1651.  3.  Matt,  Oct.  30,  1653.  4.  Jno., 
bap.  Dec.  2,  1655,  d.  young.  5.  David,  and  6.  Jona,  b.  and  d. 
1657-8.  7.  Enoch,  Mar.  8,  1659.  8.  Thos.,  May  18,  1662. 
9.  Mary,  Ap.  29, 1664,  m.  1,  Isaac  Wilder,  Jan.  3,  1689,  who  d. 
Sep.  6,  1690,  and  2,  a  Jordan. 

2.  Jas.,  s.  Jas.,  lived  in  H'm.,  near  his  fa.,  and  owned  land 
on  "Great  Plain,"  and  in  Scit,  and  Ab'n.  He  d.  Feb.  20, 
1724-5,  and  his  wid.  Abig.,  May  4,  1740.  In  his  will,  which 
bears  date  Oct.  15,  1724,  he  gives,  to  w.  Abig.,  his  part  of 
dwelling-house,  and  all  his  lands,  and  movable  estate,  and  liberty 
to  cart  wood  from  his  Scit.  lot. ;  to  son  Benj.,  10  acs.  adjoining 
his  house,  £c.  ;  to  Jas.  and  Jno..  of  Plympton,  Joseph,  of  Reho- 
both,  Saml.  and  Solo.,  of  H'm.,  and  das.  Hannah  King,  of  Ply 
mouth,  Judith  White,  and  Rebecca  Whiton,  his  Cedar  lot  in  Ab'n., 
and  that  part  of  his  Scit.  lot  not  before  given  to  Benj.,  to  be 
equally  divided  between  them.  Appoints  w.  Abig.,  and  friend 


WHITON.  421 

Jona.  Farrow,  Exec's,  ch. :  1.  Hannah,  July  4,  1678,  m.  Jno. 
King,  Plym'h.,  Jan.  13,  1704.  2.  Jas.,  Feb.  17,  1679,  m.  Mary, 
da.  Matt.  Whiting,  Dec.  26,  1704,  had  Barsheba,  1705,  Elisha, 
1706,  and  Job,  1708,  and  was  of  Plymp'n.  bcf.1724.  3.  Jno.,  Ap. 

1,  1681,  of  Plymp'n.     4.  Abig.,  Sep.  1,  1683,  d.  Dec.  10, 1695. 
5.  Saml.,  Nov.  12, 1685.     6.  Joseph,  Mar.  23,  1686-7,  m.  Mar 
tha  Tower,  Dec.  10,  1713,  had  Elijah?  1714,  Abig.,  1716,  and 
Martha,  1718,  and  sett,  in  Rehoboth  before  1724.     7.  Judith, 
May,  1689,  m.  Jas.  White,  Dec.  13,  1722.     8.  Rebecca,  Dec. 
1691.     9.  Benj.,  May  21,  1693.     10.  Solo.,  June  10,  1695. 

3.  Matt.,  s.  Jas.,  m.  wid.  Debo.  Howard,  Dec.  27, 1677,  lived 
in  H'm.,  and  there  d.  intestate,  July  22,  1725,  and  his  wid.  Sep. 
19,  1729.     Like  the  rest  of  his  bros.,  he  was  a  large  landholder, 
and  was  early  engaged  in  the  business  of  coopering,  or  manufac 
turing  the  wooden  buckets  for  which  H'm.  has  been  so  long  noted, 
ch. :  1.  Mary,  Sep.   25,  1678,  m.  Jas.  Whiting,  Dec.  26,  1704. 

2.  Jno.,  Jan.  10,  1680,  m.  Mary,  da.  Ibrook  Tower,  Feb.  3, 
1704,  and  had  Jno.,  1705,  d.  1725 ;  Debo.,  Mar.   3,  1706,  m. 
Solo.  Bates,  Scituate,  May  1,  1730 ;  Margaret,  Feb.  3,  1708, 
m.  John  Collamore,  Scituate,  April  27,  1732;  Josh.,  Ap.  15. 

1710,  sett,  in  Scit.,  was  m.,  (w.  Silence ,)  and  had  ch. ; 

Ann,  June  18,  1711,  prob.  d.  unm.,  Sep.  13,  1799,  ae.  88  ;  and 
Lydia,  May  26,  1714,  d.  Oct.   19,  1734.     3.  David,  June  5, 
1681.     4.  Matt.,  Nov.  28, 1682,  prob.  sett,  in  Pemb.    5.  Elizab., 
Mar.  1684.  m.  Hezek.  Tower,  Jan.  13, 1704.     6.  Susanna,  Nov. 
14,  1686, 'd.  Aug.  22,  1750?     7.     Lydia,  Ap.  2,  1693,  m. 
Saml.  Tower  ?  Nov.  26,  1719.     8.  Isaac,  Mar.  25,  1695. 

4.  Enoch,  s.  Jas.,  called  "  Sergeant  Enoch "  on  the  H'm. 
Recs.,  m.  Mary  Lincoln,  Jan.   11,  1687,  lived  in  H'm.,  and  d. 
May  5,  1714,  and  his  wid.    Oct.  2,  1716.     In  his  will,  which  is 
dated  Dec.  30,  1713,  he  gives,  to  w.  Mary,  the  improve't.  of  all 
his  est.,  real  and  personal,  except  a  few  legacies,  &c. ;  to  das. 
Mary,  Bethia,  Abig.,  and  Marg't.,  <£50xea. ;  and  the  rest  to  his 
s.  Enoch.     Est.  appraised,  £1021,  8s.     ch. :  1.  Sarah,  Oct.  27, 
1687,  m.  Caleb  Marsh,  Dec.  19,  1711.     2.  Mary,  Sep.  21, 1690, 
d.  May  28,  1692.     3.  Mary,  Nov.  6,  1692,  m.  Jeded.  Lincoln, 
Jan.  9, 1717,  and  d.  Sep.  24,  1734.     4.  Abig.,  Sep.  8,  1697, 


422  WHITON. 

m.  Danl.  Waters,  Mar.  10,  1722.     5.  Enoch,   Sep.  25,  1699. 

6.  Marg't.  Jan.  28,  1702. 

5.  Thos.  s.  Jas.,  m.    Joanna  Garnet,   or    Gardner,  Jan.    26, 
1689-90,  lived  in  H'm.,  is  called  a  "  husbandman,  "  on  the  Prob. 
Rec.  Suff.,  and  was  also  a  cooper.     Family  tradition  says,  that  he 
owned  a  large  tract  of  cedar  swamp  in  Ab'n.,  which  he  was  accus 
tomed  to  visit  every  winter,  and  from  which  trees  of  a  very  large 
size  were  cut,  and  split  into  clapboards  for  the  Boston  market  ;  and 
that  he  came  to  his  death  near  Cedar  bridge,   in  Ab'n.,  Sep.  17, 
1708,  by  the  fall  of  a  tree,  a  limb  from  which  struck  his  head,  and 
killed  him  instantly.     His   wid.,  who   admin,  on  his  est.,  aft.    m. 
Nathan  Farrow,  Mar.  23,  1710.     ch.  :  .  1.  Joanna,  Jan.  27,  1691, 
m.  Jona.  Farrow,  Oct.  27,  1714.     2.  Jael,  Feb.  12,  1693,  m.  a 
Hobart?     3.  Leah,   Ap.  4,  1695,   m.  Benj.  Farrow,  Dec..  14, 
1715.     4.  Thos.,  Feb.  10,  1697-8  m.,   arid  had    Thos.,  1719. 
5.  Rachel,  July  12,  1700,  m.  Sanrl.  Riccard,  or  Richards,  Oct. 
19,  1721.     6.  Jona.,  Mar.   5,  1702-3.     7.  Eleazer,   Nov.  15, 
1706. 

6.  Sam'L,  s.  Jas.  2,  m.  1,  Marg't.  -  ,  who  d.  Ap.  3,  1738  ; 
2,  Elizab.  Williams,  Oct.  4,  1738,  who  d.  May  24,  1747  ;  and  3, 
Rebecca  Garnet,  or  G-ardner,  Nov.  12,  1747.     He  was  common 
ly  known  as  "  King  Whiting,  "  lived  near  Accord  Pond,  and  was 
a  large  landholder  and  farmer,  ch.  :  1.  Sam'L,  Mar.  8,  1712-13. 
2.  Dan'l.,   born  and  d.  1714.     3.  Moses,  Dec.   2,  1715,  left  no 
desct's.  on  rec.     4.  Desire,  Ap.  6,  1717,  d.  young.     5.  Kezia, 
June  5,  1720,  m.  Stephen  Dunbar,  Dec.  13,   1739.     6.  Dan'l., 
Nov.  15,  1722. 

NOTE.  It  is  said  there  was  a  da.  Hannah  in  this  family,  who  m.  Sam'l. 
Curtis,  of  Hanover,  Nov.  14,  1729,  and  d.  Oct.  26,  1789,  ae.  72  ;  also  a  da, 
Abig.,  who  m.  Hezek.  Stoddard,  Nov.  22,  1  743  ;  and  Marg't.,  who  m.  Oba- 
diah  Grose,  Jan.  11,  1739.  Authority  of  Mr.  Joseph  Whiting,  H'm. 

sp.  s.    Jas.    2, 

7.  /X  „  .  v  .  m.    Sarah, 

J  m*  i  < 


da  Benja 

Tower,  H'm.,  Ap.  19,1716,  and  sett,  at  "  Queen  Ann's  Corners," 
his  house  standing  in  the  field  back  of  the  shop  of  Mr.  Sam'l.  Wa 
ters.  ch.:  1.  Benj.,  Dec.  28,  1716.  2.  Thos.,  Jan.  29,  1718- 
19.  3.  Win,,  Mar,  28,  1720.  4.  Jacob,  Aug.  10,  1723,  m.  Ann 


WHITON.  423 

Gibbs,  Scit.,  had  a  da.  Ann,  who  m.  Caleb  Beal,  and  the  fa.  mov 
ed  to  Plainfield,  Mass.  5.  Nath'l.,  b.  and  d.  1725.  6.  Sarah, 
Oct.  22,  1726.  7.  Lem'L,  Aug.  7,  1729.  8.  Abel,  May  7, 
1783.  Left  no  desct's.  on  record. 

8.  Solo.,  s.  Jas.  2,  m.  Jael,  da.  Jos.  Dunbar,  H'm.,  Oct.  10, 
1721,  and  d.  Dec.  18, 1745.  ch.  :  1.  Jael,  July  3,  1722.  2. 
Solo.,  Dec.  5, 1724.  3.  Ruth,  Sep.  22,  1726.  4.  Debo.,  Oct. 
7,  1728.  5.  Mercy,  Sep.  22,  1730.  6.  Thankful,  Oct.  26, 
1732.  7.  Silence,  Nov.  23, 1734.  8.  Comfort,  Sep.  15,  1736. 
9.  Melea,  Nov.  5, 1739,  m.  Jas.  Chubbuck,  Mar.  1,  1767.  10. 
Rebecca,  Nov.  22,  1741. 

-•>  (David)  s.Matt.  3,  m.  Elizab. 

9.  (^rf&Wlp^fyirtT^      ,  and  d.  in  H'm.  May  24, 

1747,  being   spoken   of   as 

"  upright  and  industrious,  and  one  who  enjoyed  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  his  townsmen.  "  ch. :  1.  David,  Ap.  12,  1716. 

2.  Elizab.,  Jan.  29,  1719,  m.  Jere.  Sprague,  jr.,  Dec.  19,  1739. 

3.  Sarah,  Aug.  10,  1720,  m.  Jona.  Hersey,   Nov.  19,  1741.     4. 
Peter,  Oct.  21,1722,  m.  Ann  Wilder,  July  4, 1746,  had  Eachael, 
1746,  and  Anna,  1748 ;  the  fa.  d.  Oct.   23,  1751,  and  the  mo. 
Sep.  19,  1799.     5.  Abijah,  Ap.  2,   1729.     6.   Lydia,   July   9, 
1732,  d.  May  30,  1737  ?     7.  A  ch.,  b.  May  2,  1734  ? 

10.  Isaac,  s.  Matt.  3,  m.  Lydia  Garner,  or  Crardner,  Mar.  17, 
1720,  who  d.  Jan.  26,  1756.  The  fa.  lived  in  H'm.,  and  had 
ch :  1.  Isaac,  Jan.  7,  1720-1,  m.  1,  Rachel  Taylor,  Jan.  7, 1745, 
who  d.  Ap.  10,  1746  ;  and  2,  Sarah  Sears,  Nov.  27, 1746  ;  lived 
in  H'm.,  near  Hersey  st. ;  had  3  ch.,  who  d.  young  ;  he  d.  Nov. 

4.  1797,  ae.  90,  and  his  wid.  Sep.  15,  1804.     2.  Stephen,  Oct. 
13, 1722.    3.  Lydia,  Nov.  27, 1724,  d.  Mar.  30, 1728.    4.  Debo., 
Jan.  1,  1726-7,  d.  Jan.  24,  1756  ?     5.  Lydia,  b.  and  d.,  1728. 
6.  Abraham,  Mar.  18,  1730,  m.  Mary  Ripley,  Feb.  21,  1751, 
had  Mary,  1752;  Abraham,  1755;  Lydia,  1758,  m.  Sherebiah 
Corthell;  and  Rebecca,  1762.     7.  Jacob,  Feb.   7,   1733.      8. 
Israel,  Aug,  1734,  d.  Feb.  15,  1756  ?     9.  Lydia,  May  14, 1738. 


424  WHITON. 

s'  Enoch  4'  m-  Leah' 

da-     BenJ-    Stetson,   of 
Scit.,  Nov.    16,   1732, 

lived  on  "  Liberty  Plain,"  near  "  Gardner's  brook,"  and  bis  w. 

d.  Mar.  22,  1751.     cli. :  1.  Enoch,  Aug.  29,  1733,  d.  young. 

2.  Enoch,   1734.     3.  Leah,  1735,  m.  Eben'r.  Simmons,   Scit. 

4.  Elijah,  June  8,  1737.     5.  Mary,  1739,  d.  young.     6.  Grace, 

1741,  m.  Stephen  Stoddard,  Cohas't.     7.  Elias,  June  13,  1743. 

12.  Jona.,  s.  Thos.  5,  a  "  housewright,"  m.  Hannah  Dunbar, 
H'm.,  July  13,  1732,  and  d.  in  IFm.,  June  19,  1751,  the  inv'y. 
of  his  est,  being  dated  July  24,  1751.    (Prob.  Rec.  Suff.)     His 
ch.  were,   1.  Hannah,   Oct.  17,   1733,  m.   Benj.  Barnes,  H'm. 
2.  Jona.,  May  9,  1735,  m.  1,  Rhoda  Rose,  Jan.  5,  1763,  and  2, 
a  Gardner  ?  and  had  Jona.,  1767  ;  Melzar,  d.  at  sea ;  Rhoda,  m. 
Thos.  Steel ;  and  Josh.,  who  went  off,  and  d.     3.  Elisha,  Nov.  3, 
1737,  m.  Jael  Dunbar,  1760,  was  a  butcher,  lived  in  H'm.,  had 
ElisJia,  Oct.  27,  1760,  m.  Chloe  Wilder,  Sep.  12,1782,  had 
Tamar,  1783,  and  the  fa.  went  off;  Hannah,  Sep.  21,  1762,  m. 
Elij.  Lewis,  May  16,  1784 ;   Grace,  June  21,  1765 ;  Rachael, 
Aug.  23,  1767 ;  Emma,  Feb.  8,  1790,  m.  Martin  Hersey,  of 
Bos'n. ;   Caleb,  b.  1772,  d.  1773;  and   Tamar,  b.  and  d.,  1775. 
It  is  said  there  was  another  Caleb,  who  m.  in  Me.,  had  1  ch.,  and 
finally  d.  in  Vt. 

13.  Eleazer,   s.  Thos.  5,    a  cooper  by  trade,  m.  Sarah  Beal, 
H'm.,  Mar.  6,  1746,  and  sett,  in  Ab'n.,  where  his  w.  d.  Sep.  9, 
1789,  ae.  65,  and  he  Jan.  17,  1795,  ae.  98.     He  moved  to  A., 
at  a  time  when  the  part  of  the  town  where  he  resided  was  compa 
ratively  uninhabited  ;  built  a  log  house  first,  which  he  occupied  in 
the  winter ;  and  finally  erected  the  frame  house,  now  standing  oppo. 
where  his  gr.  s.  Eleazer  lives,     ch. :  1.  Jotham,  Dec.  18,  1746. 
2.  Thos.,  Sep.  10,  1753,  m.  Jane  Smith,  lived  where  Melvin  Gur- 
ney  now  does,  had  no  ch.,  and  d.  Jan.  1,  1826,  and  his  wid.  July 
13,  1838.     3.  Barzillai,  March  5,  1757.     One  ch.,  d.  young. 

14.  Sam'l.,  s.  Sam'l.  6,  m.  Mary  Wing,  of  Hanover,  and  liv 
ed  in  H'm.,  where  his  wid.  d.  May  24,  1795.     ch. :  1.  Joanna, 
July  26,  1734,  m.   Enoch  Whiting,  Oct.   30,  1755.     2.  Mary, 


WHITON.  425 

June  17,  1736,  m.  Lem'l.  Whiting,  Ap.  9,  1754.  3.  Marg't., 
Aug.  4,  1738,  m.  David  Prouty,  Scituate,  Nov.  27,  1777.  4. 
Thankful,  Sep.  13,  1740.  5.  Sam'l.,  Aug.  22,  1742.  6.  Ju 
dith,  1744,  m.  Job  Loring,  H'm.,  Ap.  19,  1764. 


(Daniel  Whiton,)  s.  Sam'l.  6,  m.  Jael  Damon,  Scit.,  who  d.  in  H'm., 
Aug.  1, 1812,  ae.  96.  ch. :  1.  Dan'l.,  Oct.  31, 1745.  2.  Zach., 
Dec.  19,  1747.  3.  Amasa,  Aug.  24, 1749.  4.  Martha,  July  14, 
1752.  5.  Zenas,  Oct.  1,  1754,  m.  1,  Sarah  Loring,  H'm.,  Sep.  17, 
1778,  and  2,  Mary  Loring,  and  had  Sarah,  Mar.  3,  1779,  m. 
Peakes  Grose  ;  Zenas  L.,  July  8,  1780  ;  Harriet,  Aug.  2, 1782  ; 
Sophia,  m.  a  Brownson  ?  ;  and  Frances.  It  is  said  that  the  fa. 
moved  to  Ct.,  and  there  m.  a  3d  w.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  a  man  of  superior  mechanical  ability,  and,  it  is  said,  super 
intended  the  erection  of  the  old  Cambridge  bridge,  having  pre 
viously  superintended  the  erection  of  a  bridge  in  Ireland.  6. 
Hosea,  d.  unm.  in  the  Rev'n. 

//)  ,  y   •  -T         ^  s.  Benjamin  7,  m.  1, 

16.  (i/JCAt.**.  ^r^     W*'  Sarah  Berry,  H'rn., 

Feb.  11,  1741,  and  2,  Jemima  Stoddard,  Nov.  7,  1783,  lived  in 
H'm.,  near  Accord  Pond,  was  an  enterprising  farmer,  his  w.  d. 
Dec.  3,  1806,  and  he  Dec.  5,  1808,  ae.  92.  ch. :  1.  Benj.,  Jan. 
1744.  2.  Ezek'l.,  May  4,  1745.  3.  Joseph,  d.  Aug.  1,  1776, 
in  the  Arn'n.  Army,  at  Ticonderoga.  4.  Abel,  1757  ?  5.  Na 
thaniel,  m.  Lydia  Gardner,  had  Lydia,  m.  a  Harrington,  of  Lu- 
nenburg  ;  Mary;  NatH*l.,  m.  an  Adams  ;  Sarah;  and  Abig.  W.; 
the  fa.  moved  to  Lunenburg,  in  1797,  and  his  desct's.  still  live 
there.  6.  Abig.,  not  m.  Two  ch.,  Abel  and  Sarah,  d.  young. 

s.  Benjamin  7,  m. 

L^dia   Pratt>   of 

Wey'h.,  and  sett, 
in  Hanover,  on  Whiting  st.,  being  one  of  the  earliest  residents  in 
that  neighborhood.  His  house  stood  where  stands  that  of  Caleb 
Whiting ;  he  was  an  enterprising  farmer,  and  d.  Sep.  23,  1793, 
ae.  75,  and  his  wid.  Nov.  7,  1801,  ae.  82.  ch. :  1.  Thos.,  June 

27 


426  WHITON. 

3,  1743.     2.  Lydia,  May  22,  1745,  d.  Nov.  8,  1801.     3.  Ozias, 
July  20, 1746,  m.  1,  a  Vinal,  and  2,  a  Fadden,  had  Lucy,  Lillis, 
Ozias,  and  Jacob.     Some  of  these  ch.  are  m.,  and  have  dcsc'ts. 

4.  Lucy,  Jan.  27,  1748,  d.  Nov.  28,  1789.     5.  Sarah,  Nov.  16, 
1749,  d.  June  11,  1826.     6.  Jas.,  July  26.  1751.     7.  Elias, 
Feb.  8,  1753.     8.  Asa,  Ap.   2,  1755.     9.  Priscilla,  Mar.  14, 
1757,  m.  Noah  Beal,  Ab'n.,  and  d.  in  1819.     10.  Cclia,  June 
8,  1759,  d.  unm.     11.  Caleb,  Aug.  9,  1761. 

s' Benj>  7'  m<  Mary 

Ramsdell,  ab.  1748; 
lived  on  Whiting  st.,  his  house  stood  where  stands  that  of  his  gr.  s. 
Wm.  ch.:  1.  Wm.,  b.  and  d.  1752.  2.  Abel,  Oct.  12,  1752,  m. 
Priscilla  Peakes,  Feb.  19,  1784,  and  d.  Jan.  24,  1821,  and  his 
wid.  Jan.  10,  1851,  ae.  89  ;  no  ch.  3.  Mary,  Mar.  21,  1756, 
m.  Isaac  Turner,  jr.,  Dec.  10,  1778.  4.  Avis,  May  14,  1758, 
d.  Oct.  12,  1793.  5.  Betty,  May  4,  1760,  m.  Asa  Whiting, 
Ap.  12,  1789.  6.  Wm.,  May  23,  1762.  7.  Grace,  July  8, 
1764,  m.  Luther  Turner.  8.  Homer,  Aug.  24,  1766,  m;  1, 
Anna  Studley,  May  8,  1785,  who  d.  July  24,  1789  ;  and  2,  Try- 
phena  Beal;  and  d,  Oct.  11,  1793,  and  his  wid.  Oct.  31,  1851. 
His  ch.  were,  Homer,  bap.  Sep.  14,  1788,  m.  Hannah  White,  and 
moved  to  Vt.;  Anna,  b.  1788,  d.  1793 ;  and  1'ryphena,  bap. 
Oct.  21,  1792,  m.  Zadoc  Beal,  May  22,  1816,  and  lives  in  II. 

19.  Lem'l.,  s.  Benj.  7,  m.  Mary  Whiting,  H'm.,  Ap.  9,  1754, 
and  lived  in  H.,  on  Whiting  st.,  his  house  standing  where   stands 
that  of  Sylvanus  Whiting.     His  wid.  d.   June  12,  1826,  ac.    95. 
ch. :  1.  Mary,  Ap.  18,1755,  d.  unm.,  at  the  house  of  Mr.  Lcbbc- 
us  Stockbridge,  June  21,  1849.     2.  Sam'L,   June  4,  1757,   m. 
Elizab.  Gardner,    Sep.  6,    1778,  and  moved  to  Lunenburg.     3. 
Thankful,  Feb.  19,  1759,  m.  Jas.  Whiting.     4.  Lucinda,  Mar. 
8,  1761,  d.   July  19,   1771.     5.  Marg't,   Nov.   18,   1763.     6. 
Beulah,  Mar.  17, 1766.     7.  Lem'l.,  b.  and  d.  1769.     8.  Betha- 
na,  Jan.  21,  1770.     9.  Lem'l.,  b.    and  d.    1772.     10.  Lem'l., 
Nov.  5,  1773.     11.  Lucinda,  Dec.   14,  1766.     12.  Perez,  Sep. 
18,  1788.     13.  Buchsa,  Ap.  9,  1782. 

20.  Solo.,  s.  Solo.  8,  m.  Mary  Campbell,  Aug.  12, 1746,  liv- 


WHITON.  427 

ed  in  H'm.,  and  d.  Oct.  15,  1813,  ae.  89.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade,  and  his  shop  stood  where  stands  the  house  of  Chas.  Gush 
ing,  Esq.,  on  Great  Plain,  ch.  :  1.  Asa,  Feb.  25,  1746-7.  2. 
Solo.,  Aug.  10,1751.  8.  Joseph,  Ap.  19,  1754,  m.  Abig.,  da. 
Isaac  Alden,  1778,  and  sett,  in  Bridg'r.,  (Mitchell's  Bridg'r.)  4. 
Peleg,  Nov.  1758.  5.  Jael,  m.  Thos.  Berry,  Oct.  31, 1784.  It 
is  said  there  were  other  ch.,  Mary,  Ruth,  and  Betsey,  all  of  whom 
d.  in  H'm.,  unm. 

21.  Comfort,  s.  Solo.  8,  m.  Grace  Fadden,   and  sett,  in  Dor 
chester  ?     ch.  1.  Joanna,  Ap.  27,  1759.     2.  Nath'L,   Jan.   28, 

1761,  d.  young.     3.  Philip,  Jan.   28,1761.     4.  Mary,  Dec.   1, 

1762.  5.  Ruth,  Nov.  6,  1764.     6.  Rebecca,  Mar.  6*,  1767,  m. 
Peter  Billings,  Canton,  Dec.  2, 1784.     7.  Nathl.,  Dec.  24, 1768. 
8.  Abig.,  Mar.  1,  1771.     9.  Lem'l.,    1773.     10.  Grace,   July, 
1775.     11.  Comfort,   Mar.  1777. 

22.  David,  s.  David  9,  m.  Mary  Gilbert,  Oct.  29,  1739,  and 
d  in  H'm.,  Oct.  12,  1751,   and  his  w.,   (who  was  b.    1715,)    d. 
Nov.  10,  1799,  ae.  84.     ch. :  1.  Elizab.,  July  20,  1740,  d.  young. 

2.  Elijah,  Feb.  5, 1741.     3.  Ezra,   Dec.  21,  1743.     4.  Elizab., 
m.  Elijah  Lewis,   Ap.  14,  1762.     5.  David,   Jan.  31,   1748,  d. 
Oct.  11,  1751  ?     6.  Moses,  b.  1750,   d.  1751.     7.  Moses,  Mar. 

3,  1752. 

23.  Abijah,  s.  David  9,  m.  1,  Mary  Gardner,  and   2,  Marian 
Gardner,?  Aug.  13,  1767,  and  had  ch. :  1.  Peter,  Ap.  23,1755. 
2.  Abigail,  Oct.  11,  1756.     3.  Lucy,  Oct.  4, 1760.     4.  Luther, 
June  21, 1764.     5.  Mary,  Oct.  22,  1765.     (By  2d,)  6.  Lucin- 
da,  June  8,  1768.     7.  David,  Nov.  10, 1769.     8.  Elizab.,   Aug. 
17,  1771.     9.  Peggy,  Dec.  17,  1772. 

24.  Stephen,  s.  Isaac  10,  m.  1,  Mercy  Campbell,  and  2,  Sa 
rah  Stoddard,  Dec.  20,  1755,  and  d.  in  H'm.,  June    14,  1812, 
andhiswid.    Sep.  30,  1823.     Lived  near  Hersey  st.,  and   was  a 
cooper  by  trade,     ch. :  1.  Debo.,Feb.  5,  1756.     2.  Israel,  Sep., 
1758.     3.    Sarah,   Nov.  8,    1759.     (By  2d,)  4.  Isaac,  Oct. 21, 
1778.     5.  Dan'l.,  July,  1781. 

25.  Jacob,  s.  Isaac  10,  m.    Elizab.  Marble,  Nov.   10,   1756, 
lived  in  H'm.,  and  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  ch.  :  1.  Jacob,  Sep.  10, 
1757.     2.  Betsey,  Aug.  23,  1759,  m.   Josi.    Sprague,    Mar.   4, 


428  WHITON. 

1785,  and  d.  soon  after.  3.  Laban,  Nov.  18,  1761,  d.  at  sea, 
unm.  4.  Susa,  Mar.  2,  1764,  m.  Josi.  Sprague,  Dec.  14, 
1794.  5.  Chloe,  m.  1,  Elij.  Fearing,  Nov.  9, 1788,  and  2,  Seth 
Lincoln  ?  6.  Lydia,  m.  Benj.  Thomas,  Aug.  19, 1798.  7.  Debo., 
m.  Amos  Sprague,  Oct.  21,  1796.  8.  Reuben,  d.  unm. 

26.  Capt.  Enoch,  s.  Enoch  11,  m.  Joanna  Whiting,  1755, 
lived  in  H'm.,  on  Liberty  Plain,  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
d.  June  21,  1778.     ch. :  1.  Joan,  m.  Thomas  Chubbuck,  June 
11,  1787. ,   2.  Chloe,  m.   Samuel  Gardner,  Aug.  23,  1789.     3. 
Bethia,  m.  David  Loring,  Oct.  8, 1780.     4.  Enoch,  Dec.  27, 1763. 

5.  Leah,  Mar.   8,  1765,  m.  Jno.  Abbott,  Newark,  N.  J.     6. 
Laurena,  Mar.  4,  1767,  m.  Dan'l.  Parks,  Lincoln,  Nov.  11, 1805. 
7.  Dolly,  Mar.  5,   1769,  m.  Lewis   Squier,  Newark,  N.  J.     8. 
Phoebe,    Ap.    12,   1771,    m.   Daniel   Whiting,    jr.,   Brookfield, 
Jan.  11,  1798. 

27.  Elijah,  s.  Enoch  11,  m.  Mary  Wilder,  H'm.,  July  13, 
1763,  and  d.  in  H'm.,  June  15,  1797,  ae.  60,  and  his  wid.  in 
Jan.  1811?     ch.:  1.  Mary,   Oct.  7,  1764,  m.  Enoch  Dunbar, 
May  7,  1786.     2,   Persis,   Sep.  21,  1766,  m.  Jacob   Sprague, 
June  1,  1794.     3.  Elizab.,  Aug.  7,  1769.     4.  Tamscn,  Oct.  2, 
1771,  m.  Chas.   Simmons,   Scit.,  Dec.  7,  1794.     5.  Charlotte, 
Feb.    24,  1774,   m.   Nath'l.   Bump,   Midd'o.,  Nov.  26,  1803. 

6.  Merrill,  July  3,  1776,  m.  Geo.  B.  Lapham,  of  Medford,  ship 
builder,  of  the  firm  of  Lapham  and  Magoun.     7.  Isaiah,  Nov.  7, 
1778,  d.  unm.,  Sep.  5,  1820.     8.  Blossom,  Ap.  30,  1781.     9. 
Walter,  Nov.  28,  1783,  a  Major,  in  the  U.  S.  A.,  was  killed  at 
the  battle  of  Bridg'r.,  during  the  war  of  1812. 

28.  Capt.   Elias,  s.   Enoch  11,  m.  Sarah  Blossom,  June  22, 
1769,  lived  in  H'm.,  on  Liberty  Plain,  and  d.  of  the  small  pox,  in 
1778,  and  his  w.,  who  was  b.  in  June,  1749,  d.  May  16,  1817, 
ae.  68.     ch. :  1.  Elias,  Dec.  18,  1769,  m.  Mehit.,   da.  Daniel 
Whiting,  July  1,  1804,  and  d.  in  Brookf'd.,  Mass.,  having  had 
Elias,  d.  on  the  coast  of  Africa;  Franklin,  of  Ohio  ;  Nym^ltas, 
and  Edward,  of  N.  Brookf'd.;  Sarah,  m.  a  Bailey,  of  Worces 
ter  ?  and  is  d.  ;  Mehitab.,  m.  Ed.  Humphrey,  and  lives  in  Chas'n. ; 
Abig.,  d.  unm. ;  and  Desire.     2.  Sarah,   Oct.   18,  1771,  m.  1, 


WHITON.  429 

Henry  Gushing,  H'm.,  Dec.  28,  1791,  and  2,  Seth  Cashing,  and 
is  living,  a  wid.,  in  H'm.  3.  Priscilla,  Dec.  21,  1773,  m.  Josiah 
Lane,  jr.,  H'm.,  Dec.  28,  1801.  4.  Martha,  b.  and  d.  1775. 

5.  Martha,  Oct.  10,  1776,  m.   Thos.  Fearing,  H'm.,  Dec.  25, 
1808,  and  d.  in  1852.     6.  Marg't.,  Oct.  1778,  m.  Dimick  Bow- 
kcr,  Scit,,  Feb.  10,  1798. 

29.  Jotham,  s.  Eleazer  13,  m.  Susanna  Wilder,  H'm.,  Jan.  1, 
1771,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  lived  in  E.  Ab'n.,  \vhere  his  w.  d., 
Jan.  24,  and  he  May  24,  1828.  ch.  :  1.  Susanna,  1771,  d.  1773. 
2.  Susanna,  Mar.  9,  1774,  m.  Bela  Gushing,  H'm.,  1803,  and  d. 
Aug.  27;  1818.  3.  Mary,  Oct.  9,  1775,  m.  Jos.  Turner,  H'm., 
1796,  and  d.  1800.  4.  Sarah,  Mar.  6,  1778,  m.  Melzar  Beal, 
Ab'n.,  July  15,  1797,  and  d.  Jan.  31,  1850.  5.  Lydia,  Jan.  14, 
1780,  m.  Jared  Shaw,  Ab'n.,  1802,  and  d.  Lee.  15,  1819. 

6.  Lucy,  Ap.   10,  1782,  m.  Jos.  Benner,  Ab'n.,  1803,  and  d. 
July  3,  1836.     7.  Jerusha,  Aug.  12,  1785,  m.  Wm.  Wheeler, 
Quincy,  1806,  and  d.  June  5,  1810.     8.  Merrill,  July  24,  1787, 
m.  Samuel  Colson,  Ab'n,  1812,  and  d.  Mar.  29,  1834.    9.  Eph'm., 
Sep.  26,  1790.     10.  Emma,  Sep.  3,  1793,  in  Mich'n. 


'\0    /  '/^     S  '7^         s.    Eleazer   13,    m. 

'J°-  yyeu^iU^^^'f^^^  ,,.    -R  ,    ' 

/  /     Abig.   Beal,    H  m., 

who  d.  Ap.  22,  1844,  ae.  84.  ch.  :  1.  Abig.,  m.  Isaac  Turner, 
H'n.,  and  d.  Oct.  14,  1845.  2.  Eleazer,  Sep.  28,  1782.  3. 
Ithamar,  1786.  4.  Joanna,  Feb.  28,  1791.  5.  Marilla,  1799, 
d.  Jan.  25,  1802. 

31.  Daniel,  s.  Daniel  15,  a  farmer  by  occupation,  m.  Desire 
Stoddard,  Scit,  Ap.  7,  1768,  who  d.  Feb.  28,  1820,  and  he  ab. 
1822.  It  is  said  that  he  lived  first  where  Enoch  Dunbar  now 
resides,  and  in  his  latter  days,  at  "  High  Hill,"  so  called,  ch.  :  1. 
Martha,  Nov.  25,  1767,  m.  Enoch  Whiting,  H'm.  2.  Mehit., 
Ap.  23,  1770,  d.  young.  3.  Dan'l.,  Ap.  23,  1772.  4.  Galen, 
Feb.  1,  1774,  m.  Rachael  Prouty,  of  Scit.  ?  sett,  in  Brookfield, 
where  he  d.  in  Dec.,  1849,  having  had  ch.  :  Gralen,  d.  at  the 
West  ;  Leonard,  and  Charles,  sett,  in  Ill's.  ;  Andrew,  an  invalid, 
unm.  ;  Wm.,  is  m.,  and  lives  on  his  father's  place  ;  Louisa,  unm.  ; 
and  Rachel,  m.  Jere.  Deming?  and  has  ch.  5.  Sylvanus,  Dec. 


430  WHITON. 

7,  1776.  6.  Hosea,  June  24,  1778.  7.  Mehit.,  Jan.  28,  1781, 
m.  Elias  Whiting,  Brookf  'd.,  July  1,  1804.  8.  Josiah,  Nov.  29, 
1784,  m.  a  Proutj,  sett,  in  Brookf  d.,  and  d.  leaving  cb.:  0s- 
born,  Josiah,  Julia,  A.,  Elizab.,  Merrill,  (d.  young,)  Abig., 
Martha,  and  Mary  ;  —  all  m.,  and  have  ch.  but  Elizab.  9.  Abig., 
Mar.  1,  1788,  d.  Dec.  1795. 

32.  Zach.,  s.  Daniel  15,  m.  Kezia  Wilder,  IFm.,  Dec.  12, 
1770,  and  d.  May  15,  1804  ?  and  his  wid.  in  1833.  ch.  :  1. 
Prudence,  m.  Enoch  Lovell,  Wey'h.  ;  and  d.  in  Me.  2.  Chas., 
m.  aStoddard?  and  d.  Feb.  7,  1849.  3.  Theoph.,  Mar.  30, 
1775.  4.  Susan,  m.  Stoph.  Gardner,  H'm.,  Dec.  29,  1796. 
5.  Sybil,  Oct.  27,  1780,  living  unm.  6.  Hosea,  Sep.  11,  1782. 
7.  Polly,  m.  Joel  Seymour,  H'm.  8.  Martha,  m.  Jotham  Shaw, 
Wey'h.,  and  d.  in  1836  ?  9.  Priscilla,  m.  Justin  Rogers. 

^o  s.  Dan'l.  15,  m.   Lydia  Ja- 

~  and    lived   at 


'•  Queen's  Ann's  Corners," 
where  he  d.  Nov.  5,  1818.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and 
lived  in  a  house  which  stood  where  stands  that  now  occupied  by 
the  wid.  of  his  son  Joseph  J.,  and  by  his  gr.  s.  Amasa.  ch.:  1. 
Davis,  Aug.  20,  1773,  m.  Abig.  Bowker,  Scit,  and  d.  Ap.  12, 
1833,  having  had  ch.,  Mary  O.,  1797,  m.  Leonard  Gushing, 
H'm.;  Abig.  B.,  January  4,  1799,  m.  Jas.  W.  Sivret,  June  10, 
1819,  and  lives  in  Dorch'r.;  and  Davis,  Feb.  2,  1801,  lost  at 
sea,  in  May,  1828.  2.  Perez,  Ap.  3,  1775.  3.  Jael,  Mar.  18, 
1777,  d.  Oct.  19,  1794.  4.  Joseph  J.,  Dec.  29,  1778.  5.  Ly 
dia,  Oct.  25,  1780,  m.  Nath'l.  Bump,  Midd'o,  June  15,1807. 

6.  Abig.,  Sep.  30,  1783,  m.  Alex'r.  Vining,  Ab'n.,  Feb.  3,  1807, 

7.  Eunice,  July  14,  1786,  m.  Neh.   Riplcy,  jr.,  H'm.,  Feb.  4, 
1807,  and  d.  Oct.  1850.    Was  there  another  da.  Jael  ?  m.  Harris 
Turner,  Scit.?  Oct.  19,  1794. 

34.  Benj.,  s.  Benj.  16,  m.  Joanna  Gardner,  H'm.,  1766,  who 
d.  June  14,  1807,  and  he  Ap.  12,  1815.  Lived  in  a  house  which 
stood  where  stands  that  of  Eleazer  Chubbuck,  in  H'm.,  was  a  far 
mer,  and  a  man  of  great  mechanical  ingenuity,  and  industry,  ch.  : 
1.  Joanna,  Jan.  11,  1767,  d.  July,  1782.  2.  Asenath,  Ap.  10, 
1770,  d.  Feb.  11,  1840.  3.  Benj.,  Jan.  22,  1773.  4.  Joseph, 


WHITON.  43 1 

Jan,  9,  1777,  lives  in  H'm..  near  Accord  Pond,  m.  Lucy,  da.  Wm. 
Barrcll,  Scit.,  Dec.  22, 1812,  and  has  ch. :  Jos.M.,Nov.  6, 1813  ; 
Lucy  B.,  Jan.  17,  1815,  ra.  Albert  G.  Mann,  Oct.  19,  1834,  and 
(1.  Jan.  3,  1837  ;  Ruth,  Jan.  26r  1818,  d.  Feb.  10,  1839  ;  and 
Salome,  Nov.  30,  1819.  5.  Archelaus,  Sep.  30,  1778,  m.  Eliz 
abeth  Gardner,  H'm.,  May  4,  1799,  who  d.  Oct.,  1803,  and  in 
1812,  he  enlisted  from  the  frigate  Constitution  to  go  to  the  Lakes, 
and  prob.  d.  there.  He  had  1  da.,  Betsey,  Jan.  24,  1801,  m. 
Eleazer  Chubbuck,  H'm.,  Jan.  13,  1838,  and  has  4  ch.  6.  Lu 
ther,  Mar.  16,  1781,  m.  1,  Cynthia  E.  Stetson,  Dec.  31,  1815, 
who  d.  May  29,  1818  ;  and  2,  Lois  Gardner,  Dec.  27,  1818  ;  and 
had,  by  1st.,  ch.  :  Cynthia  S.,  Mar.  21,  1818,  m.  Benj.  White, 
Dux'y.,  Feb.  1849  ;  and  Sophia -S.,  Mar.  21, 1818,  m.  Abncr  Lor- 
irig,  H'm.,  Mar.  22,  1840. 

35.  Ezek'l.,  s.  Benj.  16,  m.  1,  Olive  Stoddard,   Scit.,  and   2, 
Mary  Berry,  Mar.  10,  1804,  was  a  farmer,  lived  in  H'm.,  and  had 
ch. :  1.  Sarah,  m.  Asa  Souther,  Cohas't.,   Nov.    29,   1795.     2. 
Lois,  m.  Jos.  Hill,  jr.,  Ab'n.,  Ap.  10,  1803.     3.  Olive,  m.  Peleg 
Dunbar,  H'm.,  Feb.  15,  1805.     4.   Abig.,   m.   Jno.    Blake,   or 
Black,  Plym'h.     5.  Judith,  m.  1,  Quincy  Gardner,  and  2,  Nicho 
las  Daniels.     (By  2d,)  6.  Ezek'l.,  Jan.  25.  1805. 

36.  Abel,  s.  Benj.  16,  m.  Grace,  wid.  Sam'l.  Stoddard,   Jan. 
9,  1779,  and   moved  to  Worcester,   where  he  d.    ch. :  1.  Abel, 
Dec.  4,  1779,  m.,  lived  in  Blandford,  Ct,  and  had  ch.   2.  Sarah, 
Mar.  19,  1782.     3.  Sam'l.,  July,  1785,  m.,   lived   in  N.   Y'k. 
State,  and  has  Jas.  W.,  and  others.     4.  Amos,  July,  1788,  m. 
Hannah  Keith,  Bridg'r.,  and  had  Sidney,  and  others..     5.  Ezek'l., 
May  7,  1790,  m.  and  had  ch.     6.  Ambrose,  m.  and  had  ch.     7. 
Laban.     8.  Andrew,  m.  Lucy  Briggs,  lives  in  Waltham,  and  has 
ch. 

s.  Thos.   17,    m.  Ra- 

chaelPeake;Nov.15) 

1770,  and  d.  in  Hanover,  Dec.  13,  1805,  and  his  wid.  Sep.  30, 
1828,  ae.  81.  Lived  on  Whiting  st.,  in  the  house  now  occupied 
by  Piam  Damon,  and  was  Selectman  from  1780-82,  and  in  '89. 
ch. :  1.  Wm.  P.,  Ap.  28,  1771,  m.  Sally  Wales,  Randolph,  and 
practiced  law  in  Bos'n.,  where  he  d.,  leaving  ch.,  Mary  W.,  m. 


432  WHITON. 

Levi  H.  Marsh,  ?  Sarah  A.,  d.  ae.  ab.  25;  Epftm.  W.,  was 
m.,  had  2  ch.,  and  was  lost  at  sea  ;  and  Ella  S.  ?  2.  Rachael, 
Oct.  14, 1773,  d.  May  7,  1849.  3.  Thos.,  Aug.  16,  1776,  m. 
Hannah  Mann,  June  8,  1797,  lived  on  Whiting  st.,  where  he  d. 
in  1806,  leaving  ch.,  Marcia,  May,  1798  ;  Jairus,  moved  to  N. 
Y'k.  State  ;  Oren,  (m.  1,  Sarah  C.  Faxon,  who  d.  Feb.  20, 1827, 
and  2,  Mary  Jones,  May,  1831,  lives  on  Whiting  st,  and  has 
Lewis,  Jan.  24,  1832;  Oren  T.,  Aug.  28,  1834;  Lucius, 
Ap.  22,  1837  ;  Abel  IL,  1841,  d.  1842.  Abel  II.,  July, 
1843;  Albert,  March  24,  1846;  and  Jno.  B.,  Mar.  24, 
1849,)  ;  Lewis,  d. ;  and  Hannah  M.,  m.  Elisha  Faxon,  Ab'n. 
4.  Charles,  bap.  June  27,  1784,  m.  Betsey  Pool,  Ab'n., 
and  had  ch.,  Albert,  Nov.  6,  1808;  Emily,  Dec.  7,  1806, 
m.  David  Pool,  E.  Ab'n.  ;  Natttl.  H.,  Nov.  24,  1808,  m. 
Mary  Clark,  and  lives  in  Mf'd.,  no  ch. ;  Wm.,  sometime  a  clergy 
man,  of  the  Univ.  denom.,  and  now  sett,  in  H'n.,  m.a  da.  ofBenj. 
Stetson,  of  H.,  for  his  2d  w.,  and  has  ch. ;  and  Betsey,  m.  Reu 
ben  Loud,  E.  Ab'n.  5.  Olive,  bap.  July  22,  1787,  m.  Piam 
Damon,  June  15,  1814.  6.  Martin,  bap.  July  22,  1792,  d- 
young. 

38.  Jas.,  s.  Thos.  17,  m.  Thankful  "Whiting,  lived  in  Hanover, 
and  d.  Sep.  26,  1812,  ae.  65,  and  his  wid.  Aug.  3,  1832,  ae.  73. 
Built  and  occupied  the  house  in  which   Jno.  W.  Estes  now   lives, 
ch.  :  1.  Thankful,  Nov.  6,  1781,  d.  Feb.  1,  1793.     2.  Rebecca, 
May  28,  1784,  d.  Aug.  13,  1786.     3.  Jas.,  Dec.  5,   1789,  m. 
Ann  Brooks,  had  no  ch.,  d.,  and  his  wid.  m.    a  Gray,  of  Me.     4. 
Mary,  May  8,  1786,  m.  Uriah  Lawrence,  Lunenburg.     5.  Hora 
tio,  Nov.  2,  1791,  m.  1,  Ruth  Lovell,  who  d.  Ap.  26,  1839,  and 
2,  Lucy  Lane,  lives  in  Mfd-,  and  has  ch.,  Lucy,  Aug.  15,  1828, 
d.  1848  ?     Flora,  Ap.  24,   1830,  d. ;  Marcia;  and  Alden.     6. 
Thankful,  Dec.  1,  1794,  d.  unm.     7.  Rufus,  Aug.    7,   1797,  d. 
Dec.  24, 1799.     8.  Rebecca,  Sep.  28,  1800,  m.  Zadoc  Beal,  Nov. 
30,  1837. 

39.  Elias,  s.  Thos.  17,  m.  Debo.  Jackson,  and  d.  in  H.,  May 
20,  1790,  and  his  wid.  May  25,  1818,  ae.  61.     ch. :  1.  Ruth, 
Jan.  30, 1779.     2.  Justus,    Sep.   14,    1780,  m.    Abig.   Wilder, 
H'm.,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and   is  a  respectable   farmer ;  no  ch. 


WHITON.  433 

3.  Bcnj..  Ap.  23,  1782,  is  m.,  and  lives  in  Me.     4.  Sarah,  Aug. 
27,  1784,  d.  Mar.  4,    1804.     5.  Amos,  Aug.  9,  1786.     6.  Ed 
mund,  b.  and  d.  1788.     7.  Elias,  b.  1789,  d.  1793, 

40.  Asa,  s.  Thos.  17,  m.  1  ,  Dcbo.  Dvvelley,  Ap.  13,  1786,  who 
d.  Jan.  8,  1787  ;  and  2,  Betty  Whiting,  Ap.  12,  1789  ;  lived  on 
Whiting  st.,  and  finally  moved  to  Lunenburg,  where  he  d.  ch. 
by  2d  w.,  1.  Asa,  b.  1790,  d.  1793.  2.  Elijah,  Aug.  22,  1792, 
a  blacksmith,  d.  urirn.  ab.  1842.  3.  Debo.  D.,  Dec.  10,  1794,  m. 
Nathan  Beal,  Ab'n.,  and  d.  Dec.  17,  1821,  leaving  a  son  Nathan. 

4.  Asa,    Oct.  14,  1797,    sett,    in  Lunenburg.     5.  Betty,  bap. 
Oct.  23,  1803,  m.  a  Battles,  and  lives  in  Fitchburg. 


^/Mann,  Ap.  23,  1785,  who 
x/    d.  Nov.  25,  1842,  ae.  77, 
(/        and  he  May  20,  1848,  ae. 

87.  Lived  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  Jas.  Fish,  on  Whiting 
st.  ch.:  1.  Caleb,  b.  1788,  d.  1792.  2.  Lucy,  Jan.  17,  1791, 
d.  June  15,  1840.  3.  Susa  G.,  Dec.  26,  1793,  d.  Oct.  11, 
1794.  4.  Caleb,  Mar.  21,  1795,  m.  1,  Mary  Whiting,  June  9, 
1823,  who  d.  Sep.  2,  1850  ;  and  2,  Anne,  da.  Gideon  Studley, 
May  11,  1852,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  and  had  a  da.  Mary  W.,  b. 
Mar.  21,  1829,  d.  Sep.  25,  1843.  5.  Sage,  Ap.  20,  1797,  m. 
David  Nichols,  Cohas't.,  Nov.  28,  1817.  6.  Ezra,  May  21, 
1800,  m.  Sally  Curtis,  lived  on  Main  st.,  and  d.  Oct.  3,  1831, 
having  had  ch.,  Ezra,  Sep.  9,  1823,  in  Cohas't.;  Josh.  /#.,  Dec. 
6,  1825,  m.  Betsey  B.  Dwelley,  June  20,  1847,  and  has  Elmira 
E.,  Aug.  10,  1850;  Lucius  C.,  Mar.  20,  1828,  in  Cal'a.;  and 
Edwin,  Aug.  22,  1831,  d.  ae.  4.  One  other  ch.  d.  young.  7. 
Jarcd,  Ap.  15,  1804,  m.  Desire  Loring,  H'm.,  Jan.  1838,  lives 
on  Whiting  st.,  and  has  Caleb  L.,  Jan.  4,  1839.  and  Jared,  Aug. 
15,  1842.  8.  Lydia  P.,  Sep.  26,  1806,  m.  Briggs  Freeman, 
Ab'n.,  and  d.  Sep.  28,  1849. 

s.  Wm.  18,  m.  Betsey  Clapp, 

xoScituate'was  Selectman  ™ 

^1803,   and    '04,    lived    on 

Whiting  st,  arid  d.  Mar.  19,  1825,  ae.  63,  and  his  wid.  Mar.  17, 
1829,  ae.  58.  ch.:  1.  Avis,  Mar.  17,  1803,  m.  G.  W.  Turner, 


434 


WHITON. 


Oct.  22,  1829.  2.  Mary,  Jan.  30,  1805,  m.  Caleb  Whiting, 
Juno  9,  1823,  and  d.  Sep.  2,  1850.  3.  Silvanus,  Feb.  9,  1808, 
m.  Lucy  Bates,  Nov.  20,  1828,  lives  on  Whiting  st.,  is  a  farmer, 
and  has  ch.,  Silvanus,  Nov.  24,  1829,  m.  Sarah  J.  Torrey,  Jan. 
14,  1852;  Betsey  C.,  Oct.  7,  1831;  Nathan,  July  12,  1833; 
Lucy  M.,  July  5,  1835;  Laura  A.,  July  28,  1837;  Adelaide, 
Feb.  10, 1840  ;  Thos.  H.  B.,  Jan.  10, 1842  ;  G-eo.  D.,  Mar.  18, 
1845 ;  Mary  R.,  d.  ;  and  Elmer,  Feb.  8,  1849.  4.  Wm.,  Feb. 
5,  1811,  m.  Cynthia  Curtis,  Nov.  20,  1831,  lives  on  Whiting 
st,  is  a  farmer,  was  Selectman  in  1845,  '47,  '48,  and  '49;  and 
has  ch.,  Triphena,  Dec.  13,  1832;  Cynthia,  Sep.  14,  1834; 
Wm.,  May  19,  1836 ;  Simeon,  July  16,  1838,  d.  Mar.  4,  1839 ; 
Betsey,  May  18,  1840  ;  Mary,  Ap.  1847 ;  and  Walter,  Mar.  6, 
1850. 

43.  Elijah,  s.  David  22,  m.  Lydia  Lincoln,  H'm.,  Jan.  7, 
1768,   was  a  farmer,   lived  on    "  Bull's  Lane,"   so  called,  and 
d.  Mar.  16,  1814.     ch.:  1.  Lydia,  Aug.  29, 1768,  m.  Jno.  Chad- 
wick,  Bos'n.,  Jan.  30,  1798.     2.  Elij.,  b.  1770,  d.  1778.     3. 
Peggy,  1771,  d.  1773.     4.  Peggy,  June  17,  1775,  m.  Laban 
Beal,  H'm.,  Oct.  2,  1796.     5.  Olive,  Dec.  3,  1777,  m.  a  Felch, 
Boylston,  Mass.     6.  Elij.,  Dec.   29,   1779.     7.   Bela,  June  4, 
1783,  went  South,  m.,  and  d.  there. 

44.  Ezra,  s.  David  22,  m.  Martha  Lincoln,  Nov.  15,  1770,  and 
d.  in  H'm.,  Oct.  25,  1773,  and  his  wid.  m.  his  bro.  Moses.     He 
had  one  son,  Ezra,  b.  May  8,  1772,  m.  Emma,  da.  Thos.  Jones, 
H'm.,  June  14,  1795,  and  d.   in  Mar.    1851,  having  had  ch. : 
Ezra  J.,  Ap.  5,  1797,  of  Bos'n. ;  Emma,  Ap.  17,  1800,  m. 
Benj.  Andrews,  H'm. ;  Ebed,  Sep.   18,  1802,  m  1,  Esther  C. 
Richardson,  and  2,  Mary  A.  Howe,  and  lives  in  Bos'n ;  Bela, 
Oct.  18,  1804,  m.  Martha  L.  Whitney,  and  had  a  son,  Geo.  H., 
b.  1829,  d.  1830  ;  Martha,  Sep.  16,  1807,  m.  a  Wiggins,  Bos'n. ; 
Susan  C.,  Sep.  8,  1810,  m.  Zadoc  Hersey,  H'm.  ;   Thos.  L.,  b. 
1812,  d.  1813  ;  Thos.  L.,  Dec.  28, 1813;  Peter;  and  Hannah  JR.t 
m.  Bela  H.  Whiton, 


jy 


WIIITON.  435 

s.  David  22,  m.  Mar- 

45.  /ff  <7tfS7~     tha,wid.  of  his  brother 

Ezra  W.,  and  lived  in 
H'm.,  where  he  d.  June 
9,  1823,  and  his  w.  Nov.  13, 1812.  He  was  a  merchant  in  H'm., 
on  the  Plain,  and  was  a  man  of  excellent  character,  and  respect 
able  standing,  ch. :  1.  David,  Ap.  23,  1775.  2.  Wilson,  Sep. 
26,  1777.  3.  Mary,  Aug.  26,  1780,  m.  Peter  Sprague,  Nov. 
28,  1799.  4.  Sarah,  Jan.  11,  1783,  m.  Judge  Abel  Gushing, 
June  16,  1811,  and  lives  in  Dorch'r.  5.  Moses,  June  26,  1785. 
6.  Starks,  June  26,  1785. 

46.  Israel,  s.  Stephen  24,  m.  Hannah  Stowell,  H'm.,  Jan.  14, 
1781,  and  d.  Aug.  2,  1840,  ae.  82,  and  his  w.,  who  was  b.  Jan. 
9,  1761,  d.  Ap.  11  ?  1827.  ch. :  1.  Israel,  m.  Rebecca  Cleverly, 
Ap.  11  ?  1802,  and  d.  Nov.  6,  1825  ;  no  ch.  2.  Campbell,  Feb. 
19,  1784,  known  as  Kimball  Whiting,  m.  Desire  Jordan,  and 
had  ch.,  Henry ;  Kimball;  Rebecca;  Harriet,  m.  a  Smith; 
Lydia  A.,  m.  a  Watson;  Mary  A.;  Almira,  m.  a  Leavens; 
Ellen;  and  George.  3.  Hannah,  b.  1787,  d.  1788.  4.  Isaiah, 
Oct.  8.  1789,  m.  Martha  Estabrboks,  and  had  ch.,  Martha  D., 
Sep.  18, 1811 ;  Isa.  G-.,  May  5,  1813  ;  Chas.  E.,  Feb.  22, 1815; 
Susan  A.,  May  24,  1817  ;  Debo.  C.,  May  19,  1820  ;  Albert,  b. 
1823,  d.  1824;  Anna  A.,  June  13,  1825  ;  Emily  E.,  Oct.  11, 
1827 ;  Albert,  Oct.  10,  1829  ;  Olive  M.,  May  4,  1832  ;  and 
Wm.  S.,  Oct.  28,  1834.  5.  Royal,  Feb.  2,  1792,  m.  Esther 
Cleverly,  July  3,  1811,  lives  in  Quincy,  and  has  ch. :  Elizab.  D., 
Ap.  9,  1812,  m.  Dr.  T.  L.  Turner,  Bos'n.,  Ap.  3,  1843;  Hannah 
S.,  Ap.  25,  1814,  m.  Jairus  Beal,  Nov.  29,  1838  ;  Oath.  C.  A., 
b.  1816,  d.  1818  ;  Oath.  C.  A,,  b.  1818,  d.  1838  ;  Royal,  July 
26,  1820,  m.  Rebecca  A.  Lothrop,  Nov.  1,  1843  ;  Hiram,  Mar. 
22,  1823  ;  Jos.,  b.  1825,  d.  1826 ;  Hannah  J.  ?  b.  1829,  d. 
1848  ;  Rebecca  E.,  b.  1830,  d.  1832.  6.  Job  S.,  Jan.  23, 1797, 
m.  Lucy  Fadden,  of  Ct.,  and  had  ch. :  Lucy,  Sep.  26,  1822 ; 
Lydia  E.  ?  b.  1825,  d.  1845 ;  Jo  si.  W,,  Dec.  4, 1827  ;  Lyman 
B.  ;  and  Mehit,  S. 


436  WHITON. 

47.  Enoch,  s.  Capt.  Enoch  26,  m.  Martha  Whiting,  Sep.  14, 

1786,  and  d.  in  H'm.,  Dec.  30,  1811.     ch.  :  1.  Desire,  Ap.  15, 

1787,  m.  Jairus  Mann,  June  9,  1811.  ?     2.  Enoch,  b.  1789,  d. 
1790.     3.  Enoch,  b.  1791,  d.  1792.     4.  Joanna,  May  30, 1793, 
m.  Ed.  Humphrey.?     5.  Martha,   Feb.  27,  1795.     6.  Sam'l., 
Ap.  7, 1797.     7.  Mary  W.,  Ap.   5,  1799,  m.  Jona.  D.  Pratt, 
Nov.  17,  1823.     8.  Enoch,  Oct.  12,  1801,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Col. 
John  Collamore,  Scit.,  lived  in  H'm.,  and  d.  ab.  1837,  leaving 
ch. :  Sarah  A.;  and  Mary  C.,  m.  Henry  W.  Clark,  of  Boston, 
April  17, 1851,  and  lives  in  Woburn.     9.  Bethia,  July  27, 1803. 
10.  Christopher,  Dec.  8,  1806.     11.  Leah  S.,  Mar.  21,  1808, 
m.  Gushing  Barnes,  H'm.,  Dec.  16,  1830. 

48.  Elij.,  s.  Elij.  27,  m.  Charity,  da.  Job  Loring,  H'm.,  May 
20,  1798,  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  a  farmer,  and  d.  in  H'm., 
in  Mar.  1837.     ch.:  1.  Elijah,  Mar.   6,  1799,  m.   Lydia,  da. 
Crocker  Wilder,  H'm.,  Sep.  18,  1822,  and  has  ch.,  CJias.,  Nov. 
9,   1824,  (m.  Sarah  J.,  da.  Capt.  Seth  Hersey,  and  has  2  ch., 
Sarah  J.,  1848,  and  Chas.,  Mar.  27,  1850 ;)  and  George,  Oct. 
12,  1828.     2.  Loring,  Oct.  29, 1801,  a  skilful  carpenter,  was  m., 
and  is  prob.  d.     He  had  ch.,  George,  who  is  one  of  the  commu 
nity  of  Shakers,  at  Harvard,  Mass.;  Stephen,  a  mariner,  drowned 
on  a    voyage  to  Smyrna,  1852 ;  and    Caroline,  who  is  m.,  and 
lives  in  Bos'n.     3.  Lavinia,  February  2,  1804,  m.  Jacob  Tirrell, 
Wey'h.,  and  has  5  ch.     4.  Elizab.,  1806,  unm.     5.  Charlotte, 
b.  1808,  d.  1813.    6.  Alvan,  Sep.  23, 1811,  living  unm.,  in  H'm. 

NOTE.  The  son  Elijah,  is  a  man  of  rare  mechanical  ability,  and  has  been 
the  successful  inventor  of  various  machines,  several  of  which  have  been  pa 
tented,  and  have  been  found  highly  useful.  His  latest  invention,  a  machine 
for  sawing  volutes  and  cylinders,  is  now  in  operation,  in  H'm.,  and  prom 
ises  to  work  quite  a  revolution  in  the  bucket  business.  Did  our  limits  pre- 
mit,  we  might  fill  a  long  chapter  with  a  sketch  of  the  life  of  Mr.  W.,  whose 
varied  incidents  would  be  instructive  and  encouraging  to  the  young.  He 
has  been  somewhat  in  political  life,  and  is  a  man  of  great  energy  of  charac 
ter,  persevering  in  whatever  he  undertakes,  and  carrying  it  on  to  a  success 
ful  issue. 

49.  Blossom,  s.  Elijah,  27,  m.   Sarah  Lincoln,  and  lived  in 
Chas'n.,  where  he  d.    ch.:  1.  Blossom  L.     2.  Jas.     3.     Albert. 
4.     Walter.     5.  Henry.     6.  Sarah.     7.  Mary,  m.  Mark  War 
ren. 


WIIITON.  437 

50.  Ephraitn,  s.  Jotliam,  29,  m.  Mehit.  Hobart,  Ab'n.,  in 
1810,  and  d.  Ap.  14,  1842.     Lived  in  Ab'n.,  and  was  a  shoema 
ker  by  trade.     He  was  also  a  trader  for  a  time  in  Bos'n.     ch.:  1. 
Eph'm.  W.,  Mar.  16,  1811,  of  Bos'n.,  m.  Sarah  Morton,  Dux'y., 
and  has   Helen  E.,  Adelaide  L.,  and  Walter  B.     2.  Geo.   L., 
Mar.   24,  1818,  m.  Maria  Peterson,  Dux'y.,  and  has  Sasan  M., 
July  4,  1835.     3.  Alden,  May  9, 1816,  m.   Sophronia  Hunting- 
ton,  Ct.,  and  has  Amelia  S.,  and   Lydia.     4.  Henry,   Feb.  23, 
1819,  m.  Alraedia  ?  Watson,  and  lives  in  Dux'y.     5.  Polly,  Nov. 
15,  1821,  m.  Jno.  W.  Estes,  of  Hanover.     6.  Peter  W.,  Dec.  3, 
1825,  d.  Oct.  1,  1847.     7.  Lydia,  Dec.  3,  1825,  m.  Benj.  H. 
Bowker,  of  Hanover.     8.  Merrill,  Sep.  25,  1835. 

51.  Eleazer,  s.  Barzillai  30,  m.   1,  Reverence  Nash,  Ab'n., 
1810,  who  d.  Feb.   19,  1816 ;  and  2,  Nancy  Hobart,  Nov.  18, 
1821,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  ch  :     1.  Clarissa,  Jan.  27, 1811, 
m.  Vincent  Blanchard,  N.  Ab'n.     (By  2d,)  2.  Elbridge,  Aug. 

1,  1822,  surveyor  ;  a  young  man  of  fine  talents,  and  great  prom 
ise,  now  engaged  on  one  of  the  railroads  in  Ill's.     3.  Leonard, 
May  8,  1824,  m.  Elizab.  Hobart,  Dorch'r.,  lives  in  E.  Ab'n.,  and 
has  Harriet  E.,  July  25,  1847  ;  Leonard  A.,  Jan.   1849  ;  and 
Henry,  1850.     4.  Jacob,  Dec.   28,  1825,  lives  in  Milford.     5. 
Marilla,  May  26,  1828,  m.  Jos.  W.  Davis,  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Willard  W.,  and  Geo.   H.     6.  Rowena,  b.  1831,  d.  1832.     7. 
Roxa  A.,  July  13,  1833.     Joanna  E.,  Jan.  3,  1838. 

52.  Ithamar,  s.  Barzillai  30,  m.  Abig.  Mann,  and  lived  in  E. 
Ab'n.,  where  he  d.  July  31,   1820,  ae.  34.     ch.  :  1.  Lydia  G., 
Dec.  28,  1811,  m.  Gideon  B.  Phillips,  and  lives  in  E.  Ab'n. 

2.  Abig.,  Ap.  24,  1813,  m.  John  H.  Marsh,  Worcester.     3.  Ste 
phen,  Ap.  13,  1819,  m.  1,  Mary  Prouty,  who  d.  Ap.  10,  1844  ; 
and  2,  Judith  A.  Baker,  Midd'o.,  lives  in   E.  Ab'n.,  and  has 
Stephen  W.,  b.  1843,  d.  1844 ;  (by  2d,)  Simeon  D.,  June  15, 
1847  ;   and  Herbert  J.,  Aug.   6,   1849.     4.  Rowena,  May  11, 
1814,  d.  ae.  3. 

53.  Daniel,  s.  Daniel  31,  m.  Phoebe,  da.  Capt.  Enoch  Whiting, 
and  sett,  in  N.  Brookf 'd.,  in  1810,  where  he  d.   in  Feb.  1850. 
ch. :  1.  Lewis,  is  m.,  and  has    Caroline,  Rebecca,  Phoebe,  and 
Frances.     2.  Nelson,  m.  Cath.,  da.  Sam'l.  Gardner,  Il'm.,  and 


438 


WHITON. 


had  1  son,  Gardner,  d.  ae.  11.     8.  Daniel.     4.  Rev.  Lyman,  of 
Reading,  Mass.     5.  Eliza,  m.  Parker  Johnson,  of  N.  Brookfield. 

NOTE. —  The  anniversary  of  the  fiftieth  wedding  day  of  Mr.  Daniel  W., 
and  his  wife,  was  celebrated  by  appropriate  festivities,  on  which  occasion, 
the  following  odes  were  sung  : — 

THE    GOLDEN    MARRIAGE, 

OR    THE 
FIFTIETH   MARRIAGE   ANNIVERSARY 

OP 
MR.  DANIEL  AND  MRS.  PHCEBE  WHITING. 


|Jan.  11,  1798.[ 

HYMN. 

Our  Father  God,  before  Thee  now, 
Together  we,  thy  children  bow, 
And  joyful,  willing  songs  of  praise 
From  lip  and  heart,  to  Thee  we  raise. 

We  're  gathered  on  the  cherished  spot, 
Where  thou  in  wisdom  cast  the  lot 
Of  parents ;  who,  before  Thee  stand 
With  children,  these,  a  filial  band. 

Back  half  a  century's  rolling  years, 
This  night;  with  love,  and  hopes  and  fears, 
Their  bridal  vows,  they  made  in  youth ; — 
Since  kept  with  holy  faith  and  truth. 

Through  life's  bright  prime;  through  wiser 

days. 

Together  toiled  their  blended  ways, 
And  now  Age  smites,  they  kiss  the  rod, 
And  patient  wait  their  call  to  God. 

Now,  sons  and  daughters,  come  to  bless 
Their  kind  parental  faithfulness, 
And  childrens'  children,  join  and  sing  — 
While  orphan  hearts  thank-offerings  bring. 

Departed  ones,  who  shared  this  love. 

Raise  holier  songs  in  homes  above ! 

Help  us,  O  God  !  to  join  THEIR  song 

And  in  thy  praise  their  strains  prolong.         S. 


ADDRESS. 


[Jan.  11,  1848.1 
PLACING    THE    RING. 


HYMN. 

Father,  and  Mother  !  Husband,  Wife  ! 
Names  in  which  dwell  earth's  holiest  charms, 
We  hail  this  length  of  wedded  life, — 
Of  aged  vows  —  of  trembling  palms. 

Dim  eyes,  gray  locks,  were  bright  the  day 
These  bridal  vows,  ye  youthful  took, 
Tho'  dimmed  the  eye,  the  locks  turned  gray, 
Their  bonds,  not  loosened,  nor  forsuok. 

Since  that  far  day,  how  sore  the  strife 
In  household  toil,  ye  two  have  borne 
Daughters  and  Sons  — life  from  your  life 
Have  drawn  ;  'till  yours'  is  waste  and  worn. 

We  children  greet  you  on  this  day, 
Father  and  Mother,  take  our  song, — 
While  "  little  longer"  you  may  stay, 
We  would  in  peace  your  hours  prolong. 

Now  old,  fond  love,  drop  gladsome  tears, 
These  children  hands,  shall  'fend  from  need, 
'Till  we  all  end  our  mortal  years, 
Then  Jesus,  count  us  "  holy  seed." 

L. 


54.  Sylvanus,  s.  Dan'l.  31,  m.  Hannah  Stoddard,  H'm.,  Feb. 
26,  1800,  and  lives  in  H'm.  ch.:  1.  Sylvanus,  m.  Sibyl  Gard 
ner,  H'm.,  Jan.  1,  1828,  and  has  Adaline  0.  2.  Nathan,  m. 
Tempe.  Bicknell,  Wey'h.,  and  has  Tempe.,  Susan  A.,  and  George. 
3.  Nahum,  m.  Meribel  Orcutt,  lives  in  E.  Wey'h.,  and  has  Mary 
A.,  and  Anna  L.  4.  Silas,  m.  1,  Mary  Dyer,  Braintree,  and  2, 
Anne  Newcomb,  "Wey'h.,  lives  in  W.,  and  has  Mary  L.,  Susan 
M.,  and  Emma  J.  5.  Hannah,  m.  Chas.  Gardner,  jr.  6.  Ly- 
dia,  m.  Chas.  Whiting.  7.  Mary,  m.  Jas.  Matthewson,  Wey'h. 


wniTON.  439 

55.  Theoph.,  s.  Zach.   32,  m.  Hannah  Collamore,  Scit.,  who 
d.    Sep.  25,  1824,  and  he  May  4,  1831.     ch.:  1.  Hannah  C., 
Dec.   14,  1798,  m.  David  Gushing,  E.  Ab'n.,  and  has  Wm.  S., 
Davis,  Brainerd,  Urban  W.,  Sarah  C.,  Andrew  J.,  Fanny  TF., 
and  Henry  3.     2.  Lusanna,  Dec.    21,  1800,  m.  Silas  Ripley, 
Ab'n.,  1821,  and  d.  Feb.  15, 1830.    3.  Theoph.  W.,  Dec.  7, 1802, 
m.  Mary  Paine,  Rdl'ph,  and  had  Nancy  A.,  b.  and  d.  1833,  and 
Leonard  W.,  d.  1840.     4.  Zenas  L.,   Oct.   3,  1804,  m.   Mary 
Lane,  Ab'n.,  1825,  and  has  Hiram  L.,  Nov.  1825  ;  Mary  A.,  Sep. 

26,  1827,  m.   Andrew  Rogers,  Hanover;  Edwin  W.,  Dec.  9, 
1830  ;  Albert  L.,  b.  and  d.  1834  ;  Henry  L.  ;  Emily  L.  ;  Al 
bert  F. ;  Josephine  M. ;  and   Wm.  L.,  Jan.  26,  1849.     5.  Maria, 
July  28,  1807,  m.  Peter  W.  Beal,  E.  Ab'n.     6.  Gilman  C.,  Feb. 
16,  1809,  m.  Diantha  Stoddard,  Abington;  lives  in  H.,  on  Main 
street,  has  been  constable,  &c.;  and  has  ch.:  Diantha  S.,  Septem 
ber  27,  1830  ;  Mary  W.,  August  22,  1831  ;  Nathan  #.,  April 
15,  1833  ;  Hannah  M.,  June  10, 1835,  d.  September  27,  1852 ; 
Soranus    7F.,   October  1836,  d.  July,  1839  ;  Anson    K,  Aug. 
1838  ;  and  Lusanna  M.,  April  14,  1842.     7.  Piam  C.,  June 

27,  1811.  m.    Sarah  D.  Brooks,  September  15,  1831,  and  died 
Aug.  12,  1845,  leaving  ch.,  Piam  W.,  b.  1832,   d.  1833 ;  Ed 
win  W.,  Dec.   2,  1833  ;  Angeline  S.,  Aug.  9,  1836  ;  Piam  A., 
Ap.  1838 ;  and  Lucy  M.,  Feb.   28,  1843.     8.  Edwin,  July  19, 
1813,  m.  Mary  Battles,  N.  Bridg'r.,  and  d.  Jan.  2,  1844,  and  his 
wid.,  in  1851,  leaving  no  ch.     9.  Hiram,  Jan.  28,  1818,  d.  Feb. 
6,  1823. 

56.  Ilosea,  s.  Zach.  32,  m.  1,  Anne  Stoddard,  H'm.,  Nov.  11, 
1804,  who  d.  June  16,  1844  ;  and  2,  Alice  Turner ; — lives  in 
H'm.,  and  is  a  farmer,     ch.:  1,  Hosea,  Jan.  12,  1806,  m.  1,  Be- 
tliia  Curtis,  Oct.  24,  1827,  who  d.  July  13,  1831 ;  2,  Maria  A. 
Hawes,  1831,  who  d.  Sep.  1841;  and  3,  Mary  E.  Stone,  June 
10,  1843  ;  lives  in  H'm.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  ch.,  Greo.  J5., 
Oct.  19,  1828,  (m.  Mary  Damon,  Mf  d.,  Jan.  1,  1851,  and  lives 
in  Wey'h.);  Alfred  B.,  June  27,  1832;  and  Florinda    C.,  Oct. 
22,  1839.     2.  Ann,  Mar.   6,  1808,  m.   Spencer  Shaw,  Ap.  1, 
1838.     3.  Chas.,  March  30,  1811,  m.  Lydia  Whiting.  April  1, 
1838,  lives  in  Wey'h.,  and  has  Rowena   (7.,  and   Chas.  D.     4. 


440  WHITON. 

Jane,  May  26,  1813,  m.  Chas.  Shaw,  Cummington.  5.  Persis, 
January  2,  1815,  m.  John  Haynes,  Charlestown.  6.  Ruth,  m. 
May  10,  1817,  m.  Jno.  W.  Penniman,  H'm.,  Feb.  26,  1837.  7. 
Harriet,  June  27,  1810,  m.  Dexter  M.  Wolcott,  Jan.  8,  1843. 
8.  Dexter,  Jan.  5,  1824,  m.  Ann  Tisdale,  Oct.  20,  1847,  and 
lives  in  H'm.;  no  ch.  (By  2d^  9  Alice  R.,  June  G,  1846. 

57.  Perez,  s.  Amasa  33,  a  carpenter  by  trade,  m.  1,  Mary 
Bowker,  Scit.,  Nov.  13,  1799,  who  d.  Ap.  4,  1823,  and  2,  Sarah 
Simmons,  Dux'y.  ;  and  lives  in  So.  H'm.  His  2d  w.  is  also  d. 
ch. :  1.  Perez  S.,  Oct.  19,  1800,  m.  Lucy  C.,  da,  Hon.  E.  F. 
Jacobs,  and  lives  in  N.  Y'k.  2.  Mary,  Feb.  6,  1802,  m.  Rev. 
Calvin  Gardner,  Waterville,  Me.,  Dec.,  26,  1825.  3.  Adalinc, 
Feb.  2,  1804,  m.  Ed.  Jacobs,  Scit.,  Ap.  16,  182(5.  4.  Caroline, 
Feb.  2,  1804,  m.  Laban  Jacobs,  H'm.,  Feb.  2,  1823.  5.  Geo., 
Mar.  1,  1806,  d.  Ap.  7,  1823.  6.  Chas.,  May  29,  1808,  m. 
Anna  C.  Fearing,  H'm.,  Jan.  10,,  1830,  is  a  mf'r.  of  edge  tools, 
in  H'm.,  near  Accord  Pond,  and  has  Chas.  D.,  Mar.,  1831,  d. 
June,  1848 ;  Oath.  B.,  1835  ;  and  Geo.  F.  7.  Albert,  Feb. 
23,  1810,  a  master  mason,  and  contractor,  m.  Sarah  G.  Fearing, 
H'm.,  arid  has  Albert  T.,  Sep.  80,  1833,  clerk  with  J.  J.  Whiting 
&  Co.,  Boston  ;  Geo.  F. ;  and  Sarah  H.,  Mar.  21,  1849.  8. 
Winslow  L.,  Ap.  1,  1813,  m.  Ann  E.  Ripley,  of  H'm.,  lives  in 
Newark,  and  has  ch.  9.  Benj.  S.,  Mar.  22, 1815,  m.  Olive  Fear 
ing,  H'm.,  who  d.  ab.  1849,  and  he  is  living  in  Ab'n.  Has  Web 
ster  A.,  Sep.  27,1840;  Shurtleff ;  and  Olive  A.  10.  Davis  J., 
Nov.  15,  1816,  unm.  11.  Julia  A.,  Feb.  7,  1820,  m.  Win. 
Brown,  shoe  manf'r.,  Ab'n. 


58 


(Capt.  Joseph  J.)  s.  Amasa  33,  a  house  carpenter  by  trade,  and 
for  many  years  a  highly  respectable  master  mechanic  in  Bos'n., 
m.  1,  Anna  E.  Crane,  and  2,  Cath.  Bowker  ;  lived  latterly  in  S. 
H'm.,  where  his  son  Amasa  now  resides,  where  he  d.  in  Oct.  1838. 
A  view  of  his  residence  is  given  in  the  Frontispiece,  ch.  : 
1.  Joseph  J.,  b.  in  Bos'n.,  June  25,  1818,  and  now  an  ex 
tensive  merchant  in  B.,  of  the  firm  of  Whiting,  Kehoe  &  Gal- 


WHITON.  441 

loupe,  dealers  in  clothing,  &c.,  on  Federal  st.  Notm.  2.  Ama- 
sa,  Oct.  15,  1821,  m.  Hannah  L.  Fearing,  H'm.,  lives  on  his  fath 
er's  place,  and  has  ch.,  Mary  L.,  June  21,  1845,  and  Amasa  J., 
Ap.  2,  1849.  3.  Catherine,  Jan.  24,  1823  ?  d.  Oct.  9,  1826. 

59.  Benj.,  s.  Bcnj.,  34,  m.  Lydia  Stoddard,  Dec.  10,  179T, 
and  lives  in   H'm.,  near  Accord  Pond.     A  blacksmith  by  trade, 
ch. :  1.  Jared,  May  26,  1798,   d.  Dec.  1817.     2.  Richard,  Ap. 
19,  1800,  m.    Mary    Stoddard,   lives   in   H'm.,   and  is  a  shoe 
maker  ;  no  ch.     3.  Lydia,  Jan.   3,    1803.     4.    Maria,   Dec.  7, 

1804,  m.    Freeman   House,   H'm.     5.  Joanna,  Mar.,  1807,  m. 
Freeman  French,  H'm.,  Dec.  28,  1826.    6.  Joel,  May,  1809,   m. 
Eunice  Ide,  of  Seekonk,   lives  in  Ab'n.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has 
Benj.  S.y   d.    young;  and  Eunice  L     7.  Pamela,  Oct.  6,  1814, 
m.  Benj.  Mann,  Hanover.     8.  Jared,  Mar.  31,  1819,  not  m.     9. 
Elizab.,  Oct.  1821,  m.  Jas.  M.  Burrill,  H'm. 

60.  Elijah,  s.  Elijah  43,  m.  1,   Susan  Beal,  who  d.  Aug.  1, 
1812  ;  and  2,  Mary  Lincoln,  Wey'h  ;  lived  in  H'm.,  was  a  packet 
man,  of  the  line  running  from  Bos'n.  to  H'm.,  and  d.  in  H'm., 
June  17,  1841,  ae.  61.     ch.  :  1.  Susan  L.,  Dec.  27,  1809,  m. 
Eben'r.  Pratt,  Bos'n.     (By  2d,)     2.  Elijah  L.,  Jan.  15,  1814, 
m.  Rachael  C.  Lincoln,  H'm.,  Jan.  1,  1840,  lives  in  H'm.,  is  a 
hatter,  and  has  ch.,  Dexter  5.,  1842  ;   Charlotte  L.,  1844  ;  and 
Mary  L.,  Aug.,  1848.     3.  Bela  H.,  Feb.  14,  1816,  wheelwright, 
lives  in  H'n.,  m.  Hannah,  da.  Ezra  Whiting,   Feb.  22,  1844,  and 
has  Frances  H.,  Jan.  30,  1846,  and  Elenor  R.,  Jan.  24,  1848. 
4.  Fred'k.,  May  4, 1818,  hatter,  of  Bos'n.,  m.  Sarah  Waters,  and 
has  Sarah  W..  and  Susan.     5.  Mary  L.,  Ap.  17, 1820,  m.  Sid 
ney  Sprague,  H'm.     6.  Lucy,  Oct.  9,  1822,  m.  Luther  Sprague, 
H'm.     7.  Erastus,  Jan.  11, 1826,  m.  Priscilla  Burr,  in  Jan.  1853, 
and  lives  in  H'm.     8.  Jno.  C.,  Aug.  21,  1828,  of  Bos'n.  ;  not  m. 

61.  David,  s.  Moses  45,  m.  Nabby  Fearing,  H'm.,  Jan.  16, 
1803,  and  was  for  many  years  a  diligent  and  successful  merchant 
in  H'm.,  in  the  grain  and  flour  business.     He  d.  Aug.  14,  1843. 
ae.  68.     ch. :  1.  Merriall,  Dec.  3,  1803.     2.  Nabby  F.,  Sep.  6, 

1805,  m.  Morris  Fearing,  H'm.     3.  Mary  R.,  Sep.  28,  1806,  d. 
Jan.  2,  1808.     4.  Mary  R.,  June  18,  1808.     5.  David,  Oct.  9. 

28 


442  WILDER. 

1809,  m.  1,  Lucy  P.  Dorr,  Bos'n.,  Nov.  3,  1842,  who  d.  Sep.  4. 
1843  ;  and  2,  Ellen  L.  Kelloran,  of  Portland,  Me.,  and  is  of  the 
well    known  firm  of  Whiton,    Train  &  Co.,    Bos'n.  ;  no   ch.     6. 
Wm.,  Nov.  3,  1811,  m.  Abig.  Ripley,  of  H'm.,  Jan.  31,  1849,  is 
of  the  firm  of  Whiton,  Train  &  Co.,  and  has  ch..  Ably  H.,  Jan., 
20,  1840.  d.  ae.  2  ;    Wm.  T.,  d.  ae.  3  ;   Chas  F.,  Aug.  20, 1844  ; 
Lucy  D.  ;  Abby  R.  ;  and  Laura  and  Fanny,  twins,  b.  Mar.  23, 
1851.     7.  Harriet,  Jan.  9,  1814.     8.  Lydia  R.,  Feb.  11,  1816. 
9  Thos.  F.,  Ap.  14,  1821,  merchant,  Bos'n. 

62.  Wilson,  s.  Moses  45,  m.    Chloe  White,  Wey'h.,  Oct.  21, 
1804,  and  for  many  years  kept  the  well  known  packet  station,  at 
the  head  of  Long  Wharf,  Bos'n.     He  is  yet  living,  in  H'm.     ch.  : 

1.  Wilson,  Feb.  1,1805.     2.  Jane  T.,  Mar.  31,1807.     3.  Thos. 
J.,  Mar.  7,  1809,  of  Bangor,  Me.,  is   m.,  and  has  2  ch.     4.  Jno. 
P.,  June  13,  ?  1811,  m.  1,  Maria  E.  Orne,  Camb.,  Feb.  5, 1838, 
who  d.  May  5,  1844  ;  .and  2,  Lydia  B.  Bancroft,  of  Danvers,  in 
June,  1846 ;  is   a  merchant   in  Bos'n.  ;.  and  has  ch.,  Jno.  W.  ; 
Chas.  H.;  (By   2d,)    Maria   L.',  lost   one  son,  d.  young.     5. 
Henry,  Aug.  14,   1812,  ?    of  Bos'n. ;  not  m.     6.  Adaline,  Sep. 
16,?  1816.     7.  Elizab.  H.,  Mar.  2,  1820.     8.  Sarah  C.,  Ap.  5, 
1822,  d.  Sep.  29, 1823. 

63.  Moses,    s.  Moses  45,  m.  Ann  Stoddard,    H'm.,   Jan.  7, 

1810,  lives  in  H'm.,  and  is  a  grain  dealer,  at  the  Cove.     ch. :  1. 
Moses  L.,  May  1,  1814,  m.  Sophia  M.  Parker,  Bos'n.,  Jan.,  1837, 
lives  in  Somerville,    and  has  ch.,   Mary  A.,  d.  ae,  4;  Gf-eo.  H., 
1840 ;  Sophia,  1842 ;   Caroline  E.,  d.   ae.  4  ;  and  Rachael  P., 
June,  1848.     2.  Mary  A.,   June    8,  1816,  m.  Jno.  W.  Pierce, 
carpenter,  Feb.  11,  1841.     3.  Stark,  of  Bos'n.  ;  not   m.    Some 
ch.  d.  young. 

64.  Starks,  s.  Moses  45,   m.  Hannah,  da.  Capt.  Benj.  Dyer, 
Wey'h.,  and  was  a  merchant,  in  W.     ch.:  1.  Joseph,  of  Camb. 

2.  Lydia,  m.  Jno.  P.  Lovell,  Wey'h.     3.  Benj.,  d.  unm.     4.  Lu- 
cinda?     5.  Hannah?  m.  a  Reed,  and  lives  in  Bangor.     The  rec 
ords  of  this  family  are  wanting. 

WILDER,  Isaac,  of  H'm.,  s.  Isaac,  m.  Ruth  Mann,  and  lived 
in  Hanover,  on  Main  st.,  where  he  d.  Mar.  30,  1818,  ae.  41. 
His  wid.  survives,  ch. :  1.  Ruth,  Ap.,  1803,  m.  Vaniah  Prou- 


WINSLOW.  443 

ty,  Sep.  11,  1822.  2.  Isaac  M,,  June  19, 1805,  a  trader  at  the 
Four  Corners,  m.  Lucinda  Eells,  Feb.  5,  1834,  and  has  ch.,  Isaac, 
Nov.  15,  1834  ;  Joseph  E. ,  Ap.  24,  1839  ;  and  Lucinda,  July, 
1841.  3.  Hannah,  Sep.,  1807,  d.  Nov.  12,  1829.  4.  Jno., 
1809,  m.  Mary  Toltnan,  and  lives  in  Bridg'r.  5.  David,  1812,  of 
Bridg'r.  6.  Caleb,  d.  May  22,  1818,  ae.  16  mos. 

2.  Laban,  bro.  Isaac,  and  s.  Isaac,  of  H'm.,  m.  Rebecca  Don- 
nell,  and  d.  in  H.,  Mar.  6,  1848,  ae.  63,   and   his  w.  ae.  ab.  60. 
Lived  on  Main  st.,  in  the  Chas.  Donnell  house,     ch. :  1.  Rebecca, 
m.    Ansel  G.  Grose,  of  So.  Scit,,  Nov.   27, 1826.     2.  Jane,   m. 
Ezek'l.  T.  Hatch,  Oct.  16,  1833.     3.  Laban,  m.  1,  Lucy  C.,  da. 
Joseph  Curtis,  July  15, 1832,  who  d.  Ap.  21,  1843,  and  2,  Har 
riet,  da.  Daniel  Chapman,  July  9, 1844,  is  a  shoemaker,  lives  in 
So.  Scit.,  and  has  sev.  ch.     4.   Chas.,   Dec.,  1811,   m.   Mary  A. 
Hayden,  lives  in    So.  Scit.,  is  a  shoemaker,  and  has  also  sev.  ch. 
Another  da.  m.  a  Ford. 

3.  Joseph  C.,  s.  Joseph,  jr.,  of  H'ir..,  b.  June   13,    1815,    m. 
Priscilla,  da.  Geo.  W.  Bailey,  lives  on  King  st.,  with  his  fa.-in- 
law,  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  has  ch. 

WINSLOW.  Five  brothers  of  this  name,  ch.  of  Edward  Wins- 
low,  of  Droitwich,  in  Worcestershire,  Eng'd.,  came  early  to  New 
Eng'd.,  and  from  these  have  sprung  most  of  that  name  now  in  the 
U.  S.  Edward,  the  first,  known  as  Gov.  Winslow,  with  his  w. 
Elizab.,  came  in  the  Mayflower,  1620 ;  and  his  w.  dying  the 
spring  after,  he  m.  2,  Susanna,  wid.  of  Wm.  White,  1622,  lived 
in  Mfd.,  at  his  seat  called  Caresrull,  and  there  d.  Gilbert,  the 
2d,  arrived  in  the  same  vessel,  but  soon  after  left  the  colony,  and 
it  is  said  went  to  Portsmouth,  and  d.  before  1660,  without  issue. 
Jno.,  the  3d,  came  in  the  Fortune,  in  1621,  and  nuMary  Chilton, 
the  adventurous  maiden,  who  was  the  first  to  step  on  the  memor 
able  rock  of  Plymouth.  Some  of  his  dec'ts.  live  in  Bos'n.  Kenelm, 
the  4th,  arrived  at  Plymouth,  in  1629,  m.  Elenor,  wid.  of  John 
Adams,  1631,  and  sett,  in  Mfd.  He  had  sons  Kenelm,  Nath'l., 
and  Job,  arid  d.  in  1672.  From  the  son  Nath'l.,  descended  Maj. 
Nath'l.,  of  Scit.,  the  ancestor  of  Josiah  Winslow,  now  living  in 
II.  Josiah,  the  5th  brother,  came  with  Kenelm,  in  1629,  was  in 
Scit,  in  1637,  and  in  Mfd.,  after  1643,  and  d.  in  1674,  ae.  69, 


444  WINSLOW. 

leaving  ch.  As  but  few  of  the  descendants  are  now  living  in  II., 
we  do  not  deem  it  necessary  to  extend  our  sketch  farther  than  to 
show  the  connexion  between  them  and  the  original  settlers. 

2.  Naih'l. ,  s.  Kenelm,   m.  Faith  Miller,  1G64,  was  of  Mf'd., 
and  his  oldest  son,  Nath'L,  b.  1007,  m.  Lydia  Snow,  1092,  and 
had  Oliver,  1702,  who  was  of  Scit. ,  m.  1,  Agatha  Bryant,  and  2, 
Bethia  Prior,  1749,  and  lived  near  the  3d  Herring  Brook,  where 
his  descendants  still  reside.     His  ch.,  bap.  in  Hanover,  were  1. 
Oliver,  killed  in  the  French  war,  in  1758,  leaving  a  son  Oliver,  a 
Rev'n.  pensioner,  in  Scit.,  now  d.     2.  Ruth,  July  22,  17S9.     8. 
Nath'L,  Oct.  11,  1741.     4.  John,  Feb.  5,  1743,  moved  to  Noble- 
boro',  Me.     (By  2nd,)     5.  Bethiah,  Sep.  29, 1751.     0.  Joseph, 
1753,  d.  early. 

3.  Nath'L,  s.   Oliver,  s.   Nath'L   2,  early  espoused  the  Am. 
cause,  in  the  Rev'n.  War,  entered  the  Army  in  1770,  rose  to  the 
rank  of  Major,  and  acquitted  himself  with  honor  in  the  southern 
expeditions.     He  m.  Sarah  Hatch,  1700,  and  was  fa.  of  Nath'L, 
b.  1707,  who  m.  Clarissa,  da.  Ebn'r.  Curtis,  of  II.,  Oct.  13, 1790, 
and  had  Josiah,  now  of  H.,  who  m.  Abigail,  da.  Lemuel   Curtis? 
and  lives  on  Washington  st.,  ab.  one  mile  N.  of  the  Four  Corners. 
No  children. 

4.  Thomas,  s.  Thos.,  of  Plym'h.,  m.  1,  Ruth  Grose,  Feb.  20, 
1810,  who  d.  Feb.  13,  1828,  ae.  45  ;  and   2,  Harriet  Delano,  of 
Dux'y.     A   carpenter  by  trade.      ch.  :  1.  Thos.    G.,   July   20, 
1800,  m.  1,  Susan,  W.  Gardner,  of  H'm.,  Oct.  28,  1822  ;  and  2, 
a  Pollard,  of  Me. ,  lived  in  Boston,  and  d.  ab.  1840.     2.  Joshua, 
May  12,  1801.     3.  Charles,  May  10, 1803.     4.  Richmond,  July 
30,  1804.     5.  Pelham,  Nov.   17,  1805.     0.  Lucy  T.,  Sep.  20, 
1808,  m.  Geo.  Hildreth,  of  Dorch'r.,  May  24,  1830.     7.  Henry, 
Nov.,  1810.     8.  Wm.,  Feb.   10,   1812.     9.  Ruth  G.,  July  24, 
1814.     10.  E15zab.,b.  Feb.  9,d.  June  23, 1810.     11.  ElenorJ., 
Dec.  28,  1810,  m.   Isaiah  Jenkins,  and  d.  1848.     12.  Samuel, 
Oct.  14,  1818,  d.  Oct.  14,  1820.     13.  Mary,  Nov.  22,  1819,  m. 
David  Freeman,  of  Dux'y.     14.  Priscilla  B.,  Dec.  28,    1821. 
15.  Samuel.  L.  F.,  Nov.  18,  d.  Dec.  27,  1825. 

5.  Charles,  s.   Thos.  4,  m.  Margaret  L.  Litchfield,  in  1827, 
lives  on  Circuit  st.,  and  is  a  shoemaker  by  trade.    Was  Selectman 


WOLCOTT — WOOD.  445 

from  1846-48.  ch.  :  1.  Charles  L.,  Mar.  3,  1828.  2.  Rachel 
F.,  June  10,  1832,  m.  Chas.  Josselyn,  May  16, 1850.  3.  Helen, 
Feb.  9,  1838. 

6.  Richmond,  s.  Thos.  4,  m.  Harriet  Howard,  of  Dux'y.,  Jan. 
10,  1828,   lives  on  Circuit  st.,  and  is  an  anchor  smith  by  trade, 
ch. :  1.  Samuel  R.,  Mar.  14,  1829,  m.  Elizab.  Bates,  Mar.  22, 
1849,  and  lives  in   Plym'h.     2.  James  B.,  Oct.   22,  1830.     3. 
Rebecca  H.,  Sep.   22,  1832.     4.  Erastus  B  ,  July  14,  1834. 
5.  John  A.,  Mar.  2,  1837.     6.  Joshua  S.,  July  15,  1840.     7. 
Daniel  W.,  Dec.  15,  1842.     8.  Frederick  R.,  Ap.  2.  1848. 

7.  Henry,  s.  Thos.  4,  m.  Harriet,  da.  Nath'l.  Pratt,  June  15, 
1835,  lives  on  Summer  st.,  and  is  a  shoemaker,     ch. :  1.  Harriet 
F.,  Feb.  10,  1841. 

WOLCOTT,  Rev.  Calvin,  a  desc't.  of  the  noted  family  of 
Wolcotts,  of  Ct.,  m.  Sarah,  da.  Col.  Saml.  Gardner,  of  Danvers, 
Mass.,  collat.  desc't.  of  Gen.  Putnam,  of  Ct.,  and  was  sett,  in  H., 
as  Rector  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  from  1818  to  1834,  and  is  now 
colleague  with  Rev.  Dr.  Tyng,  of  N.  York.  ch.  :  1.  Elizab.  G., 
b.  in  Marblehead,  Dec.  30,  1812,  m.  Dr.  Jacob  Richards,  of 
Braintree,  and  is  d.  2.  Augustus  C.,  b.  at  Danvers,  Oct.  15, 
1814,  d.  at  Havana,  in  1832.  3.  Sarah  A.,  b.  at  Marblehead, 
Mar.  27,  1817.  Notm.  4.  Samuel  G.,  b.  in  Hanover,  Jan.  2, 
1820,  grad.  Wash.  Coll. ,  Hartford,  Ct.,  and  is  sett,  as  a  Physician 
in  Utica,  N.  Y.  5.  Henrietta  B.,  b.  in  Hanover,  May  15,  1823, 
m.  Edwin  A.,  s.  Hon.  Joseph  Richards,  of  Braintree,  and  lives 
in  B.  6.  Asa  G.,  b.  in  Hanover,  Ap.  25,  1825,  grad.  Wash. 
Coll.,  and  is  sett,  in  N.  Y.  city,  as  a  Teacher  of  Languages.  7. 
George  C.,  b.  in  H.,  July  15,  1827,  grad.  B.  U.,  1848,  and  d. 
Oct.  24,  1851.  Principal  of  the  Acad.  in  H.  for  one  term. 

WOOD,  Alexander,  Esq.,  s.  Ichabod,  of  Midd'o.,  b.  Nov.  5, 
1796,  m.  Louisa  Bourne,  of  M.,  Oct.  1824,  lives  near  the  Four 
Corners,  was  formerly  a  lawyer.  Is  P.  M.,  and  has  been  engaged 
in  trade  for  many  years,  ch. :  1.  Louisa  B.,  Mar.  21, 1826.  2. 
Win.  B.,  Oct.  27,  1831.  3.  Ed.  F.,  Sep.  28,  1834.  4.  Henry 
A.,  Oct.  22,  1836.  5.  Ellen  P.,  Dec.  25,  1838.  6.  Lucy  P., 
Jan.  16,  1843,  d.  Feb.  15,  1850. 


446  WOODMAN — WRIGHT. 

2.  Abner,  s.  Ezra,  of  Midd'o.,  m.  1,  Marg't.  Bessey,  and  2, 
Mary  Bessey,  and  lives  on  Centre  st.  ch.  :  1.  Abner  A.,  July  1, 
1827.  2.  Marg't.  B.,  Mar.  1,  1881.  3.  Ezra,  Nov.  11,  1833. 
4.  Mary  B.,  July  19,  1835.  (By  2d,)  5.  Charles  R.,  May  12, 

1848. 

WOODMAN,  James,  s.  Barney,  of  Scit.,  m.  Mary  C.  Bates, 
Nov.  24,  1850,  lives  on  Centre  street,  and  is  a  carpenter  by 
trade,  ch. :  Mary  V.,  Mar.  15,  1851. 

WRIGHT,  Warren,  s.  Levi,  of  Plymp'n.,  m.  Ruth  J.  Ilaskins, 
of  Scit.,  May  29,  1889,  and  lives  near  the  Four  Corners,  in  the 
house  built  by  himself.  A  blacksmith  by  trade,  ch.  :  Warren 
J.,  Feb.  26,  1846.  2.  Frances  J.,  June  12,  1848. 


APPENDIX. 


BARSTOW  FAMILY.  Since  this  work  went  to  press,  we  have 
obtained  the  following  additional  particulars  relative  to  the  Bars- 
tow  family.  The  original  name  seems  to  have  been  Burstow ; 
and  we  find  this  name  in  Sussex  Co.,  in  the  reign  of  Edward  II., 
A.  D.,  1308,  at  which  date  grants  were  made  to  Roberto  de 
Burstoive.  See  "  Documents  Illustrative  of  English  History,  in 
the  13th  and  14th  Centuries,"  in  the  N.  E.  Gen.  Soc.  Lib.;  and 
Rymer's  Foedera,  vol.  3.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  III.,  A.  D., 
1271,  we  find  in  Suffolk  Co.,  Will,  de  Burstoive,  and  Christiana, 
his  wife.  See*  "  Excerpta  Rotulis,"  &c.,  vol.  3,  in  the  N.  E. 
Gen.  Soc.  Lib.  In  the  "  History  of  Surrey  and  Sussex,"  pub. 
in  London,  in  1829,  vol.  2,  p.  273,  we  find  the  parish  of  Burstow 
described,  which  is  "situate  in  the  weald  of  Surrey,  and  is  not 
mentioned  in  Domesday  Book.  It  adjoins  Home  on  the  east, 
Horley  on  the  west,  Blechingley  and  Nutfield  on  the  north,  and 
Worth,  in  Sussex,  on  the  south.  In  1821,  there  were  915  in 
habitants,  and  106  houses  in  this  parish.  The  manors  of  Burs- 
tnv  Court  lodge,  Burstow,  Burstow  lodge,  and  Red  hall,  are 
situate  in  this  parish,  and  principally  belong  to  M.  Sanders  and 
T.  Dickson,  Esqrs.  The  benefice  is  a  rectory,  in  the  deanery  of 
Ewell.  It  is  rated  in  the  valor  of  Ed.  I.  at  12  marks,  in  the 
king's  book  at  .£15  los.  4d.  It  is  a  peculiar  of  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  and  is  in  the  patronage  of  the  king.  The  church, 
dedicated  to  St.  Bartholomew,  consists  of  a  nave  and  south  aisle, 
a  chancel,  and  a  wooden  turret  and  steeple  at  the  west  end.  The 
interior  is  particularly  neat.  On  Smallfield  Common,  in  this  par- 


448  APPENDIX. 

ish,  is  the  remaining  part  of  a  mansion-house,  built  of  stone,  which 
belonged  to  the  family  of  De  £urstow,  and  passed  from  them  to 
that  of  Byshe,  long  settled  there.  It  was  formerly  called  Crutt- 
ings,  and  was  given  by  Bartholomew,  (Lord  Burgherst,)  to  John 
de  Burstow,  as  an  acknowledgment  for  assistance  received  from 
him  when  thrown  from  his  horse  in  an  engagement  with  the 
French.  The  house,  of  which  part  is  now  standing,  is  supposed 
to  have  been  erected  by  Edward  Byshe.  He  was  a  bencher  of 
Lincoln's  Inn,  and  a  great  practitioner  in  the  Court  of  Wards, 
where  he  amassed  his  fortune,  and  used  jokingly  to  say,  that  he 
"  built  his  house  with  woodcocks'  heads." 

We  think  it  probable,  that  branches  of  this  family, — the  Burs- 
tows, — settled  in  Yorkshire  ;  and  from  the  latter,  sprung  t'.e 
Barstows  who  emigrated  to  America. 


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